Everyone and welcome to a euro max highlights with a focus on winter here is a look at what is coming up in the show. Winter wonderland shop windows around europe gear up for christmas. Winter treats in norway is home to the Worlds Largest gingerbread town. Winter workshop homemade skis that are all the rage this season. Christmas is just around the corner so europe is getting in the festive mood everywhere you turn you can see colorful Christmas Decorations the lighting up the squares and windows now one place where this is very apparent is in paris where they go all out when it comes to decorating the shop windows well i traveled there recently to see them for myself and compare them to the christmas windows in other major european cities. These decorative store windows are a parisian tradition during the Christmas Season every november the Main Department stores in paris dress up their window displays for the holidays and theyve been doing that for decades. Its a tradition that many parisian sports young and old look forward to at this time of year its a book theyve used to feel its the magic of Christmas Eve or why do you like. Oh well i think theyre important Department Stores do them every year and the children are happy. I wanted to come and see them theyre always different i change its nice a sign of christmas in. The christmas window displays at the big Department Stores are true works of art there are more inventive and more surprising every passing year the tradition started in the early twentieth century. I think the christmas windows were created after world war one and during a depressing time. They were meant to raise the morale of the persians and all the french. I think. The Department Store print tom has taken part in this festive tradition from the very start planning the various themes can take up to a year and setting up the scenes takes three months. Puppet makers young claude de he has been decorating these windows with his Magical Creations for forty two years. Thats it the new one of the best and this year weve placed moveable figures in the windows travel around twelve hundred kilometers over the next month. The characters are made of stainless steel so theyre quite hard and heavy so that was the challenge i had this year with them. Some of the windows have a specific story to tell. And the lead on that last year we created two characters and violette. And this year theyre going on an adventure as explorers to look for presents from all over the world. Other big reasons Department Stores take part in this tradition too while the games vary from window to window and store to store the general idea is the same to create a festive atmosphere in the run up to christmas. In the mean time at berlins most exclusive Department Store caught evade the Christmas Spirit is also taking hold in the decorative windows and displays. Here too animated figures are placed in amusing settings to catch the eye of passers by. On the shelf and so by weve created special windows because we want the people to stand here a while and then come into the store. Its important that we tell a story and not just try to sell things. We try to create emotions and an experience that people want to talk about and then come back again and. London is also one of the top addresses when it comes to beautiful christmas shop windows. At the famous Department Store harrods the shop windows are always original and elaborately designed. And at Harvey NicholsDepartment Store christmas looks like a big wild party. That suffragist the santas are in a festive mood and things are buzzing. With this think it. Means an undead cintron underinsured look at christmas me nothing. It said this to you. Or you could mean by not wearing a suit the christmas week. Meanwhile back in paris the streets are live with the usual hustle and bustle. But sometimes local residents and tourists alike take time out to notice some window displays are too. Much as you can see they took time to create the windows and make their ideas come true. This is the. I love them theyre super i find theyre full of light simply beautiful and magnificent. Christmas may still be a few weeks away but the decorative windows in various european capitals are a great way to get into the holiday spirit. Heading up north now to barragan in norway where all the stops are also pulled out for christmas now every year since one thousand nine hundred one all the schools kindergartens and local businesses come together to create a miniature version of the city in the form of gingerbread now this involves everything from sweet little houses to trains cars and the like of her visitors its hard to escape the smell of christmas which fills the air. To mark the onset of the Festive Season a miniature town made up of two thousand delectable builders has been unveiled in berrigan american is norways second biggest city. But it boasts the largest gingerbread town in the world. All of this was made by care steep rock star shes the architect of the sugary settlement. When you go around looking we want to remove themselves into for instance that. At the front where they can beam thats. Going to the merry go round yeah we want to give them. A sky thing from their reality and. Its a. Local residents pitched in to help build gingerbread city kindergartens schools families and local societies all got involved. A total of ten thousand volunteers contributed to the tiny town including members of americans of coastal culture center. Form our instrument making together has become a tradition there. So i enjoyed it and its a soso. You know like something nice for christmas. The gingerbread artist drew inspiration from the Old Buildings around a coastal culture center. They used to store dried codfish now they house museums or they function as tool sheds combine this with a pinch of creativity and you get some great results. Here steep rock star was getting gingerbread creations right up to the very last minute so improvisation was keith. You never know what you get so then you maybe have to change the nonstick a bit if we get a photo we have to make paris a small paris and then we get. The role and then have to make space. Rock star and her team of thirty work for about a month to transform the four hundred square metres of a former Swimming Pool into a hilly winter wonderland. Steiner kristofferson began the festival tradition twenty six years ago back then it was more of a gingerbread hamlet. The idea came in one thousand nine hundred one. When i was a marketing director found that we had exhibition area where you want to do something and. We got the idea of making the gingerbread city. Since then bergens gingerbread town has morphed into a major tourist attraction some one hundred thousand visitors flock to see it each year. Some of them even join in to help build the town. There were five hours together and building all these houses and all the soldiers who is in them used to go through children and families call the christmas the Magical Christmas we made if a bomb its the. Train that goes up and down the hills and you can let my kids build a different game house each year this years theme was halloween. The architecture of the miniature town is certainly diverse the train chugging along the tiny track leads from buildings in the norwegian style to the eiffel tower and maybe a short stop at londons iconic big bands. Bergens delectable gingerbread city will be on display throughout the Christmas Season until december thirty first. And of course the Christmas Season wouldnt be complete without some Winter Sports especially to help burn off all those calories from the gingerbread so up next we are headed to zack opining a Winter Sports resort located right in the south of poland near the border with slovakia now at a thousand meters above sea level its polands highest town and with plenty of snow on the ground its also a great place to visit at this time of year. A magical landscape of peaks around and the high touch its the icy temperatures in the Clear Mountain air make the region of favorite with lovers of Winter Sports. Around three Million People visits up upon it every year the town is called polands winter capital. At its heart of key street lined with stores and restaurants invites tourists to take a stroll. Through from which we come here every year its relaxing you can stroll around other one resorts dont have the upas for what they do here. You might call them go to i dont actually love the mountains in the summer but i wanted to come and see them in the winter and im bowled over out a great feeling its wonderful. A pleasant way to view the cultural highlights of zac upon it is from a horse drawn carriage the typical architecture of the region is known as a style. This small wooden chalet like houses feature high point of roofs eaves and decorations influenced by the art nouveau movement. One of the oldest buildings in the town is the villa built in the eight hundred ninety s. Today it houses a museum of regional architecture tradition is taken very seriously in. The building to build the houses are made entirely of wood no nails or screws were used your beautiful buildings made of natural wood your healthy and ecologically friendly houses. Piney is known throughout europe as a sports venue it regularly hosts skiing competitions. The mountain cup of steve yoshi is just under two thousand. Metres high with a spectacular panoramic view of the area. A ride on the popular cable car reveals the wild landscape of the high touch. Back down on crew puppy street people are lining up to buy a local specialty. Lets hope shes made from salt and sheeps milk and. The decorative shape is typical of the type has. This ales woman explains how its eaten in. My feistiness most cheeses very aromatic it tastes best on slices of bread but you can fry it in a pan i know as much know most open up. On the outskirts of the town local handicrafts are on offer. The artistic carvings are known throughout poland and are on display in many churches and museums would is the typical material of the region. Of the sea because its part of our tradition now us lots of wooden boards when i cook ok you have to replace them fairly often but its a natural product not some kind of plastic like silicone thats the track acidic on the high. As night falls the bars and restaurants on her puppy street are great places to warm up one hot spot is parchment the polish word for tavern and it offers not only hearty food but folk music. Its the Perfect Place to experience authentic polish hospitality. Oh yes i come from the mountains this is our life well you. Get the guys a lot of people come here for the music and when it stops the day ends here and upon it like obama. But theres always the next day to look forward to especially in the winter with plenty. Of snow and fun on the slopes. And of course skiing is a great way to work up an appetite so if you would like to have a meal cooked by germanys best chef then you you can go to a castle in western germany on the border with luxembourg now that is where Chef Christian creates Award Winning dishes now powell was just crowned chef for the year two thousand and eighteen by the restaurant guide go me you know we met up with him to find out the secret to his success. Yellowtail amberjack sashimi. Drilled. It is it is made of. Raw sprays and law and. Many go maize can spot a dish made by Christiane Bell on saw. The new chef of the year it is one of the first in germany to combine japanese influences with classic french cuisine. And yes. We use a lot of fish often preparing it the way the japanese do that means we use a lot of raw fish and a lot of very briefly poached fish. Rarely with cream sauce additionally things like that we keep in our dishes the focus is always on the basic ingredient is inherent flavor we have to accent. But an all around its an array of fantastic side dishes you can begin to and. Not far from the border with luxembourg and friends will amaze entering renesas consul to be tempered by this response. Since nine hundred ninety eight fowl and his twenty person team have what to realize his vision of fine dining. The products they use come from all over the wells and always of the finest quality like this yellow tail amberjack straight from the type you dont care as much yellow tail amberjack is also available vacuum packed already filleted from a pharmacy in new zealand and australia in noisy london you know its harder when you know my hair product has the same name yellowtail amberjack but its quite different as my. Wife sure. For a long time bam restricted himself to classic french cuisine but after he was awarded his third michelin star in two thousand and five he realised he wanted to do something else. To asia and especially to japan expanded his calorie horizon he began combining the best of both worlds. Cream on me instead of vegetable oils exotic from sinn fein he developed a style of his own and he was soon popping up all over germany. Need. Never again to face fully cause someone elses recipe for his wife and me it was important to me to combine the style of cuisine that i had already been practicing with new things and to build a bridge between france and japan. The ambience in the restaurant his minimalist table and the way to. The background music isnt classical but electronic everything is focused on enjoying the food every detail is important even including the right plates for each dish. And of how we have a credo here my wife and i in the company. We want to make people happy with our working slice of what you were Service Provider said at the very top level and thats how we see ourselves yes and were not obsequious we dont bow and scrape are on the floor and we want to meet our guests as equals and provide them with the service on the very highest level. Being named chef of the yemenis chris brown has achieved just about everything he can in his profession but hes still passionate about his work and so gold mines from all over the world can continue to take pleasure in he thinks i think alan every combination. Here in berlin the temperature outside is quite frosty but there is no snow on the ground yet however it is a different story for some ski resorts earlier than usual snowfall in the alps means this gears and snowboarders are able to get their snow. Fix already and if you need new skis you can rent them as i do or if youre really motivated you can make them yourself now this is possible in a small town in southern germany they cost around seven hundred euros are pretty easy to make and can be done in about two days time. Winter sports Reigns Supreme on the super spits germanys highest mountain close to the austrian border at altitudes over two thousand meters the twenty kilometers of slopes have natural snow for six months of the year offering enthusiastic splendid conditions for downhill racing. But if you want to really stand out from the crowd you can build your own snowboard or skis like these. Participants in a two day workshop in far one near the bavarian town of garmisch but learn how to make the models that suits them best. When they start to question what is the rock so to speak you cant always buy what you need i religiously small but i cant use kids boards because they have smaller feet now i can adjust the width and size and thats a very good sign for the comfort i have and absolutely no idea how skis are made out of thats really exciting to learn how Much Technology there is and skis and taking them space. Built ski starts with the some around which metal border is formed. Then comes the wood core its bolstered with two wood strips to give the boards the necessary tension workshop instructors me. Mainly ashwood a long fiber wood that is tough but elastic. And form and if you can shape the wood well and it gives you a really good resilience. Its very malleable and so you get good tension in the ski. Season that enables us to not just ask you what is great what decision this is what the customer wants. This going to help there. Between the layers cum sheets of glass fiber fabric the students learn how to attach them with a liquid. In the months with the tension of the ski are adjusted to their individual needs. And finally its time for the personal design. Whether a glass of the skiers Favorite Group or photos of friends. Then the skis and boards are vacuum packed and placed in an oven for curing at eighty degrees celsius. This is i know for. One square this is one of the advantages that we have compared to about scale from the time it does me that we can really adjust ours to every person has become storms including high up equating. Where they want to ski we have enough parameters that we can bury them in order to individualize this case. After theyve hardened in the oven for fourteen hours the skis and snowboards are almost ready they just have to be cut out of the form using a jigsaw. Then edges are sanded down to remove any excess material and even less. Now all thats left to do is mount the binding. Im really pleased with the result my parents are perfectly centered but apart from that its a great school. But im coming to really i had problems curbing the edges because i couldnt get the arch right at first. And i had trouble cutting it out when it came out of the oven it was the first time id ever held a jigsaw but i have i didnt take. Any of my new big. Bucks so for built. Skis are ready for a run on the slopes he test his products regularly. Hes built two thousand skis and can look back on a decade of experience. As a crank or there is no crook recipe for making a frame right ski or a slalom ski it requires lots of experience lots of days on the slopes. And with our experience in building and testing skis weve compiled a little one to one ski construction methods. With up a spoke pair of skis or snowboard under your feet theres nothing