icelandic photographer captures the beauty of erupting volcano. manhole motifs a berlin based artist finds her inspiration in the streets. a typical architecture we visit the island of cyprus to look at an unusual home. well natural catastrophes are the kind of thing that most of us try to avoid at least on most days like for instance of volcano erupting burning hate and flowing lava are not the sort of things that make me want to hang around but in iceland we met a guy who sees things very differently indeed son is a photographer who specialized in volcanoes and it's a passion that has been driving him around the globe for thirty years. multum lava fiery destruction and breathtaking beauty at the same time these photos capture the moment when of ok no way around they were taken by icelandic photographer ragnar cigarettes. go across from for profit not upset it's not there in a rush but then it's over for old pushes you to name it create creativity you have to be very creative you have to be on your toes. he loves it when of all kaino comes to life he gets as close as possible whether with his s.u.v. or a small plane. i've been very close i've been you know if it's away from growing . it's going very slowly. it's a safe distance. of course i've been very scared about the runner's high. mostly because i'm scared not because things are happening but you know you're in first and i knew that. ragnar first rose to fame through his photos of iceland's most famous volcano the high if you outlaw yorka. the ash it produced when it erupted in two thousand and ten grounded flights across europe ragnar took ten thousand photos of the volcano breaking way think waiting for things for things to happen to see your option it's out of because it's looking out rita and the clouds upon the one thousand and got the ox and everything everywhere if you can see the fire. just stay there for us and if we stand. for more than thirty years now ragnar sigurdsson has been photographing landscapes and nature motifs all over the far north from greenland and norway to the north pole. but few places have as many natural wonders as his native icelander known as the land of fire and ice its one hundred thirty volcanoes and hot geysers of shape iceland's national identity. it's not the kind of there's i think the whole nation is like that we all love your options. i was just wrong it's not. i mean sometimes it can be made a choice can be life threatening but we have been classed the past decades we. when you have hot kind of. what you call towards the russians. a photo shoot at a crater landscape near reykjavik it was created by a volcanic eruption thousands of years ago. capturing images of the volcanic rock under different light conditions fascinates ragnar sigurdsson. he's always aiming to try out new technologies and techniques. using a drone he experiments with unusual perspectives he says he's always on the hunt for the next killer shot. and there's always another day another light another another perspective. another way to do it or rich. and never it's never the. rudner secrets and remains true to his favorite subject the next volcanic eruption and icelandair is sure to come possibly with just a few minutes notice. certainly some high adrenaline work amazing what we get up to just to make sure we get the best pictures and that of course brings us right back around to our express where as for usual we've got plenty of those lined up. the real miss miss gale recently made a stop in berlin the show boasts a festive vibe and seasonal sounds. it's currently touring germany and will later move on to several central european countries. the show's star british soprano sarah brightman is supported by other great musical acts like german british band grigori and we decided to call it the royal christmas got back to royal bath and and it's about christmas and it's a got to celebrate true think of the. dutch magician hans clarke has a brand new show he's considered the world's quickest illusionist standards one numerous award his latest magical extravaganza kicks off in late december and will tour through germany and australia. to feature actress pamela anderson will function as clocks assistant in fifteen shows clocks house of mystery show is mysteriously creepy fun. mom or typical children's christmas presents in the late nineteenth century to exhibitions in the northern german town of live that provide answers to this timely question bush well offspring tended to enjoy better quality. while working class kids often receive homemade gifts fashion from wood or metal scraps. dressed up in new clothes the exhibitions in the st ann's museum and the heaven by museum of industrial history run through february fourth. pretty hard to believe but two thousand and seventeen is already drawing to a close and every year at this time we like to look back on the biggest stories the most spectacular events and the remarkable people that made news over the past months well typically there's enough action to fill an entire week of programming but we have boiled it down to the essentials and we'll do it in two and so here is part one of our review of a year that here in germany marked the five hundredth anniversary of the reformation. twenty seventeen was the year of martin luther for germany but there were many other key events and moving moments the terrorist attacks in manchester and barcelona sent shock waves across europe but there were happy occasions to. germany the year began with the official opening of the money in hamburg the concert hall took nearly ten years to built with a colossal price tag of seven hundred eighty nine million euro but the final result is stunning. the opening of the museum barberini in potsdam was a highlight most of the artworks belong to her former software manager and one of germany's richest men. are putting art in your home or even a safe is no good at all if no one can look at not even many. so he funded the building of a museum to house his collection. in february the berlin internet. film festival once again drew plenty of star power. richard gere attended the premiere of his film the dinner while there he met with german chancellor of the matter and appeared almost starstruck himself this is not the the iron lady it's very much a human being that i was incredibly impressed with. the carnival season saw the annual explosion of color in venice thousands of locals and visitors don masks and costumes for the occasion. in germany's carnival strongholds a very different costume was all the rage of first. u.s. president donald trump was by far the most popular carnival figure this here. don that's really we were hoping that he become the president because we already made the wigs and it worked out some glue for donald trump was on the president during the rose monday carnival processions to. in march the world's most prestigious architecture award the pritzker prize surprisingly went to a small agency named architect this the free architects from catalonia were recognized for their environmental use of material. british singer songwriter ed sheeran released a new album in march after taking a year off from show business on the day of its release divide was streamed nearly fifty seven million times on spotify a new record. music of a very different kind was celebrated in the austrian capital vienna philharmonic orchestra markets one hundred seventy fifth birthday that's one of the world's leading on song. a little april saw a global first in berlin a gallery for street art open for just two months before the entire building was demolished over one hundred fifty artists let rip inside a disused bank the five story building had already been condemned so the exhibition ended on demolition day. rock record right everybody there veteran british rock band deep purple released a new album in a row for nearly fifty years they've been known as pioneers of rock with their catchy guitar riffs. another music highlight. made by a show. the ukrainian capital kiev hosted the euro vision song contest the world's largest music competition a t.v. audience of over one hundred eighty million tuned in salvador from portugal was this year's winner of the comp film festival brought the usual glitz and glamour of this year's poem dog went to swedish director ruben us than for his satirical drama of the square. germany's diane kruger won best actress for her role in fact in the fate she plays a woman who loses her husband and son in the bombing. run and stop jade. he starred in more james bond films than anyone else at the end of may british actor roger moore died at the age of eighty nine in. a way for you at the start of june ariana grande a return to the stage just two weeks after the terrorist attack in manchester that killed twenty two people at one of her concerts one love manchester benefit concert featured stars like robbie williams miley cyrus. coldplay it was an opportunity for the music world and members of the public to take a clear stand against terrorism. in june the dandy horse markets two hundredth anniversary a german invention considered the fourth runner to today's bicycle it's an invention that's certainly changed a lot over the past two centuries. back to the present and some weeks ago i was walking down a street in vancouver canada my home country a beautiful city by any standard when the sun shone onto the sidewalk and lit up a manhole cover and it was decorated with killer whales in the style of the west coast first nations artist you can check it out on facebook in fact and i thought how wonderful that i happened to look down at that moment and see it literally art right there on the pavement while berlin by the way also has artful and interesting manhole covers and that gave one local artist an even brighter idea. real street style fashion and the front of rough is a textile designer who calls herself a pirate printer she transfers patterns from manhole covers on to t. shirts and talks. pirate printing refers to copying something. but for me it's more about the fact that these images are often overlooked and that we need to rediscover them somehow. noir and day these depict famous berlin landmarks the city's waterworks company had five hundred such manhole covers laid in two thousand and six the markets one hundred fiftieth birthday she has permission to use the. the waterworks company just saw them as manhole covers and possibly overlooked their potential and the fact that you can do so much more with them so yeah they're happy about it. the bank is biodegradable and it's machine washable raaf makes around thirty prints a day and each one is a little different. here you can see the structure from the roller then the t. shirt also makes an impression because it's always applied differently not by machine but by hand so you also get creases and little white spots. and. t. shirts start at forty nine euros bags and twenty and the fronts rob finds new motifs across europe in madrid past vienna lisbon porto and paris. wisco are the ground to find their images we look for details that have to do with the city something that has budapest on it or a w v well i think the w actually stands for water. she sells the pieces in her online shop many of her customers are tourists who watch her at work. i wondered what she was doing it's got the sights of berlin on it it's wonderful. we know it's also nice when they say they've gained a new appreciation for things that they've seen a nice manhole cover somewhere else or they want to make a print in the village they're from. software they are going to have. these women will never look at a manhole cover the same way again. maybe you can keep an eye out for a cool manhole covers near you and post them on facebook we would be delighted all for your max to lux we're now visiting cyprus in the southeastern mediterranean where they usually have very mild winters and then of course threat swept through extremely hot summers so it's no wonder that vava us gave a little more thought to how to protect his village from the sun he wanted it to be modern open concept and bright but still protected and he came up with a really unconventional solution that just this year earned him a nomination for the prestigious miss fonda who a prize. great pipes stacked up in a field what could be mistaken for a construction site is actually part of a modern villa named to the ab house architect andreas with his family welcome to our house please come in. three hundred sixty concrete pipes normally used in road construction provide shade while letting in plenty of light to the interior decor simple and functional. the open plan kitchen and living area the heart of the house the couple has been living in this one hundred ninety square metre home in past on the west coast of cypress since two thousand and sixteen. you have the simplicity not only the interior as i said they were raised by this lifestyle and i always believe that when you come home you must lie clear yourself from the thought of the day from the thought of the year drop from from the every day outdoor. the most important elements of a sliding glass walls most sides of the house can be opened up like this creating an extra one hundred fifty square metres of living space. for us this place is very important their connection between in and out is like in their summer period. eight months it's going to be a place where you at a day in a place where you have a place that you die in a place that you is like the living room for. you move the living room from inside to outside. going to show you now a special picture for the house. and i wanted to be able to use the space in a variety of ways so he designed these movable bookshelves. we wanted to create a different kind of space like we use for the whole house like in and out so the idea of light you can close the. spacing becomes a room. the water corridor on the northern side of the building is not just for show the babbling sound of water creates a relaxing environment. and in the summer the water cools the air and to use a natural air conditioner for the bedroom. the concrete pipes form the outer walls of the homes to longest sides. with holes in it but it shields inhabitants from those curious onlookers and the sun. every three minutes this on the move that way around is their duty to create the new site or outright a different experience as a different life experiences and architecture is about they gave of life. cypresses warm climate and i drank as roger says ab house made for a winning combination. well this week in our series we're visiting the best of german christmas markets and this time we're in dresden in the eastern state of saxony at the oldest christmas market in the country that's the streets unmocked that dates back to the early fifteenth century all the name is derived from their signature treat the stolen which is the buttery christmas cake that's chock full of all men's raisins and candy fruit and while there are many versions of it most will agree that the tasteless dahlan is the best that money can buy. sex in the state capital dresden attracts tourists from around the world in december most of them flock to the christmas market the streets are marked in the city's baroque old town some two and a half million visitors come each year so. it's the best advice christmas market in germany the rest of the race. much of what sold at the market is from the region. most importantly the stolen streets of interest in which lends the market its name. at the center is the world's largest christmas pyramid handmade in the or mountains and there's something else that makes the streets a mark special. but there's no status germany's oldest christmas market dates back hundreds of years. in fourteen thirty for the saxon prince a lecture is fritters the second and sigesmund allowed a meat market in the run up to christmas so people could buy a roast for their feasts that became the streets unmarked the market is officially opened each year with a ceremonial slicing of the streets and and to spread this sweet christmas treat as far and wide as possible throughout the world dresden even has its own ambassador the dresden stolen girl. i may offer you or the little ones a piece of stalin and mao but. we don't want you because. you like. so see the beneath them. his thing is this thing something. it sure is stolen has the longest history of all german christmas treats it was first mentioned in a document in fourteen seventy four. and original dresden was stolen contains lots of butter and a variety of dried fruit like candide lemon and orange peel those last two ingredients are the subject of an anecdote related by tino geary and expert stolen baker who's making us an authentic dresden stolen. with a bit outside in east germany during the eighty s. there were supply shortages. and us kids they used green tomatoes to substitute for candid lemon peel it wasn't bad but i relate hasted like the real in this piece make it support. nowadays these kinds of substitutions are strictly prohibited. where the basic ingredients have been established for centuries. and the society for the protection of dresden children make sure those guidelines are followed. but each of the one hundred thirty bakers and confectioners in the association is free to decide how and in what amounts the basic ingredients are used. usually according to old family recipes. the stolen must be made by hand however and the shape is the same for all of them according to legend the stolen is meant to symbolize the swaddled baby jesus. the calorie rich specialty can of course be found everywhere at the streets all marked and at one bakery visitors can even watch the master bakers do their thing. is no stillman at this time of year one of the city's top attractions enjoy. yummy stuff up. coming off of that we'd like to what know once again what kind of food or goodies get you into the christmas spirit maybe some special christmas cookies or a putting with brandy sauce to let us know whatever it is and send us a picture and with a little bit of luck you might be the lucky winner off our backs wristwatch which is up for grabs once again so on that note all the best and thanks for watching but some nice shoes to fit as a. next time on your own max london's trendy east end probably the most exciting part of the british capital today grab some breakfast at the cereal cafe. or unleash your inner child i don't bump it to a cocktail bar discovering lager next time on your own facts. they ran around shouting. there whether. gays and lesbians in russia. because sexuality is something dishonorable here. for sarah willis. is a passion. for. joining. us this time. i'm here in havana for the two thousand and seven festival out here on the streets 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