Taking a little back twenty seventeen and bringing you the top twenty five stories featured on the show as have a look at whats coming out today. In the wilds featuring swedens young son and the stone sculpture its. Fun for all of the island of cyprus and the popular adventure. Taste of princess a norwegian city of bakken and its gingerbread visit. First up let me ask you what do you get when you combine acrobatics with riding a bike a unique sport and one that requires the balance of adults up the first unofficial World Championships in artistic cycling was held in eighteen eighty eight it didnt become official until the nineteen fifties germanys davi novel has won the title eight times and he can often be spotted with his partner practicing around in streets so are you ready for a taste of a bicycle ballet prepare to be amazed. The fine arts of bike riding demonstrated by dava and. The two artistic cyclists are practicing for a performance there into bicycle ballet not bicycle tours or races. Whether in a parking garridge on a theatre stage or in a sports arena they give free rein to their ideas and bicycles. Before also talking so im fascinated by pulling out all the stops and artistic cycling to put everything ive got into a guys body and soul and switched on also and. Rediscovering yourself and try out new things its so cool with. Not only their tricks are unusual their bikes too were developed specially to meet their needs. Axle pegs on the rear axle to stand on one to one ratio drive for a fast arse and fixed gears for riding backwards this bicycle costs about one case and eight hundred euros. Vanish the thought moment when i turn the bike back right side up you can see how the handlebars turn upwards of almost like youre the wrong way around so you can stand on them and perform various tricks and the seat is also form that way to provide stability and firmness and how to. First got on this kind of bicycle when he was nine years old it takes talent and persistence to master the native of bavaria has both in two thousand and five he won the first of his world. Championship titles because more spectacular and difficult tricks can take years to learn in two to three years and to be ready for competition you have to reckon another year or so persistence is needed and you really have to stay on the ball because. The more confidently and skillfully a trick is performed the more and against it looks spectators might think they could try it themselves difficult tasks performed with ease are often the motif of commercials. Thats what made darvish novel the star of a promotional video for a british bank. More clips of him can be found on the web like david riding special edition bikes from french luxury brand am ace. Savage novel and lay a shape as artistic bicycles arent strictly street legal with a tube like acrobats dont want to restrict their practice to a whole. David visits his sports partner as often as possible and both of them profit from the bicycle boom in germany and europe more and more people want to see their shows freestyle cyclists may perform jumps and stunts these two are more into aesthetics than spectacles but what they do is still dangerous. But one says also to us before we first have to learn to fold before we intrude a trick in our Program First and because thats very difficult to start as is. Most months. Davidge novel ended his professional career four years ago but he still has to keep in training to maintain his skills for performances. Function and even if they are nice side effect of artistic cycling training is that you get so many kinds of exercise you train your arms you. Train your brain to coordinate various components that you have to take into account at the same time and your legs your stamina fifty this is what it takes technique and coordination that makes the sport special. Novel and lay a shape to have a mission they want to make artistic cycling popular again. And not just in performance then yes theyre not just bike riders theyre performing artists. Well from Performance Art return to the art of scope to up cycling has become very popular with artists these days im always amazed by the number of materials people think of to use how see days fewer people listen to them now we have m. B. Three players and streaming Services Available much of him from germany has made quite a name for himself using compact discs but as you will see his sculptures dont make. The ts infuses a hot air gun fires and cease to create his works for about nine years the artists from near distant off has been concentrating on potato sculptures he heats up hundreds of old c. D. s and reshapes the map along polycarbonate into a new four. Does each go to form and by distorting the information the Hidden Information so to speak i create an analog object that you can perceive palpably you can go up and touch it a kind of group shake or hit it and you can hear it you could even smell it to. Touching it and all of these things thats whats exciting thats a social. Cause his culture is analog digital a graduate of the descent of a cat. To me of the arts hes made the fusing of opposites. The sculptor has already created several hundred data sculptures using his method he tries to emphasise the Human Element in his objects the artist came up with using c. D. s as the raw material for his sculptures and making human figures out of them by pure coincidence in two thousand a to hospital commissioned him to sculpt his very own vision of a chromosome that moment sparked the idea that c. D. s are something more than a data storage medium. A recorded cd corresponds to a gene a human gene if you put genes side by side you end up with a big person. If i put a recorded cd next to a record at city i could because i work with the figurative creative figure. It. Takes is a desperation from broccoli purely analog material for his first set he uses only the broccoli stuck he let the dry out for a few days then reshapes it to obtain the bases for his status. Also works with the natural materials such as wood or blossoms but the melted c. D. s are what holds it all together working with the material has many advantages. When it comes to my work but always bothered me is the transience for example with wood with wax cracks i notice the opportunities i can exploit with this plastic. I can pull it compress it. And stretch it into the finest of threads. And if i get it wrong and im dissatisfied. I can just destroy it without a problem. The polycarbonate has even more pluses its light weatherproof sturdy to keeping four meter sculptures like these outside his front door is a sin. Whether theyre big or delicate. Sculptures are striking like these in this just off gallery. Has known hand scored fifteen years he regularly exhibits the artists works. He. Has remained true to himself over the years even though his work is very diverse curiosity has led him to chart new paths again and again. His births are in demand all over germany for example theyre at a trade show for plastics often twenty ten or at germanys trade fair he doesnt give his sculptures names and he doesnt care what hidden data are on them either. Theres no such thing as content that takes place in your head and everyone should think up something themselves about whats in the work. But he has been says hes a long way from exhausting the potential of c. D. s and will keep using them as a raw material for his artworks. Now meditation is all about centering and focusing the mind many people find that in a piece not sitting still in the traditional method but by pursuing a calming activity pontus young son is a great example of this the sweet creates giant sculptures made entirely of stacked stones and to do this he needs a gentle touch and a very focused mind. It takes calm concentration and patients. Want to see and so on communes with stones out in the wilds of sweden he balances them one upon the other to make impossible but fascinating sculptures. Laws are not all some point you feel how the stones attached to each other and start to balance. And then i go and hope for the best of there is always a bit wobbly when you learn grow you never know whether it will collapse or not. This time the stone will stay in place its almost as if theyre floating in space this culture took just ten minutes to build. Consciously and so on has made hundreds and different spots on the island of the land in the baltic where he has lived for the past two years. The ideal location must have lots of pebbles and stones and no wind. He starts stones come rain or shine year round. Year worth loons who are in a coma and also like to be out in nature piling stone. Its a kind of meditation off welfare more like working on one of their island at best thats where the most interesting stones are not found. Young son has been doing this for four years while some sculptures take just minutes to make. Others can take hours. The stones mustnt be too heavy or too smooth or rough surface is best. Know were told the most important things are patience and a delicate time. Little. Software is a master just are there to no stone walls like environment force there you can do that at home just start with true love and. When one of the kony. Despite years of practice young song does not always succeed even the best laid stones can fall apart. And a meditative soul can also get really mad. No of long can be frustrating or not spend a long time more and you know it falls apart just as you want to think about it and im also fall below that is annoying when im off the ball. But todays creation is stable and he can take pictures at leisure. He tweaks the photos a little on his computer and then publishes them on instagram. He also post videos and they go down especially well. Or go to a limb people used to assume are just sticks and stones together but the videos prove that i balance them no glue is involved. One video went viral. I mean another forum or another and it was a job all over your sort of old for yonks on stones are not a job theyre his passion he even takes them home with him. For months you know what a great shape theyre going to be looks are going to. Do nothing dinosaur a. His collection comprises hundreds of specimens sometimes he follows his or her just to stand at home in his garden. And then there are times when the young son himself likes to distract his own compositions. All of as a bit of a wild side to him as well we say well this is what im going to pick up on there has wear off the site for us now so the water welded bench apoc and i an apple a favorite of rain enjoying the nonstop thrills here since the mid nineties this shit received to travel as Choice Awards and for just thirty eight year as a day its a must for adrenalin seekers when visiting the island. This water slide is not for the faint of heart in just seconds. Visitors said lightning speed from an eighteen metre high tower down into the pool below. The slide is located at waterworld in a resort on the southeast coast of cyprus. Is the largest themed water park in europe waterworld is beloved by tourists and locals alike. I found a problem on the water park on my first time it was ninety if you try on the cross for me for more about putting you on the. Jury the parking lot i promptly lack. To my heart really my wife and i like the slide the most because all four of you can go together and its really quick. Shes referring to the chariot chase one of the water parks top attractions for people on this seventy meter long slide at once the first to reach the pool below is the winner. And then theres the fall of an inflatable tubes two people slide down and then reach for the sun before falling back down again. Thirty five attractions in all over an area of around one hundred thousand square meters. Indeed. For those behind the scenes keeping visitors happy and safe is a balancing act. Of having the right stuff find the right stuff the right truth framing them. Having the right Rides Attractions making sure all these poor things. All the time the safety of occurred to see if we should see the show. Thats a big challenge and so so you have it every day so its bringing this Team Together to bring to life this water park. Water world is a theme park based on greek mythology. With its snake like cube slides the quest apparently is pays homage to the greek hero who slew the hydra a nine headed water serpent. Then theres the trojan horse themed childrens area. And there are plenty of ornate columns to serve as reminders of ancient greece. And cyprus is going to greek history. Thats the most prominent history that we have. We have all over the island different. Different ancient bindings all. Over greece. When people come here they think will be greek history. But even zeus needed a break from his adventures so the waterpark also offers guests plenty of ways to relax and. They can write down the lazy river take a dip in aphrodites bat or get a bite to eat at the poseidon preferably. And. To ensure the safety of the guests around fifty lifeguards are on duty. You enjoy every day together with our customers our job is nice of course we keep the safety we enjoyed together with our customers meeting every day the freedom paper or make sure they enjoyed that brings joy to us also. The water park attracts people from around the globe for many its an action packed alternative to a day at the beach. Is a good. So. You saw some of the dip in the pope down theres a lot of variety so even if you dont want to go in the sizes by the way fool and just relax in a lazy river. But theres also just. You something to do for the whole day. Thats already has made water world a splashing success the water park has already received thirty one International Awards and it could soon be in line for more with four new attractions planned for the future. Wet and wild it certainly seems but lets and show you today with a seasonal treat gingerbread and not just a piece of it a whole city but again in no way has created a wonderful annual tradition to bake and presents the worlds biggest gingerbread city every is since nine hundred ninety one schools kindergartens and local businesses have come together to create a miniature edible version of. Mark the onset of the Festive Season a miniature town made up of two sounds and delectable buildings has been unveiled in American American is norways second biggest city. But it boasts the largest gingerbread town in the world. This was made by care steep rock star shes the architect of the sugary settlement. When you go around looking new we want to audience to dream themselves into for instance that theyre sitting on the front where they can dream that theyre sitting in a poem or go into the merry go round we want to give them. Escaping from their reality and to. 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. For Maurice Strong baking together has become a tradition there. And its a soso. You know like something. Gingerbread artists drew inspiration from the Old Buildings around the coastal culture center. Used to store dried codfish now they house museum store they function as tool shed combine this with a pinch of creativity and you get some great results. Was getting gingerbread creations right up to the very last minute so improvisation was key. So then you maybe have to change that. If we get to. Paris. And then we. Have to. Start 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 amulet. Idea came in one thousand nine hundred one. How awesome look at thing. That we had exhibition area what we want to do something. Weve 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. In them used to go through children and families call the Christmas Christmas we made. Its the. Train that goes up and down. On the kids. Build a different game house each year this years theme was hollowing you see all of us who dont really. Sure 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 band. Well i dont know about you but im craving Something Sweet now its the perfect day to indulge to you so enjoy it if you can and ill see you again tomorrow on the show for the next. Five at the five in our view on happy holiday. Coming up next youre a mac special a blue drink from spain the closely resembles wine. Germany is home to the realm of the worlds no missed rope suspension bridge. And Nathan Lisa Tremont it flew two feet from britain joined us from this somewhat small top stories next youre special. Claim. The success from the instrument. Because in the first. Telling conductor. Young musicians from germany and korea. And especially composition. To seventeen campus project. And thirty plus w. Europe. What unites. What divides. The books florists what binds the continent together coke answers and stories of plenty coups. Spotlight on people close to zero on t w. They make a commitment. They find solutions. 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