A new computer game and you cant crack the back the. Wide germanys carnival season ended last wednesday it is still in full swing in other parts of europe and france for example the first season of news has just begun this weekend kind of all at the court as your is one of the Worlds Largest of these events and has been taking place for hundreds of years and the tradition of the famous flower parades began in one hundred seventy six it is now always the previewed of the festivities there we joined the colorful kick off. It is time to talk to you nice on saturday revelers were turned loose on the French Riviera city and half a million visitors watched as sixteen floats hundreds of outsized because and thousands of dancers and musicians settle for the first of twelve parades over the next two weeks. Very fun to so much corn long as we can every year to carnival. The very boisterous very very boisterous open and free world is in the lead level you know without us so we come back a lot to get ready. For the highlights of the con of the niece of the flow of her aides they represent the good as you are and spring. Street the afternoon sixteen floats coupled with a good fifty Thousand Flower with move through town from them around five tons of flowers are tossed into the crowds below. The very beginning intros to promote the fall of. The world thats getting several you cannot flowers and move on the desert which is still the case. Every via eighteen women all selected as flower ambassadors for a custom tailored costume is designed for each one. For costume designers have been working on them since november one candidate claims to roll a flower when this year its twenty three year old marine as the cause of nice shell be the face of the coaches years fleury culture industry until next years comical. Its something which we are proud of that because its a lot of work for them to sit on their feet for. Everything so its an endurance. Where print them and look at the free papers and their work in. The cloud queens gown has to be the most lavish and most splendid of all the dressmaker sub spends two hundred i was working on this costume a look. At the face was a med that we used about sixty metres of fabric just for the skirts and whats special about this dress is the sequins and the number of rhinestones it was extremely time consuming in there when you would you dont just touch. The gums only reveals its full splendor in the sunshine but the conover revellers of nice move that a bit of rain stopped them hundreds of thousands from the parade route. This year its on the tenth security in twenty sixteen the waterfront prominent on play was the scene of a terrorist attack that claimed eighty six lives in the field is that it in myself called because those areas are tough friends and fun ace said everything i need that cannot it done. Him inside me out to me that took him on to care that i enjoy it with me that. It doesnt mean we have any genres again are. The theme of this years carnival and nice is the king of spades as in many of the con oppose the float builders and dance troops poke fun at the world the national leaders. The ticket it figures can reach as high as seventeen meters this year thirty five groups from eleven countries are joining forces to Party Together all the people gather at the same time for the same party. Whatever is their social mission to. The west. Thank you rich people poor people will get it together no matter what in order to be together and seeing in the faulty and. The con of the needs is an explosion a kind of lasting two weeks. Nonstop fun weather was drizzling rain raining confetti. And now lets have a look at what else is going on in europe in our express and it starts off in london where the claim that life came all the Family History of also award it. The stars were out at londons Royal Albert Hall on sunday for the back to film awards the evenings big winner was the british born director martin mcdonagh. His drama three billboards outside adding missouri picked up five trophies including best film killer i dont think those billboards is very fair. British director ridley scott received an honorary bafta for Lifetime Achievement he was handed the award by Prince William the coveted practice of the top price of the british film industry. Film stars in london had to share the limelight with a style set in town for fashion week all eyes were on christopher baileys final collection for burberry a traditional label key revitalized during his seventeen year tenure. British designer gareth pugh turned down fears looks reminiscent of one nine hundred eighty s. Our dressing to a techno soundtrack London Fashion week the second of a four city whirlwind tour of shows runs to feb twentieth. And british actor Rupert Everett has presented his directorial debut at the Berlin InternationalFilm Festival the happy prince for which he also wrote the screenplay recounts the final years of oscar wilde once the most famous author in england living disgraced and in exile in paris. Even though it was tough to not imagine definitely when i decided in one day trying to ratchet most of it into the no idea how difficult it was going to be how much strength it would take and put a nutrition mean one thing i didnt know how much tenacity i had everett start in the lead role with a supporting cast including british actors edwin thomas and emily watson the ballet nala run through february. Thank you. So well the International Film festival currently taking place here in berlin we want to know this week what is your favorite film genre maybe comedy scary horror movies or do you like it more romantic well as no just go to d. W. Dot com slash lifestyle there you can find also more information about our draw of the week weve been giving away and exclusive your mix watch and you might be lucky winner well now lack a lot on believed to success for the following artist e. J. Felix yin also has a lot of talent in trente fourteen is remakes of the song cheerleader became a worldwide hid his one of just a few german artists was also landed in the u s charts after his breakthrough many more hit singles followed you know he has released his long awaited debut album with crossover hits and collaborations its called i. But. Felix yangs new single cool featuring u. S. Singer marc bassy. Faithful to his musical style twenty three year old felix yang has released his debut album i three years after his first hit. Was that all so long but it took this long because i needed to grow into the role of a producer whos able to produce a whole album. I started out just making songs my laptop which then suddenly became hits of that set the bar pretty high but it took a while to find my own sound. Felix album has fifteen brand new and ten previously released tracks he made them while touring the world with d. J. Set sitting in planes in taxis but also Recording Studios in london los angeles and copenhagen rather than a bunch of hits he wants the album to be one complete piece drawing inspiration from past experiences. And a singer. There are lots of people involved in a single singles record companys Management Team if you get lots of feedback about what the next single could be but when youre making an album its up to you you can just run riot it must. Feel like started playing the violin at age six by eighteen he was spinning decks and london clubs his International Breakthrough came at age twenty five with the remakes of jamaican artist only his track cheerleader catapulting him to fame. It shot to number one in the u. S. Charts and in more than fifty other countries. He had a series of chart hits including remakes and even his very own original track book of love. To collaborate with other International Artists like finlands alma in twenty sixteen. His recent material has received your claim of earlier tracks but thats not what matters to him. Safe in our vision exist as much as the most important thing is to feel good about your own music your own songs that you think your music is great so you want to share it. Further becomes a number one hit isnt so important dimension time don is as my god is a vision in the minds of. Felix and performs all over the world but his home is now on germanys baltic coast where he used to live. He has millions of fans but love spending time with old friends and family and his grandparents to. All cities and when i return from these massive cities and that crazy lifestyle bombarded with all that information i can come here and im lined up side its quiet theres not much to see you look out over the field sometimes a crane flies past the taj its very peaceful and i need that to recharge my batteries. Which is much needed his album tour begins in spring and youll be busy on the festival season in summer. Cool and now were on our way to the vertical gallery and dusted off why were to come well because instead of going from room to room to view the art an elevator takes you from floor to floor this is a seven time an exhibition is taking place in this gallery and the Intercontinental Hotel now the works of the german fashion photographer actually go on show im a title around the world and fashion much Office Express effect iconic photography from the past decades can be seen on eleventh floor so well get him up we go. Eleven floors of fashion photography that caption the tie guys to the one nine hundred fifty s. And sixtys f. C. Good luck is considered one of the preeminent german photographers of the postwar era as a jet setter with a camera he helped write fashion history. Of if the good luck is a good natured person but hes very strict he wants every detail to work and can be rather abrasive with people if he doesnt immediately get what he wants and of course hes gotten around over the as you know hundreds of thousands of miles on my floor. He took models on photo shoots to the far corners of the earth and brought back a taste of the exotic as. He says himself that fashion photography is actually a mirror of societys dreams he was taking pictures of Things Unknown to most german women presenting bathing caps against the backdrop of the pyramids for example the images from cambodia and. These were images germans had never seen before and ones that mass circulation magazines of the day werent necessarily open to me. Except for. Fashion shots and travel stories from south america or north africa were often viewed as too up on guard but his models cool stylish and beautiful embodied a new aspirational lifestyle after wartime austerity. With the children and for remember that in the one nine hundred fifty s. Our mothers and grandmothers were building new lives in the devastated towns and cities that fashion was a low priority but there was something tempting about it and the models became real icons their names were in the captions and they were real celebrities and sometimes they got to keep the first day modeled at the height of the summer in lieu of wages times were very different then that. F. C. Born in one thousand nine hundred twenty six and discovered photography at the age of ten he shot these pictures using a soft timer. After training as a photographer in the late one nine hundred forty s. He specialized in fashion photography shooting models in emphatic poses on location in exotic places he achieved widespread industry acclaim his images capture the spirit of their time. Good luck is still busy and overseas exhibition projects whether as a fashion photographer or curator of his extensive photo collection for him fashion hasnt always played an overriding role its his guiding principle in life. Is that working about. Fashion isnt just about clothes its a substantial part of every individuals life. Every day you make a decision on what to wear. The colors you choose are an indication of how youre feeling. Its nonverbal communication you. Are going to go through. Have sequins locks work offers a window on the evolution not just of clothing but also of the poses props and locations that have defined shifts in the perception of fashion and beauty over the past decades the exhibition at dusseldorf vertical gallery runs through april eighth. And now its time to play a game and to have a blog is a very special computer game normally animations and graphics are created digitally on the computer but its their fund where the click adventure game from germany which is planned for release at the end of the year it is an adventure game with handmade scenery off the fictitious German Village of true book and the late one nine hundred sixty s. Off the modern making the process continuous almost like a real firm suit so its obvious surprising that the new game is made by a t. V. Production company with a lot of experience and states and a lot of bitty. This is not a doll house its a computer game backdrop one of twenty models developed twice except designers for true. Once completed their photographed individualized as three d. Models only the figures are generated on the computer. Confluence of the food for haptic it creates a different tactile familial and a very special effect even if its highly time consuming its definitely worthwhile when you allow talented set designers to give free rein to their creativity or for that you achieve really wonderful results and this process naturally impacts the entire story and the way they gain misconceived. Its a fairly unusual approach virtually all Computer Games are devised entirely with Digital Technology without the use of real materials i mean both if youre voting it takes between one and four weeks of work to create a model like this and thats just the time we need to build on the bow of them afterwards we stage the scenes with light come on this is the process is comparable to a small film set we work with real light and stage nine scenes to really get the most out of each model. The developers believe the handmade scenery lends an eerie atmosphere to their side Mystery Adventure game its set during the cold war in a remote german spy town where a Young American scientist becomes umbrella in strange events its twin peaks meets the x. Files in the german sticks. Setting aside the sets theres something bizarre an evocative about late one nine hundred sixty s. Germany not just for non germans but for germans to the provinces of the one nine hundred sixty s. Feel exotic and its appealing to place a foreigner an american in that setting. Partly crowd funded the project already has fans. Is slated for release on all regular platforms at the end of the year. Its time now for a new episode of our year makes etc serious today we take a trip to and spoke thanks to a viewer request from cataca the capital of venice so ala thats resign your list and she would like to know more about. The city in austria and she has a good reason her daughter is studying in spoke the state capital of two roll is situated in the alps and at an altitude of over five hundred meters this makes the city a popular Winter Sports and the olympic winter games have already taken place there twice in spoke as not only close to the mountains where you can enjoy stunning views the city has a lot more to offer well lets have a look. At. The selfstyled capital of the alps is surrounded by mountains like a natural rampart. The city got its name from a bridge over the river. At one end is the Medieval City center the garden the stock or golden roof is one of the main tourist sites it was built of fire gilded copper tiles in the year fifteen hundred. The seasons about site its our landmark other high medieval cities also have these orioles but this one is special as you can see by the golden roof this is seen important but its not just the roof the logit itself is quite special and all but he took over didnt seem long golden shingles or something quite extraordinary for that time. The coldness ducker was built for the holy Roman Emperor maximillian the first man financed from the down ring of his wealthy second wife all twenty six hundred and fifty seven gilded tiles are the originals. If youd like to take a shingle with you visit cafe morning the oldest pastry shop in to roll it features international and regional baked goods including a chewy sweet version of the golden tiles. This is about leno my brother came up with the idea for a prayed like he said weve got to offer Something Special from ins broke this shingle was made of honey roasted allman flakes pistachio mars a pan and only a new god in three layers partially dipped in dark chocolate milk without it you dont get another aspect of emperor moxon millions legacy is found in the court church the black Marble Senate taff a tomb without the emperors remains surrounding it are twenty eight bronze statues including historical figures and mechs millions ancestors and relatives each weighing up to two tons maximillian himself commissioned the tomb but his remains are interred near vienna i had meant that the meaning making facilities maybe he tried boosting his popularity using all the means at his disposal a time on it and left lasting traces everywhere and its. As a result you might call him one of the first media stars of his day. Along with all its imperial splendor in spork also boasts some world class modern architecture. In two thousand and one the baggies of ski jump was remodeled by the late british architect design. It since become a city landmark. It was also commission to create the four stations of the home a book done for nucular railway. The futuristic contours are a striking addition to the skyline. The sets on and seemed so so how do you design the stations to evoke a river and the stations colors are supposed to reflect the melt water from the glaciers that empty into the in me thats why they have this greenish tinge based he said he said going to touch. Its only ten minutes on the whole no board bond from the city center to the top station on the mountain side. And it takes another ten minutes by cable car to reach the ski slopes this is a paradise for Winter Sports and strokers twice hosted the winter olympics. Some thirty thousand University Students fuel a youthful and creative attitude into roles capital. The and placed over association as a platform for the regions artists and artisans the selection changes every month. To sign course set off a slip in spoke has a lot going on relative to its size. And it has a certain tradition in arts and crafts store if you lose too many students and people coming and going have made it a dynamic place. Maze in search of typical to roll in cuisine are best served with farmers fare pastries and noodles specialty locals often cook with regionally sourced ingredients and that applies to the National Dish as well. If you want to close to two million gross that is a classic main course fried potatoes beef onions friday x. All ingredients youd normally find in a well stocked kitchen. To role and grow stone or filled pastries or even taste year with a panoramic view of inns work shining under the alpine sun. Good place to be even more beautiful cities lots of good food awesome architect or a much more from our europe can be found on our website e. W. Dot com slash lives are well join us on facebook thats all we have time for today but hope to see you again tomorrow until then thanks for me and the entire year make seeing him go then for watching im back. On the next edition of your attacks lucas in the uk is one of the worlds top professionals like Linus Pinterest board has taken the german athlete to just about every corner of the earth and he said to number of records in the process from the highest timeline in peru to slacklining across Victoria Falls in boggling balancing on the brink next time on the year and six. The. Oh. The fast pace of life in the digital. Fish has the lowdown on the web showing new developments and providing useful information. And interviews with the makers and users. The fifteen minutes to the going to. Kick off the bundesliga highlights. 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New beginning in peace times more the people making it possible what needs to happen the tolerance and reconciliation are to stand a chance. Out of darkness citys after war. Starting march tenth on g. W. Media reports say Kurdish Forces have reached an agreement with syria to help repel the turkish offensive in the african region Syrian Television reports troops could enter the area within hours turkey had launched an offensive across its border into syria targeting what it sees as terrorist elements. The premier of the tiny german state of south that has been announced the new secretary general of chancellor agha christian democrats its a