Wind blow all around you cant relax it thats what many people who come here want. Me to. The journey from hamburg to heligoland takes 3 and a half hours a catamaran takes me there no other boat is faster. Come on. Already on arrival the holiday mood kicks in. All the passengers initially have the same route. Everybody passes the colorful ups the huts. And walks along but probably not somewhere here is my hotel. The 5 most of the tourists who arrived here go back. In the afternoon there are more or less 3000 visitors every day but i would like to stay over night so i have more time to discover this small island. A must on heligoland is a visit to the seals. If you like it well youre in for the punk festival. And theres another holiday video of the week this time its from australia. My 1st walk takes me into the countryside all the way up to the. Route along the edge of the rock that forms heligoland leads around the island the cliffs. As far as the eye can see the mainland is 50 kilometers away. I passed the tall and this Free Standing rock is the landmark of heligoland everyone hopes that it can withstand the wind and the waves for a long time. And i continued to germanys smallest nature reserve the lumen says the rock of the guillemots it is the nesting ground of many sea birds but it is named after the guillemots in june these small feather balls take wing amateur photographers wait for them to take their courageous plunge. There are not many places in europe where you can get so close to wildlife. Birdwatching isnt the only thing you can do here over there is the do and off shore island and even smaller than heligoland germany. Just greasy okami lives over there and you can join a guided tour to get really close to those animals. Some animals have got it figured out. By lying on the beach all day basking in the sun cool off now and then with a quick dip in the sea. Life and heligoland is generally tranquil and unhurried. But do not island ranger make sure it stays that way. Just so calm and something more and more guests are coming to see helicopter land and want to benefit from the high seas but more and more animals are coming as well and they do you know rangers are here to make sure we can all live together and get along all right people can ask me questions and enjoy the beach in harmony. Katherina tillys area responsibility is just 7 tenths of a square kilometer the island of dude and a couple of dunes is about all it is. Enduring to do you know ranges that only found here because this island is called doona and i mean a ranger. Once a week visitors have an opportunity to tie the long with the ranger and explore do not islands on an organized nature to. Eventually end up if you find something and think it looks exciting pick it up and take it along well have a look and im sure we can figure out what it is. So whats rare and not easy to find is the red flint. And mother i have homes in 3 variations but its always some shade of red or not rust colored and not orange you can find it in yellow and several variations of that but the red flint is whats unique to helical and. For most of the visitors here the true stars of the island are the seals. One of the birthing season begins around november and almost as soon as a female is given birth shes able to mace again. So 2 weeks later the 1st bulls are back trying to get at her again. As cute and harmless of the seals may look theyre not necessarily cuddly. Feel the gray seal is germanys biggest predator and it can move a 20 Kilometers Per Hour so its not a good idea to get too close to them even if nothings happened so far the possibility is always there i cant read their minds. But you can count the animals. Monitoring the population as one of her routine tasks along with showing visitors around. To see the sun surf for man and beast alike. Although this island is very small it has an incredibly eventful history and you can learn more about it in the heligoland museum you have im pleased as the boss here he tells me that this island used to be a pirates nest a navy fort and a trading post in the early 18th century it was just as important as the International Port of hamburg is today heligoland was once part of denmark then of Great Britain it was not until 1900 that the island became german a fiercely contested piece of ground. One was the most dramatic moment in the history of the island and. The most dramatic moment was definitely the end of world war 2 and the great bombardment. Everybody had to be evacuated and then came the big bang in april 947. 00 resulted in the complete destruction of the islands buildings. The British Occupying forces once tried to destroy all the islands military facilities with a 6. 7 killer tons of explosives never again should it be used for military purposes for many years heligoland remained uninhabitable. 954. 00 the population began returning to the island and tourism immediately started appearing again. First they slept in 10 some dinner because there was no place at all to stay here on the island there were no houses or anything so they stayed a little tense and do not stand so that whatever they needed to pass through and by little souvenirs and people came in droves to see heligoland again. Soon to risk a mass its not because of the beautiful nature but to buy duty free liquor and cigarettes. Or how did the island endure this i just imagine 10 or 12000 visitors here on this really small island it was terrible it must be said there was no room between all the people. They were just here to pass the shops and through here shoulder to shoulder. You might see something nice and one of the shops be didnt stand a chance of getting to it the pirates were just pushed on ahead by the crowds and so you ended up back at the ship and at the sail home again and how come prices are so cheap on helical land. Thats a privilege we had from our time with britain and its been preserved through all the changes and rule it was taken on in the treaties so weve always hotter judean tax free status here. It still exists but today the tourists come here for the nature almost as it used to be when heligoland became a seaside resort in the early 19th century and 1st people came here for the good air it was the beginning of hell a glance tourism. This island is so small you can easily walk around it and it just takes one or 2 hours hello go and its pretty popular with tourists and we will show you why. Henniker land starts getting crowded every day around noon you can almost set your watch by it thats when the excursion ships arrive from the north sea coast and hamburg. Visitors a ferry to learn from the ships in jolly boats known locally as dirty boats in 2018 they were listed with unesco is intangible World Heritage. When the seaside resort was founded here in 1827. 00 we didnt have any harbor no breakwaters or piers we had nothing at all when the 1st Passenger Ship arrived a year later they had to drop anchor somewhere and our fishermen and pilots went out in our fishing boats and brought the guests for the 1st time ever to land in there brought a boat. Overboard. Eventually the harbor was built and ferrying passengers was no longer necessary. Soon after the ships put in the big destroyer in malls for visitors still come to shop duty free. They generally have 4 hours before the ship sails again. The tours that time so that the day trippers can go along to the bank or to a brings them some 25 meters deep inside the red cliffs. This is where the heligoland is sort of from the bombings its the only remainder of a once vast bunker complex running through out helicopter and. Tired of the part where no came through all the bombings and after the war on damaged. The last bombs fell in february 952 so its important to us many hella glanders especially the older ones older lives to it because i can forbid you leave. The loves to hats are typical of heligoland. That few people know they were built here in the 1950 s. And sixtys as part of a planned city. Let us 1st of course the cliff was here and the huge bank of the english blew up in 947. That led to the formation of the lines now called the midlands. Or and the last the hearts are now essentially a retaining wall for the loose rock. And this time. And architects competition was announced for the reconstruction 951 over a 1000 architects to punch. Their tongues quiz to find the optimum use of the limited space well orienting the houses favorably to the sun and wind every detail was thought up down to the paint it was limited to 14 callus. Today heligoland is like an open air museum of the 1950 s. And sixtys building style almost every house is listed as historical. A closer look at heligoland quickly reveals that its full of fascinating stories and the longest day or even a return visit. I want to do that to. Get on the boat and go around the island it takes 45 minutes. The excursion boats only put out if the waves are no higher than 2 metres. Bank goodness. In the slipstream of the island it is still peaceful. But soon as we clear the tip of the island the rocking starts almost 2 meter waits. All you need now is a strong stomach and occasionally leave something to hold on to. Nobody gets seasick we all have our sea legs. Water wind and waves thats what our weekly v mail is about as well. Our viewer hundreds from singapore loves travelling just like me hes been to the other side of the world to australia and heres his holiday of video. Almost 1500 people live on the legal land and the sea is part of almost everyones lives most of them have ancestors who were sailors or fishermen maybe even pirates. And sailors songs are part of the cultural heritage. Im here for a rehearsal the head will end up in shanty choir. Does it for the song you just sank. Is that a regular sailors song or a shanty you know what i didnt know that was actually our theme song it has nothing to do with either because if he was in hell under the friesian dialect and it just means the canal great guys know more than that told account of the enemy army yet here i shanties and sailor songs whats the difference he was the muff you know the sailor songs or simply romantic songs they used to sing but the shanties were the work songs for the seamen of an earlier time. It was hard work on the ships doctor one of them would call the tune in the champs and the choir would answer and do the work the lead singer never had to work and its just the same with us was going on with them when they go out and often fall into mobile whose lead singer for the today the lead singer as a whole if he sings the song of hope often we can i sing a shanty like read your question or we can do that like i said the lead singers or hell sing the beginning or we jump in and swing and you can just sing along it was goofing that thing on my thoughts on the truck so im going to die. A known and not often moving here for. The. Sound there you know. You are a goal on her own. Way a. 3rd of. The way. To the. South. Side. Of the o. L. Hole. It was really good to. See those who really want to join the cox have to meet 3 conditions be a man live on heligoland and be able to sing they have strict rules but if they are friendly guys. Every spring the carcassi have an important job they open the punk festival. Here and heligoland with their shanties 3 days in a row bands from all over europe gather here on the island. Who opens the festival here on heligoland ladies and gentleman. Or of sees shanties everyones head amenities before and likes to sing them over a beer shanties and punk actually go together here. The storm battered seagulls face an invasion of. Weekend guests who flock to dino island for the rock n roll which means Something Like booze cruise. To necessities of good weather and better beer 12 kegs have to be put away and nothing changes fast on hedegaard and the weather by the time the 1st rays of sun appear on the do you know restaurants terrorist the 2nd grog has disappeared 8 c. You know they dont have any guns just guitars beer more beer and a partnership all their own they had to go to and is hosted their 1st punk festa. In 2003 with mixed feelings as the former mayor recalls. Yes i 1st gave the Decision Makers here in the town hall a little shock when they hear the words punk festival because the see it happening and doing it with the nature reserve nudists people over 70 years old and then here comes punk rock how could it work no matter how you do it it wouldnt work then a little administrative voice piped up and said well we could give it a try. The 150 fans at the 1st one quickly grew to over 1000 the bands even played for free just for the atmosphere the see the applause and what the fans would give. Up now bands come from all over this end of europe for the rock n roll but. They play and Party Till Midnight then the fans will crawl into their tents unless the wind has swept them away in the mean time. The lobster huts by the harbor are a good place for a snack these used to be warehouses for the fishermen today restaurants have moved in. They mainly offer seafood dishes for example. Crab pincers. But the cutlery is strange. And that id like to tell you with them however made us wonder how much. Though. Cup you have to break it a little like this crack it sound done here. I think my colleagues the finnish would love this all globetrotter always tries the local food on his travels all around the world and this time steve has been to cuba and heres his new video. Has been is the capital of largest city major ports and leading commercial center of cuba the city has a population of 2 point wooden 1000000 inhabitants and the trucks over a 1000000 tourists on yearly. First. Want to tour with the classic car so what youre. Doing exactly that 30. 00 s. Going around very roundabout and seeing all the spots. Old havana the how about a v a how was declared a unesco World Heritage site in 1982. With. The right. To have something very very stupid. Just. Be you. Know visit to have fun is complete without experiencing life music actually its hard not to as music is happening everywhere throughout the old testament. It is get. Me get. Me. Its even ing on helical that i am on the cliff path again the best place to wait for the sunset you can only experience that when you stay here overnight. A day trip is nice but its even better to stay 2 or 3 days on the island that makes a real difference because then you can experience the perfect the celebration so just give it a try bye bye see you next time somewhere else in germany. Absolutely. One of the most durable spacecraft ever turns 30 the whole space telescope. Broadening our rhizomes project. And supplying us with marvelous images of deep space. Thats a Vital Research and streaming service as our window on the universe. To the world today. Coming up on. Television. Monitors family bibs its modern asia the crisis coming in they call social entrepreneurs are changing the lives of the for providing schooling and i hope. The review feels good the move has emerged since the good news of monday more from the parents. In 30 minutes on deep. W. 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