Election victory. Hundreds of matches of also being arrested in antigovernment protests in hong kong opponents are angry about next sundays local elections being delayed the voyage will now not be held until july next year prodemocracy demonstrations which began last summer have often same violent clashes between activists and security forces. World tennis number one Novak Djokovic has been disqualified from the u. S. So ive been the serbian he said fane now line judge with the bolger in his match against spains pablo code in your book stuff it appeared unintentional and djokovic immediately rushed to help bot was still ejected this is d w news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram it w news always a day w dot com. Welcome to a new special edition of checking we show you how tourism in germany is doing during the corona palm demick what is possible and whats not time for a moment. He calls early hughes in the capital and shes visiting the city of heidelberg which is very popular with international tourists. You go once and i can book for part of the baltic sea like many holidaymakers theres corona some of 2020. 2 or stocks in the capital. Riverboats on the schley. People drawn al doors by the warm sunshine. Cafes and parts of the city are full even occasionally too full according to some. The Brandenburg Gate berlins most popular landmark is pretty crowded too. Almost normal and still this year everything is different. The corona crisis has things the world and our life including tourism after lock down and travel restrictions brought berlin to a standstill earlier this year visitors are slowly starting to trickle back but what kind of a next. Are they in for today well find out. After the city was essentially closed to visitors for a couple of weeks a sense of normality is slowly returning to a prelim after the Lockdown People seem to want to travel again. I dont mind wearing a mask and even if its not mandatory to wear them outdoors in germany i believe we need to look out for each other. In the middle of a pandemic how so as in book one very simple we come from hamburg we kids with grandma and grandpa for 48 hours and balance within easy reach we wanted to see something. From particular probably. Your part here is a story that i made like 8 hours and i saw the what are you planning to see everything really were just going to see the Brandenburg Gate then maybe. Weve just had a look around the city center now wed like to take in a few sites maybe take a trip on the straight tomorrow. What is your experience been like so far doesnt feel weird. Its emptier than ive seen it otherwise quite a bit more relaxed when you walk around outside on the other hand its a little annoying with the face masks when you go in somewhere but thats how it has to be. I know its a little bit dangerous but before life there were lots who would be careful so maybe it would have been. Apparently most of the tourists are just here for a short trip ill move on to alex on the flux i want to take the opportunity and visit this impressive building the t. V. Tower due to social distancing roles only a reduced number of visitors was allowed to enter these days so at one point too crowded at the top. Of the t. V. Tower was inaugurated in 1969 a prestige project for d. D. R. Leaders and to this day germanys highest building the interior is listed for preservation in only 40 seconds i rise to 203 meters. And then ive got the whole world well at least at my feet. The newly rebuilt berlin palace the right stack and the cathedral i could stand here and look for hours. Ringback ringback ringback ringback d that will go even higher at 207 meters theres a restaurant the best part the entire room rotates a full 360 every 30 minutes im behind one of these windows. From my coffee in the clouds i cross over to the nearby Museum Island another lens tourist highlights of the illegal. War where is the. Article the. Full life arranged to meet with christiane 10 a visit berlin the citys Tourism Organization have had slow start and whats open right now in berlin and whats not with the month of a very good thing to visit at the moment would be the museums the restaurants are open again too and the hotels are ready to open whats not shown yet are larger events all the trade fair activity is still on hold and other events are of course very very limited funds coming are tourists coming to berlin or is there some has a tense and there are far fewer visitors were not a level between 10 and 20 percent of what we have this time last year but theyre coming mainly from within. Germany because there still arent many flights many of them come by car so theyre a completely different type of people. And. Weve heard what would be your tip for a perfect summer day in berlin. Is that more i would hop on a bicycle in the morning and take a nice bike tour its easier to do that now firstly we have less traffic than usual and secondly weve got pop art or temporary bike trails but i hope theyll stay or they offer a very relaxed kind of ride especially for people who arent used to riding bikes we have lots of parks and gardens and great bike trails you can use rudolph around noon ill be sitting in a beer garden on the proprietors have had some fantastic ideas and the senates been very generous about allowing tables on the sidewalks in the afternoon i go to a museum and in the evening id most like to take in a movie at the couture forum and enjoy the panorama of the illuminated potsdamer platz. That clowns like a lovely day thanks for the chat my pleasure. Not all museums have reopened yet and for those that have visitors may have to buy tickets in advance for a certain time slot. Out stroll a while longer among the history rich buildings of the Museum Island which by the way is listed as a unesco World Heritage site. The over bound bridge connecting the fritters time and cards bird neighborhoods is a good place to wind up my corona summer day and berlin. Sometimes berlin makes it hard to believe that were in the middle of a pandemic the citys unique spirit remains unchanged. On the next destination is hardly. A centuries old bridge below. And chanting old town in between. And a romantic castle altogether they make for one of germanys most popular destinations. I start by climbing the socalled philosophers power following in the footsteps of long gone students and scholars from highly back university today local people and visitors alike take this town. From the top to get the best view of the city. However it is very high up on the to do list for anyone visiting germany this summer though the coronavirus pandemic has kept many travelers away what does that mean for locals and for tourists like me do manage to come whats the city like without the masses of visitors lets find out. Where alice is a must today its a ruin but its the ghostly air of mortality that makes up its charm. The castle was closed for 3 months in spring because of the lockdown now its open to visitors again. But to make sure our cameras didnt slow them down we got a special tour. And it started off with an important announcement that im afraid to guess well have to wear masks during the tool i wanted to ask if its alright with you if i take mine off. Ill keep my distance and youll be able to understand me much i dont have the after hour sure no problem. Of them but yes then ill take it off just as it did and off we get the nose out of the good. The arrows point the way for visitors because again the back of the neck gives me a quick rundown of the highlight castles history. Starting in the 13th century it was the residence of the prince a lecturer of the latin and each successor renovated and expanded it according to his own taste and wishes. It was destroyed again and again the last time by french troops in the 17th century in the 19th Century Preservation work on the ruins and a partial reconstruction commenced the palace of prince a letter frederick the 4th normally some of the inside chambers are open for viewing but now there are also closed due to the virus. That if one of a few video cursed weve had a lot fewer visitors to heidelberg most of the ones we do have come from germany and we can out of that but the americans and the extensions arent coming. So its picking up now weve noticed it and we dont give nearly as many tours as we used to for the 5 of us but whats a real shame is that normally the Heidelberg Castle theatre festival is held here in the consul. They rehearse here and thats always nice to watch for us to encompass all thats being canceled and its really a shame too if thats the seshat a. Birds old town feels almost deserted maybe its the rain but perhaps its also the corona crisis. To answer that question i meet up with my t. S. P. My managing director of hyderabad marketing. Mr sheen were walking across the squares here and. Heidelburg how would you say the numbers of tourists has changed compared to this time last year thats. In january and february we had 14 percent more overnight stays even though the pandemic was already known to be on the way but the figures dropped rapidly in march and april we had cancellations of up to 100 percent and in the hotels and restaurants were devoid of life they closed up as required and it was eerie what would you do then yes how does a visitor figures look right now looking around we can see there is some activity of course many germans are here but how many visitors have come from abroad. And we wont leave people out in the rain so weve allowed the Restaurant Owners to expand their outdoor seating with no extra charge for this patrons are supposed to sit inside and fairly close together like some of these hoyer and you can see the effects by the increase in tourists. For a beautiful city and we profit from hyderabad as a hotspot effect and weve always benefited from Domestic Tourism in general this most 70 percent of our overnight guests are domestic tourists so of course thats a nice little bonus. For discipline and boys didnt stand in the absence of the International Tourism the whole atmosphere is a bit more relaxed is the best for the visitors coming here now that they can take it as the year and enjoy the city. Yes and no were missing the International Visitors title bags always been an International City that comes from the university and many of the students havent returned here yet just because the borders are close to the International Element is missing now in hyderabad. The rains finally let up at least for a little while and right away the old bridge over the next livens up a bit