To have come to the right place had less than fifteen centimeters that this is just your typical rigorous day here in montreal. In japan children learn how to fly big he says police plays. At minus sixteen heavy draft horses all the strongest. In russia that people keep fit and room that familiar with winter hickox. I said but you dont drive the. Three counties three continents the same level. And. Im. The outer. Banks. Thank the yard at the nyssa pole Services Department six oclock in the morning theres no time to lose the employees have to sort of shovel and sweep before the city a way explain the last one trailer has a population of one point six million and sees more than two metres of snow for each winter its not quite that much today thanks. To our. Not seen fool in a is dividing up his shift the city center needs to remain possible to vehicles half a Million People and a hundred and sixty thousand cars traveling downtown every day thanks for making the money to build up a cozy beach here we have to remove the bulk of it before rush hour starts. To get it i think so yeah all this snow is pushed from the left side of the road to the right side. Where we pick it up later. Than what the our in montreal they call this like snow for last theres no snow at six in the morning and obey hero. But its definitely freezing cold on japans northernmost dial and at minus sixteen degrees celsius. Geo the one with the blaze is harnessed in front of the sleigh facinelli morning at. The size and gentle giant who weighs around a ton twice as much as a regular horse. Will go careful hell come this way. Just a loaded with concrete also weighs half a ton this is a Training Session not on snow but on a rubble track just. The. Way. Thanks. In a country thats home to hefty sumo wrestlers these animals are here is. Used to do up something oh the poor animals but you know what they like the hard work thats hard to understand for outsiders but we live with these horses twenty four hours a day or less get all. The you know if they werent happy they wouldnt look so happy today that today the last call i thought of the one that call you up course like the way. Its the largest shared home for people and horses in the world five hundred giants and two hundred handlers work at the racing stable and ill be here they dont live side by side just a thin wall separates but gio from his coat in my and his family in my eyes wife and daughter have to help out who says they say all their lives. Because all the little what tio is due to take part in the upcoming race. The last. Few of. You just. Know the. Draft. Says once what the feels and helped build up this settlement in the rugged north after the arrival of heavy machinery the workhorses stayed and was switched to racing. Were off to russia. When own a gun lake freezes over the only way to get to land is by hovercraft. It takes messes new been said son kojo to alice to travel the sixty kilometers across the ice to reach their workplace. The a. In hindsight it was impractical to build a World Heritage site in such a remote location but well nobody could have known three hundred years ago that this good chat would be so famous one day. The eat. The vine is stuck in the frozen shoreline vegetation the man will have to complete that journey on foot. The cons of a tour and the carpenter have been working here for years. When we started the whole structure was leaning and the foundations were brittle weve been able to correct that were constantly measuring its special to work with this was of an offer that was. The litmus of history its hard to imagine how the people cut it centuries ago with the technology we dont understand anymore yes its just a small. Id like to learn more about that so those are some of those its almost all. Wind weather and worms have all caused Serious Problems for this magnificent structure in. The land of sixty six thousand lakes its located far beyond St Petersburg and home to baz moves lynxes and foxes. Its half the size of germany which has a population of just six hundred fifty thousand. Visitors are welcome. Its the perfect occasion to put the oven on to bake. My biscuits with minute filling the tundras oncet to pizza or is it was. Anthony. Is eighty four and one ina aqim ovah has come for tea shes seventy five the two remember very different kinds of winters it used to be much colder and there was a lot more snow we jump off the roofs into the snow and wouldnt look at the washed up which he got and the children had to fetch firewood we started collecting it in the spring. We fetched it from the woods with the horses and then with chopped it up with an axe. That mystical that waiters we had a chain saw those were good times. These two women have been friends for half their lives they still take to our long walks together in the woods every day rain or shine because its better to wear out than rust out. Over in canada life in downtown montreal continues. Amid a heavy snowfall rates such conditions typically cause severe disruptions in countries like germany i. Cant say much about the this is nothing unusual for montreal we have conditions like this for months. The most important thing is to clear the main traffic trees and the song existed but thats our job. To do the job. Two hundred kilometers of roads need to be clear it. Can work as well as three hundred sixty kilometers of sidewalks. Plus countless because. Its not tempting whether to venture out into and fortunately theres a way to avoid it the entire city center is connected underground francois knows his way around. Town to meet here yes welcome to my guided tour of hidden montreal we have a whole network of tunnels offices shops and restaurants can be accessed through them even temperatures of minus thirty five under snow storm and no reason to stay home most of the city. Residents who live near a subway station can reach their office or go shopping even in the worst weather. The french people the thing that we go to school in the only one city that we live the whole life its left through is a cliche thinking that we have a so bad winter for a year or so if people are just living on the ground the will of winter we go into. Outside but we have this if we dont want to go outside here. Shopping and cinema or even art all spread out across thirty six kilometers of tunnels. This is the map of the underground city there are two subways the green one goes to the shopping district the orange one to the business and financial district six three they all are laid off. The main station hotels and the foodland eyestrain are connected to the Tunnel Network says. Who impressively manages to complete the majority of the route walking backwards. On a day theres a week after. Walking backward is a technique that we have and so i know im supposed to know where im going if im a professional guide so walking backward i need to have trust in my people so they tell me if im going to hit the wall or something. But thankfully he manages to complete another tour without an accident. And surprisingly to come. We make a big leap to the other side of the globe support on how. To love that. No other city has produced as many accomplished speech jumpers. Their training using a human flight simulator. All. About us approaching. Thats how children learn the proper body posture and they lose their fear of jumping over the rail like. This ski jumper wearing that number forty one has no fat tight is believed to be invincible. He tells us that his dream is to participate in the World Championships after his won then he wants to go on to win olympic gold. This fighting spirit pleases the coaches and parents. At first i was worried about my boy but you get used to it and now i want him to win that it must. Be even a Student Competition starts with the Japanese National anthem because then not just him with a fun. The end the you also know they had the great ski jumping legend. Is over forty now is about time that the young generation put in some hard work and achieve something. Theyre here to pop some atmosphere this support on noise team is equipped with a drum a megaphone and a whistle. And. Although lots of girls now do ski jumping the club still code jump boy is. The most talented of the more here is eleven year olds. Hes won fourteen consecutive competitions can anyone bait him. Theres a competition head too and if its true that only girls love horses then fifteen years. Chihiro lives in paradise. I have grown up with horses i want to be a jockey. But i have to lose a lot of weight for that unfortunately. Shes preparing for his big race. The right accessories for his mane all vital says her mother dorothy. He is like. A huge steed with pink resents reminiscent of howling kitty and cherry blossoms. We women arent usually involved directly with the horses or the training. We all eat together and we cook we help keep the stables clean. We try to support our men at work as best we can. Study. In my the coach doesnt reveal whether hes happy with the grooming or not shortly before the race he has other concerns. And theyre very good morning and welcome to our ice fishing competition for teams are taking part with two fisherman each about just. The sporting spirit is also strong on the ice expanses of lake on a guy and. The local event agency is hosting a fishing competition there are prizes for catching the smallest the largest and the first fish. And the great cull conan is up for the challenge of the middle of winter is a tricky time for ice fishing the water is extremely cold and the fish are very lethargic theyre not. Out in the mood to bite leo where the more hurts but the best time is early in the morning and in the evening post by the hour there you know. But not before the experts have checked that the ice will hold the only way to. Preserve the ice is fifty centimeters thick nothings going to happen it only gets dodgy when the ice is seven centimeters. The ice rescue service we dont have much work in winter. Was they didnt we get busy in spring march april may. Because weve raised awareness there are now fewer accidents in the years to be with. The information flyer warns readers dont jump or run no chance andre is going to do any of that the only passenger in a hurry here is mary ann from the event agency shes doing her rounds with a sniffer dog to ensure competitors dont smuggle in fish and then pretend they cool down. This isnt that what they want to much what you put out. There out. There and today is a rule abiding participant hed never do anything like that or doctor to do this for Health Reasons nothing is healthier than getting it as i was out in the fresh air you use all your muscles when youre ice fishing or shoulders your back and your legs this is much better than a treadmill or a stationary bike in a gym. Just. A small perch it could be a winning fish good luck. Show low side. Smoke from the tim is of the paper factory bellows into the sky. Com sets in among the participants i stitching is first and foremost a spiritual exercise. Of the refurbishment of carlie as World Heritage site the wooden transfiguration chad is way behind schedule. But the process is complicated. By frame of hundreds of Steel Structures and clamps secures the interior the old builders didnt even need nails. To move here. And the idea of going for a wood construction this is really a huge complex we have to make sure we copy the old construction technique and recreated like it was originally. And then we use the same materials that everything has to look the same. Theyve been dismantling its log walls piece by piece like a large scale version of pick up sticks to it is to do with your fish this year we had to divide the church into seven belts that we removed one after the other before reinstalling them once they had been restored. Were currently working on the fifth belt weve set it up here in the hole next door. Which is. The carpenter and conservation are ordered by the construction skills of the anonymous masters who left these towers to the world three hundred years ago. The winds getting rougher and. In montreal its blowing the clouds away. In the oven canyons of the city and on the sidewalks of the suburbs its time for the big clear up this city has to move twelve million cubic meters of snow and sleet every season thats two hundred thousand truckloads. Machines have come to swallow up the early shift piled up on the right side cub. Youre just getting its hard in downtown montreal because the people just walk everywhere nobody looks where theyre going as there are delivery trucks and buses all over the place we have to maneuver between them with our equipment so yeah its name a possible job but someones got to do it create. Something in the mall yeah lets see where. The snow is removed to special sites outside the city just get it out of the way. See t. V. News with it so we talk a hotshot. Good afternoon at montreal by a lunchtime the morning snowstorm isnt making any headlines. It would have to be more severe for that says laurie graham. Shes a t. V. Weather presenter in a city that regularly drowns in snow. Less than fifteen centimeters that this is just your typical winter day here in montreal its once we get into twenty thirty centimeters of snow then it becomes interesting it becomes more of a news story montreal while forty centimeters have been dumped on the forecast from montreal is now freezing rain followed by plane right through the rest of the day today and we saw this storm coming in about a week ago so already a week ago we were warning people that it looked like there would be some significant snow fall coming into montreal on tuesday its not uncommon for montreal to see snowstorms with fifteen centimeters its not uncommon for us to see freezing rain we usually get about ten episodes of freezing rain during the winter season. And every time it covers the winter forests with crystals an hours drive from the city we find the canada we see in picture books. There in the spirit. Of the realm of the red maple leaf is also the home of maple syrup the province of quebec produces more of it than any other place and no one sells a greater variety of maple products then Stephan Fouche in his farm shop to the redo. Of course we have maple syrup and glass or plastic or metal bottles here we have maple butter we have maple chocolates gold nuggets sugar covered not people care amount theyre going to build a new get here and maybe slowly. Scented soaps. Here there are certainly different people. Maple syrup the maple syrup childrens books the cookbooks and on the rules in the three hundred c. Ten maple syrup Speciality Restaurant theres the friend bedded face of piaf oshea the maple syrup king and stephens father. The one whos done sing with the wolf like dog. I dont go to south and order time round. No i wouldnt i would like to water to the south of the sun because because its the real sees and hears what youre trying to call the the fireplace. Came back. Pierre is seventy and already knew as a young man what was good for him he gave up his office job and travelled the world then he bought fifty hectares of maple forest and started falling. As a satellite you go to work in a traffic study day at the office you come back out of traffic a. Year they have no sense of accomplishment and then youre back in the traffic going to morning i especially there the office and the people talking about we can hardly retirements and youre always on like in a waiting state. They cant make do n. Time without office work even here because the maple sugar farm is a top Tourist Destination seventy thousand visitors heat the course of the wild every year or what they believe the wild to be. The time and i know were going to is a. New supplies are being delivered to the kitchen the business never sleeps Food Accommodation Company treats seminars School Classes and wedding parties and stefan is busy with a new idea maple syrup popsicles. And the when will you explain it to you and. Now you know. Now still no. Now. The sapporo noise team is ready its high time to. The youngsters the ones the japanese ski jumping a says is pinning its hopes on flying distances measuring between three and twenty five meters that fills parents and coaches with pride all the participants get three jumps and its an exciting day because the favorite by far is having a bad day. Was his last jump oh they decisive after thirteen consecutive victories the eleven year old cant even imagine anymore what its like not to win. The. Odia is messed up some way his rival is cheering. Hes not on the podium this time. His father used to be a ski jumper himself he knows what the problem was his landing technique hasnt been perfected. The it so happens that its you have to concentrate better on landing you have to practice your technique constantly it doesnt matter how badly you jump you have to finish it cleanly. Did. You have to work even harder to get in a. Tight hes not in the mood to listen anymore he wants to be alone winning seems so easy losing however takes practice. No than japan is another region that seen a lot less snow than usual. Climate change or just coincidence its enough a pretty picture but not for records and its enough for the children winter fun outside the racetrack and obey hero the kids are entertained so that the adults can gamble in peace and quiet. The locals love gambling casinos are banned here but Sports Betting is allowed. With the white markings on his face and the pink presence in his main is in good shape says. His jockey you know youre. Going to get on well with him and we never argue. But you cant just win a race with pleasantries sometimes you have to give clear orders. To. The live broadcast on the internet starts with a fanfare. Is in the forecast track is also money to fall. But then i havent really gets going. Up a stop sign. He even takes the lead until such cano can no net arrives. Thanks. Thanks said. Is on track seven he takes the lead it looks like the cio has lost but he gives it his own length come the second best of the top thats a big success for the gentle giant thanks to whats going on he doesnt have the perfect nature of a racehorse to get a winning hes much too friendly go down with other horses get angry but hes placid and he puts up with anything more knowledge than with and that. This town wouldnt win a beauty competition with its hotel blocks. Nobody bet is not far from support of nevertheless its a popular resort for the japanese it has hot springs a large number of Chinese Tourists have started coming in recent years too they enjoy the two now and want to see snow. There are young men assembling basins down at the sulphur while red and white a festive color combination. The market of were setting up the us to fill up with what you know to just splash around in it or not blow by. The spring water still has a temperature of sixty two degrees but itll cool to a pleasant thirty in time for the water fight. Can soupy hamada dons a traditional outfit hes a roofer but tonight hell be dealing with evil spirits. You hold the year is a custom in japan to chase away evil was a big celebration in the middle of winter. We throw beans at leavell spirits which drives them away. After that well be safe from bad surprises all year long what city. Thats how it comes to pass that a horde of hairy demons mr ahmed toure is here playing the flute surprises the chinese gasps and joining the bow face but. It would have been inconceivable in the past for the proud japanese demons to perform wild folk dances for vacationers from china but it would appear that nothing is as it was the. Nowadays they throw peanuts instead of beans even though their effect on evil spirits hasnt been properly researched. And things are getting serious in the shadow of the paper mill on the lake i own a gun. There was a and i want. The contestants back to the show after. The competition is over theyve got to stop fishing area rounds up noncomplying contestants. Were far from one time only caught one proper fish there werent many about it. There was a lot more action up here. On. Thank you and today doesnt feel hopeful that hes won anything but his tiny patch turns out to be an excellent catch he wins the singles category and with his friend fallon he also when is the team category. Because he doesnt really think much of such massive vents. But hes nevertheless a little bit proud. He denied his winning fish to a good cool as much as it appears. To. The way. Over in canada a school class is visiting the maple sugar farm to taste the winter menu in an atmosphere of gannett coziness the cold and the and the the. The entertainment and beyond everything supposed to be like it was in the good old days the shouting and for canada that means the days of trappers and bloggers who will who were invited to imagine looked like he. Was pm he is making a fire again this time hes lighting the old stove although all the cooking now takes place in the big kitchen next door where everything it tastes a sweet illusion including the piece in its yellow piece. For a bit of maple syrup on a. Hundred. People who is hum range homemade beans and we use a my losses in the the beans. Here is a me feels good because everybody reminds them of their own so people arrive here and. This is a this is really great now this is something that we forgot about and are also this is something that they can identify too because tradition. Is just a pair of jeans its just everybody well. Stefan wears a colorful woolen quad belt over his jeans while he skillfully makes music with odd looking springs both are available in the city the national offer customized to order online from the comfort of home. To musicians in hawkeye dont want quite as comfortable the spectacle starts in the utmost of wintry conditions. What looks like Christmas Trees are devils clubs and theres a whole lot of clubbing going on here to the man a stamping rice into mash. A traditional new years day. But then finally the time arrives for the wild man and the skimpy outfits. The the its not really clear what exactly is happening. Just this much but one group was red head band the other white and the head band of the leader has to be captured and. That gives the winners luck in business in the new year. Yes all the others will stay healthy that way everyone wins. Its. The end somewhere out there im not out the roof it is grappling and splashing but not even his wife knows where exactly the nuances to prove that good health carry off a sizable wooden phallus the mysterious custom is that the tourists love it the. The eat the mister how modest says he doesnt get cold at least not the water thats running around this room after that it can get quite unpleasant best to run for it was the the ok the. On the way home of the two anton inas want to quickly pick up some milk from mad dash tough but quickly isnt part of the neighbors vocabulary. Was that the Folk Dance Group is rehearsing today still isnt for a while after that there be cake for everyone go on go upstairs. As long as the Cultural Center is being restored they dance here in the old childrens bedroom they mustnt get out of practice after. The at. The end of the two and twenty nine s. Joining too after all its better to wear out than rust out. The way staying active and having fun that helps against the cone too because winter. Its fall from a. As you go when you come to them but end of the right to our correspondent news in central istanbul im joined by the helicopter you know his Political Correspondent on those stories in just a minute but first this news just in its all about the perspective closer d. W. No faster. Theyre black and living in germany. Shes reminded what that means on a daily basis presenter john up like this not being able to blend in and i was. Taking a Holiday Group and being you know different than the rest. She travelled across germany to meet other black people and to hear their stories. Its that. I grew up in a white family in a white neighborhood it was definitely a challenge. She decided to put me up for adoption and sort of. The main thing was to keep your head down and your mouth shut of course of the face like this i could never completely disappear if you see all these stereotypes about africa its good to see you. Do something for your country but youre still the black guy thats what. Afro germany starting december tenth d. W. This is d. W. News live from berlin tonight celebrations in zimbabwe after president Robert Mugabe resigns bringing almost four decades of iron rule to an end our correspondent was in the capital harare when it happened