And World Heritage to viking settlements in northern germany. We kick off today show in the british capital many tourists come to london wanting to see all the Main Attractions like Buckingham Palace tile bridge and the houses of parliament but theres a whole other side to london thats usually just known to the locals today we want to help you get to know a mo personal side of the city so here is a real london are showing us what he thinks are the best bits of the capital. London vibrant metropolis. Regions canal arches its way north of Central London but its surprising a tranquil canal runs almost parallel to the river thames. London author bill nash is interested in the more secluded parts of his hometown. In the past ten years. And in particular since the london olympics a lot of the canals around london of being revitalized cleaned up. Life is being reintroduced and thats a lot of People Living on house boats nash describes the lesser known aspects of the city in his book secret london. Now day trip as cruise along Regents Canal from Little Venice to camden. But there are plans to use the canal for transporting Freight House in the past. Along the banks people can shop for books on a house but all visit the house the venue strange and. One of the rooms is devoted to the patterns of the seats of telstra in the london underground. So the gallery is based in kings cross london which has undergone this amazing transformation over the past few years and its now a really exciting area full of schools galleries and really interesting. To the south its soho once the horns of many artists and filmmakers. Today so who is mainly heading into theatres and flubs. Even so notion it was a few hidden spots. Secret t. V. Remains about the past. Its time for that typical british treat. Skull served with jam. Im not. Really moist to drink tea from china you know from rather than from sort of paper or plastic roll or whatever but this is not like a proper a proper cup of tea and rolf going to get a mug to. Come than half a gin and provides an alternative to shopping in the Major Department stores. Small shops off items like plenty of clothes and silver. Much of the business is done through mail order. Of americans. Whos try anything but all rely cheat. Camdens Magic Circle Museum its not far from the busy euston station another location. Just keeps the secrets of all the magicians in the u. K. This performing arts has a british tradition on display people. Talking. Holes. Even the royal family interesting. Trolls wrote the magic circle to ask if he could become a member. They wrote back to him said yes he may bring it to pass the test person exam so we know shes from try she came down and performed the couples trick which you know the cups on the ball the balls and the cups and passed and is now an ordinary member of the magic circle now she lives in brixton district in south london. And looking after you was the british capitals first Market Street to be linked with electricity many people in brixton descended from african and caribbean immigrants. You know. Theres a lot of work being done here and its sort of like we generate lively even if its the day i dont feel discomfort at work and home late. Live me a violin its not the richest but its. What it is the most. Friendly is a metropolitan. Its a victorian convent cannot come while. Lunch is a special fund of the functions and it dates back to eighteen nineteen. And this program is one of the few in london where they still have snugs and theres three of them and back. They could come in here with anyone you liked and just close the door behind you thanks the place to round off an evening in one of europes. Capitals. Now in many languages the name casanova is part of common everyday speech often synonymous with womanizer the man responsible for it Giacomo Casanova was in the talon philosophy and writer from venice his autobiography is considered one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European Social life during the eighteenth century a museum in venice gives visitors a closer look at the story behind the name. A trip back in time to a more lavish era many say the city of lovers on the adriatic is the most beautiful in the world but not everyone knows that venice is also the birthplace of one of the most famous lovers of all time jack of all casanova. He was born in this alley in seven hundred twenty five. A small marble plaque commemorates one of the citys most colorful sons. And this employees think a lot of tourists take selfies in front of the plaque get progress they say thats why i think venice should have more crossing over than this because people are curious about him and want to know more on the borders it doesnt want that i guess that the subeditor the north. Pole not so papa found in a come out at geo district this is where the businessman found a space for the cousin over museum which he financed himself. Six rooms allow visitors to explore who casanova really was more than just an eighteenth century playboy. Goes on all the more normal casanova was much more a great writer a philosopher and musician alchemy list and even a spy his thoughts when i read a spear a. Multimedia technologies introduced the famous figure beginning with his youth in venice and continuing up to his death in seven hundred ninety eight cousin nova was a free spirit and an adventure his restlessness pushed him to travel throughout europe where he met important people of his day like french philosopher and russian empress catherine the great. Casanovas twelve volume memoir provides plenty of interesting insights into eighteenth century life but the venetian is mostly famous for his a rhotic escapades. Theyve inspired countless films and helped turn casanova into a legend. A Smartphone App who guides visitors outside the museum in the footsteps of the famous lover. Casanovas mother was an actress this small porch is where he grew up in his grandmothers house later he said to have lived with his father by the grand canal in the pots of money piano. Next the out brings visitors to the Piazza San Marco to the famous cafe florian this is where venetian high society met during casanovas lifetime. We have ended up in space so the rocket that overcame her often especially during the carnival was the sudden he sat in one of our reigns and flirted with women like her but he was one of venices great characters and a highly refined man. On a fertility drug. But casanova also had enemies in seven hundred fifty five he was arrested by the inquisition and thrown into a dungeon. Here in the doges palace in a small cell with a lead roof the master of seduction was imprisoned for a year before managing to escape. He would later write a book about his flight over the rooftops it became a european bestseller and brought him plenty of adulation. So long. Now he has stayed here across this canal. The story of his flight definitely helped cassanova make himself more interesting to many european aristocrats at the time. Of course you shouldnt take everything in casanovas memoirs at face value but the hunt for clues is exciting and good. Scans of the worlds greatest lover a chance to discover a different side of venice. Were going on another hunt for historical clues now near the german danish border you can get an accurate picture of how the vikings lived over one thousand years ago at the head of blue settlement and the donna vocal fortress back in the eight to eleven century these sites were at the center of the trade networks between northern and western europe today seven viking houses and the landing bridge invite visits is to experience what life was like back then. Vikings life was not for the fainthearted the men hunted for food with bows and arrows. Handmade clothes and cloth kept them warm during the cold winters. By kings built wooden ships with the simplest of to. The viking settlement of haint who once numbered among the foremost Trading Centers in northern europe. Died sure visitors how the vikings went about their daily lives over a thousand years ago tough. It was a life in and with nature but had an incredibly sharp power of observation they were very well acquainted with the materials around them and knew how to use them to their advantage to build housing ships and wagons and make rope. They made a great many things that we could hardly even imagine today the ruined their fortune current. Page of who lives in. Northern germany. Seven facts two roof wooden houses have been faithfully reconstructed. The settlement was built at the end of the shoreline an inlet on the baltic sea. It was a strategic location for trading Precious Metals weapons and pelt today its a treasure trove of jests. Behind me the eyes here of a viking age settlement in the ninth tenth and eleventh centuries well the first glance it doesnt look like much because its just a green meadow but its usually in archaeology the real treasures lie underground and here behind us there isnt a square centimeter that doesnt contain archaeological finds. And we always say hey that was archaeologically contaminated. In the nearby viking Museum Visitors can inspect many of the original artifacts. Its one of chalets because chinas most Popular Museum is over one hundred thousand people come and usually in search of the real vikings. The museum shows the vikings highly developed from the sun still the smiths are not for example all the pill jewelry things that often surprise visit is. A fortune for the profession pretty unlike the classic image of the vikings as warriors what i find after such an intense examination here is that above all they were internationally trading europeans even somewhat cosmopolitan. Many of the have to. Be in the hands craft with very highly developed and that indicates they were not just warring is definitely a culture id say are. The done of a canny hate abou is another significant Archeological Site from the viking age. It consists of earthworks walls and trenches which in some thirty kilometers. The fortifications date back some one thousand years they can best be explored by bicycle. And the down a vehicle was built to protect the just land and inside against invading. The donovan was the longest lasting border of the middle ages and the best preserved in its various phases as we see here the best waldemar zwolle for example was a very innovative construction for the time. They had already gone to build with bricks in the twelfth century with. The site gives us a unique insight into how the vikings lived. The archaean. Finds indicate this was once home to a Global Trading palace. Here in haiti but we found mercury holes that came from western afghanistan. We also found us of bronze and were sprouted from the white sea area last seen it. Comes in so as a trading hate it was Something Like the major ports of hamburg in rotterdam out today. And they encountered some place where all kinds of ways and trading routes came together and dispersed again. We had. Paid to build proofs that the vikings were not just. Strangers and people who lived in harmony with nature. For our next report my colleague meghan leap paid a visit to spains and maybe even the worlds oldest restaurant it doesnt go back all the way to viking times but is almost three hundred years old the sobrino they were teen in madrid opened in seven hundred twenty five now tastes changed a lot since then so how could a restaurant survive for so many years meghan went in search of the secret recipe. Madrids famous class of my or square is almost four hundred years old for witness to bull fights and trials during the spanish inquisition now though it serves as a popular Gathering Place many of the corridors and cobblestone streets also date back centuries there hidden gems lurking around every corner but only one holds a very special title. So here we are at the oldest restaurant in the world do you know team that means the nephew of protein and spanish one of the teams were the original owners of this establishment words at first wasnt in it was a french couple who started it so lets go inside and see what we discover. The Gonzalez Family took over the restaurant in the one nine hundred thirty s. Now in its Third GenerationAntonio Gonzales is the managing director Family Tradition here is keep the decor of the restaurant reflects both the present owners personal touch as well as the original style. In one thousand nine hundred eighty six the guinness book of World Records designated oldest restaurant in the world for very specific reasons is that you must be given the same name. Working at the same. Work since the beginning we are completely. The restaurant opens daily at one pm but before that the staff are busy making all the preparations for the lunch crowds protein is famous for its traditional spanish dishes. And the rare whatever. So tell me about the specialty of this house. Specialty of the house chuckling. Which in your very traditional dish when we prepare it in this oven. This is a very special welcome because it dates back to the seventeen twenty five its an original we all are growing and thats all. Some of the most of the sort of. One floor below the kitchen antonio tells me that this dining room is even older than the restaurant dating back to fifteen eighty it leads down to a cave which boasts a long history the one you hear is for display only since the room produces too much more sure. Maybe some of the arguing time center for the first breach and some to drink Old Buildings and the. Structure of the back up stairs in time for lunch traditional roast second pig is of course on the menu served by long time meter deep have your sanchez after forty years approaching hes also become a permanent fixture here he tells me one suckling pig can serve up to five people. One particular guest used to eat here quite regularly and that is the American WriterErnest Hemingway in fact he liked this restaurant so much that he wrote about it in this book the sun also rises and also one of the other books death in the afternoon and tony what do you know about hemingways time here he was very familiar to us he phoned up home here and both being human he tried to buy one was. Not good with results then my grandfather told him and i still keep on writing code that by myself. So in this spirit i guess its time to raise our glasses and say salute and to the next few hundred years of business and. Summer. Now were venturing up to the mall blanks the White Mountain some call it the highest peak in europe although thats subject to some debate shes a higher peaks in russia and georgia whats certain is that it proudly stands at four thousand eight hundred ten meters in the alpine region between france and italy we traveled that to learn more about the mountains history. Long long the highest mountain. It stood here since the beginning of time located in charmingly france it is a premier winter destination for tourists all over the world. Spending that has lived in charmine for thirty years as official guy she understands very well what draws tourists to this region. The whole valley shines with these mountains the mountains together with blanc are amazing thats the attraction here. But once upon a time people thought the mountains were full of ghosts and dragons and so on and. Everyone was afraid of what was up there. It was said sherman he was located in the bad mountains then in the middle of the eighteenth century to englishman came from geneva he had heard all this talk about chamonix and decided to see the erie valley for themselves. So this is the high and. The first actual mount pioneers were crystal hunters who extracted courts from the mountains of shawnee it was then shipped off to geneva even made its way to the halls of versailles harmonys crystal Museum Visitors can get an idea of the minerals extracted from long and its neighboring peaks. That imagine sherman he was a very small simple Village People had a simple life and were poorhouse before that and then they found out without having to climb too high up the mountain that with these rockers tools they could possibly sell them in geneva and make some money and then have a better life. And. That Pioneering Spirit has certainly paid off for sure many tourists now flock to the village to travel with the cable car to reach a height of thirty eight hundred meters above sea level. Even with the most modern technology and Safety Measures in play. The ride is not for the faint of heart. But once at the top the mystique of month long becomes very clear during visitors can dangle over the mountains in a glass box and on a sunny day you can see for miles into the distance. Skiing at this altitude without parched and puts the body to the test. A moment it is very beautiful because of the High Altitude it is quite difficult to breathe up here. But this altitude allows visitors to see all the major peaks including the matter horn and the distance. Tourism in charm and he has come a long way over the last two hundred fifty years it is now one of the most exclusive winter destinations in europe initially though tourists first started coming here not for a moment last but for a seven and a half a kilometer long glacier known as the man to the last reachable by train. Its europes third biggest glacier located on the northern side of. Long can also be enjoyed in the sweet form here the cafe you go home visitors can delight in and the rate of french pastries but the best selling ones represent the famous mountain. Has owned this cafe for thirty years or chocolates are award winning. However that is so here we have in the last cake im going to take one and we can discover it together by the who have also made it. What were. The cake it consists of layers of chocolate mousse rum flavoring and lots of chantilly cream and if thats not enough theres another version that is just as decadent. Back outside the atmosphere in germany is relaxed as another day comes to an end over a month long. Well i hope you enjoyed the highlights of the week the find all this weeks shows reports much more on our website dot com slash lifestyle ill see you november of often are. More. Functioning and invisible enemy land mines in bosnia. Mine clearance risk their lives for moving mines left over from the yugoslav homes. 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Scars cover dont forget women in russia have to live with violence sexism and oppression in the same bed finances knowing when to brush up. Where putins petri are to rooms to womens rights were already gaining traction a hundred years ago. People here dont have a clue about feminism but their own women want to instigate change in everyday life for justice and equality. Under the skin of russias women starts nov thirteenth on double. Play. The odds. This is. From multiple head as hes at a synagogue in the United States a gunman kills eleven as a jewish also forces in the city its press release offices which shares also a suspect is being held in custody and will bring you the latest. Also on in the program a fresh pot