Birthplace we told the british sixteen a little cool. We start off todays show with a visit to the netherlands amsterdam boasts a rich cultural history and some of its tucked away in backyards in the private gardens of seventeenth and eighteenth century canal houses normally visitors wouldnt even know that these spaces exist but once a year during the open godden days event tourists and residents alike can get a glimpse into the secret world reporter meghan lee took a closer look. These private gardens are small oases in the heart of amsterdam they belong to the citys wealthiest residents and once a year homeowners allow visitors to get a sneak peek inside for the open garden days. And i was on hand for the experience. So weve just arrived at our first address lets take a look inside and see what awaits us. Private addresses where on this Years Program visitors can catch a quick glimpse into how the home owners lives on their way to the gardens some of them designed the gardens. Themselves like dutch architect hans witt who says hes happy to welcome visitors into his home for many reasons the moment we are retired so thats number one so we have to try to do it needs are also always supported the garden should be beautiful for the day so you push yourself a little bit to make the garden beautiful and the most important parties we are privileged that we live here and i see a lot of people like to see gardens behind through canals now you designed this garden what is the key to it. No maintenance and it should be fitting by the more or less eighteenth Century Office building. Amsterdam resident. Is the organizer of open garden days and a garden designer herself some of her creations are also on display including this one which she designed for an office it was a very romantic overgrown old garden the maintenance. Years ago Something Like an old couple. And it had very old trees but they were sick so to have had to cut them so they start all over again well as sort and. Well its nice to decide who is following forms the shape of the greenery and the landscape are meant to reflect the Constant Movement in the office. So ive just visited yet another garden there is so much Walking Around on this tour but i found a really clever way to get around to the next garden to was the dutch to. Runs i was going to go for next curve and. Navigating half of them streets is best done by bike but even that can be tricky when the crowds take over. And. Opening each store is like stepping into another world from seems like the wilderness to manage your Landscape Architecture every garden is different. Its been lovely its so different from doing this for the normal american tourist it gave us a chance to see more of how the dutch look. Many of the visitors are also surprised to find such green spaces behind these canal houses but each one offers a reprieve from the hustle and bustle of city life. History is always present. Designer eric foner modern center his design around a symbolic tree when it stood tall jewish teenager and franks side every day from her window while hiding from nazi persecution its a bit of a monumental sportspeople to treat it with something thats necessary. For me to remind me sometimes of the following and then if this gets into trouble with a lot of water for example to. Recreate its a little poems which looks natural a poem just before its more of a small thing but there. So its about life its also a monster its like a fairy tale which. Dam is famous for its can now so travelling by boat is popular were doing is in the dutch and we flagged down a book so were going to travel down these canals by boat with one of the local residents so lets go. To amsterdam has more than one hundred kilometers of canals the three main ones were dug in the seventeenth century during the dutch golden age. This has more for the working people well it was meant for the working people and. Where for the wealthy you can see it at the space the houses take next to each other they have bigger and more ornamental more beautiful houses the houses on the busy house are more basic the basic here means an average house price of one and a half Million Euros enough but looking at them costs nothing. So my tour of the open garden days is coming to an end but what im taking away. That this event is so much more than just about seeing the private secret burns behind the doors of these fantastic houses its about meeting the people and talking to them and seeing what their idea behind their gardens and their lives and visitors can do this every year on the third weekend of june so till next time dont seem. Done cavell meghan now lets get up to date with whats going on across the continent in our euro max express today were featuring the horses in france and hobbits in the Czech Republic but first up is an open concert right here in the capital of germany. Once again berlins. Open era vent attracted thousands of Classical Music lovers to the citys babeu square for the twelfth year in a row the event drew huge crowds to enjoy a stellar open air symphony concert for free. Thought. The shots capella barely an orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim performed among other things a work by giacchino racine me some forty thousand people attended the event. This weekend fans of fantasy author j. R. Tolkien descended on a forest near the czech city of doxy one thousand and two zero ast playing or just wars and men reacted the battle of five am is from tolkiens famous novel the hobbit. These mock battles have been staged photo most twenty years now thanks to weapons made of plastic and water nobody has ever been. Extravagant hats and exquisite dresses were on display at the one hundred seventy fifth close race in champeen this weekend the race sometimes referred to as the french oaks is the most glamorous of its kind in all of france. The winner of sundays race secured one Million Euros in prize money and the timing that theres also an award for best dressed mademoiselle. Now we take to the skies with a feather a friend the stalling for target for bieber loves nothing more than getting. The lens to watch their graceful choreographies as most stunning photo was captured while he was travelling through spain as thousands of stallings creative and often logical masterpiece. When thousands of starlings take to the skies its always a mesmerizing display of nature. Amateur photographer dunya bieber has been capturing memory agents of starlings for years. But even he has never seen anything quite like this before a flock of tens of thousands of starlings that form the shape of a huge bird. Shot the image in spain spawning startling formations like these in germany thats become super rare. To fly started photographing with two cameras i was completely focused on that i spent four days found a graphing taking thousands of pictures and it was only while looking at them off to it that i found this one the bible. Usually bieber has to wait until hes back in germany to look at the thousands of images properly. And sometimes that means hes in for a surprise. Because i was concentrating so hard i didnt notice the formation that mangled up truck and then i realized it was an amazing display and they made quite a racket and there was a huge energy and dynamism in it but it was only later that i saw what they did up in the skies with you and what was it like when you realized oh. None of bieber loves his hobby whether out with his bike or on foot he spends almost every day outdoors in nature. And he never goes anywhere without a camera. He started taking photographs when he was seventeen and then gradually honed his craft birds are one of his favorite motifs. Now his remarkable photo has given him a name internationally. But it is the photo was so out of the ordinary that it hasnt just attracted interest and on a theological circles it went around the world Media Outlets were interested lots of people wanted to talk to me but private and commercial really opened doors for me to help all new to him. And who knows maybe Daniel Bieber will pull up another stunning shot like this starlings in spain. Were. One of mesmerizing moments he captured that now we change of tune and bring you a close look at one of the most spectacular Musical Instruments organ in escrows list of intangible Cultural Heritage compiles unique traditions and crofts every year new additions make the list and series european traditions were exploring five new entries from the continent and start right here in germany with the art of organ building. The music fills every corner of the mushy cologne cathedral. The world Famous Church boasts to pipe organs even after decades as an organist here linford burnet is thrilled by the instrument. Doubles the sconce was what i think it is no coincidence that it developed like this over the centuries the sound produces an otherworldly failing in the usually you dont see the performer the sound just comes from somewhere on that enchanting and its what captivated people as was the mention. That also goes for the Client Company that built the organs philip klein who runs the Family Business and braun is a great grandson of the founder. Reseller were all in all for me a good organ has to touch people to work with dark bass notes which can be felt in the belly it should turn the space into a warm full soft bath of sound and not just reach the years but the entire body and hope of a vehicle the Company Builds three or four organs every year phillip lysander seventy employees manufactured every part themselves starting with casting the ten sheets from liquid metal. Their world cut and sold it to make the organ pipes the right pitch. Large organs may consist of more than ten thousand parts thats more than ten thousand different sounds. Or when building is a complex craft that requires money patience and passion. Is help for us from families itself i was a volunteer here during a gap year and i just couldnt get enough of this horrible. Teargassed has been building organs for fifty one years and plan to retire soon he is convinced that. No machine can entirely replace his craftsmanship part of volatiles years organ building is a wonderful profession theres so much for writing every project is different and when youre finished with it and you see it its never boring its great our do it all over again reform all. The most complicated component is the council which controls the organ it consists of many tiny mechanical parts where the connection to the pipes every organ has to be carefully planned down to the last detail. The sunan five law the great thing about pipe organs is that each organ is built individually to match the space and the surroundings and the language of the people who live there healthy the book of the mentioned you know what they have to feel as if it speaking to them and perceive it is harmony and want to hear more and fill me up so who will. The first organs came from egypt in the ninth century one was brought from by send him to germany as a gift to the holy Roman Emperor charlemagne. The rich diverse sound of the organise one reason why in two thousand and seventeen unesco selected organ craftsmanship in music for its list of the intangible Cultural Heritage of humanity. In a few regular in many regions even if they say the same word for characteristic vowel has a different nuance in trying the well for example taken away by the. It can be our or they. And theres an entire range between them and the organ builders and musicians from particular regions wanted to hear the sound they were used to from their language in their instrument youre born with as part of the in your own instrument who are. Going to also make the kinds of holes like the alps or how many and hamburg instrument there is a very special one built by the Close Company and took ten years to plan and built was of course the biggest challenge was the acoustics of the el fela money the sound is incredibly direct with an amazing transparency and Crystal Clear sounds like you can hear every detail and it was such a pleasure to do it. Because company has built organs all around the world for instance and ok new zealand Madison Wisconsin and the us the Chinese Capital of beijing and count shown in taiwan. Enough is about im so glad i can get to know musical traditions and cultures all over the world and interact with them i always learn something that i take home with me and then that will influence the next instrument ill be working on for many of us the ball of the moment im just. And thats how organ builders continue to create unique instruments all around the world as they once did for the cologne cathedral. What a wonderful instrument which has also been heavily featured in film music throughout the years now for over four decades stahl was has not only been hugely popular on the screen but also holds the Guinness World record for the most successful film muchan dies in franchise memorabilia from the movies is a huge hit with fans and some of the rarer examples can be worth tens of thousands of euros styles fanatic mock falls from northern germany has invested heavily in his collection and even set up a mini museum for us in his home. These life size figures and star wars characters are highly sought after collectibles. And they belong to a Passionate Fan of the franchise marc boss has fulfilled the dream and collected his film heroes in the attic of his house says. Hes been collecting the star wars figures for the past ten years. There is going to continue throughout my childhood i collected star wars Action Figures on the back when i was eighteen years old i used to play with them to. Didnt contribute. Now the tiny figures from back then have grown in size of life size busts are covered in items each character is produced in limited editions ranging from one hundred to fifteen hundred items. So far mark has managed to acquire sixteen of the figures. It can take up to hear from when a figure is issued or announced until it gets dispatched looking at all phones which i have to import the figures from the us so i have to transfer the payment to the us and then go to the Customs Office in whos to pick them up and hes in full sold in his own party stand point this is one of just three life size figures of boba fett autographed by actor jeremy balik mark search collectors forums for years to get hold of it they sell for twenty one thousand euros a few i only started in two thousand and eight so im missing four figures id really like to have them but the prices have become so an affordable that i dont have a chance in his or National News your balls and. The life sized busts cost five hundred euros and. And the prices are constantly rising. Should switch or if you decide i have to say no to a lot of other things to finance this otherwise i couldnt afford it. Among the things he does without our vacations but he does have a home Movie Theater where he and his friends watch the films that have been fascinating millions of fans for decades. These are the. Cons for me is sharing this passion with my friends and relatives and coworkers for this also the feeling of togetherness among the star wars disciples. As i call them star wars you see going to london the latest Star Wars Film introduces some new characters one day they too may find their way into mark bosss collection. And finally in vis weeks installment of your macs extra tool were responding to the wish of one of us who wrote in to us from ecuador gabrial must see us lives in a queue and asked us if we could take him on a virtual tour of liverpool the port city in the northwest of england is like me a massive fan of the beatles who were all born and raised there so with that in mind were off to visit a hotbed of musical history it was also so much more. The beatles may have put liverpool on the map but there is not more to the city. One huge draw for visitors is the historical importance complex which includes the famous royal albert dong. You know where houses have been converted into Hotels Apartments and restaurants. But the Main Attraction remains the beatles even more than half a century after they left liverpool. The cavern club is where the beatles performed in the early one nine hundred sixty s. Kevin mcmanus never saw them play here but hes an expert on the history of pop music. So what im up to see his the whale famous cover but still attracts millions of taurus and be still thriving because industry. My my real musical life started over the road in a club called attics which is where which is the center of the punk scene in liverpool i saw many famous bands such as the clash joy division and call all opposed greats. Visitors start arriving before lunch for their taste of the fab four. But. Land land. Here feels even though this time later the fields are still massively important to the liverpool economy last year because it was where over eighty million to the city eighty Million Pounds is the city over to nafta thousand jobs where response but where credit is due to the peoples industry. Lots of bands play here this is called the bands for famously the Arctic Monkeys play their well famous star now plays that ok here. It is tatty now as it was in the sixtys. The Hard Days Night Hotel is a more elegant tribute to the band. With a suite dedicated to john lennon. But musical life in liverpool didnt begin with the beatles or end with them. Mcmanus is the curator of the museum of pop music here and he says its the countless immigrants from ireland who brought music to the city. And its people and traditionally right they make music tell stories sing songs and thats thats that was their way of. All social events and i am around music. Liverpool is also famous for the fare is that cross the river mercy. This ones dazzling paint job was designed by veteran pop artist peter blake. These are liverpools three graces the building on the right used to be the headquarters of the q not shipping line. Jackie rafferty works there shes a location scout and knows all the most evocative sights in the city. This hole has featured in many films. So were now in. Q not building on the ground floor and more in what would have been in its day the first class arrivals departure lounge this is where people travelling on the queue not line boats and ships would have come before theyve taken off to a brand new life or on a nice holiday. The place to go any one is crosby beach in the north of the city at the mouth of the. Stroller shadow sounds with one hundred cost time figures by the sculptor Antony Gormley all staring out of the horizon in silent expectation. Well worth a visit now just before we go we have time to let you know about this weeks prize draw your max is turning fifteen soon and we want you to send us pictures of yourself watching your remarks so just visit d. W. Dot com slash lifestyle to submit your snaps and you could win this fantastic collection of your max prizes including our very own book fifty kitchens one city council from us for the day of our finale. 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