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00:00:00you will experience along the German North Sea coast, and
00:00:03much more in today's Euromax.
00:00:16and returning to the chilly waters of
00:00:24Tirana, the Albanian capital, is very popular among
00:00:27tourists, but what is it like to grow up in this city? A
00:00:30young Albanian shows us his daily
00:00:33life.
00:00:37I am Drin, I am 16 years old and I live in Tirana. This is
00:00:41the city where I grew up, where I experienced many things for the first
00:00:44time. Come with me, I will show you
00:00:47what a day in my
00:00:49dan.
00:00:52Hello, welcome to my
00:00:54home.
00:00:57I live with my parents, my grandmother and grandfather live
00:01:01connected to ours.
00:01:03This is my mother who always helps me get ready for breakfast and
00:01:07school.
00:01:10Drin's older brother works abroad. In Albania,
00:01:13it is normal for multiple generations of the same family to
00:01:16live under the same roof.
00:01:19This is my room, I love it, it reflects my
00:01:22character, and at the same time it is very practical because I spend most of my
00:01:26time here, studying or playing.
00:01:36Drin's day begins at 6 AM. He has to walk quite a bit
00:01:39to the bus that takes him to school.
00:01:43Drin attends a private Catholic high school. Classes
00:01:46begin at 8
00:01:49shoe sizes, but in AM. Today his class has an Albanian language test. Classes end
00:01:53after the sixth
00:01:54period.
00:01:58After school, Drin goes to his grandmother, his father's mother. Since
00:02:02his grandfather passed away, she lives alone. On the ground floor there is
00:02:06a room that has a special meaning for
00:02:08Drin.
00:02:17These are the boats that my grandfather and I worked on for years. They are
00:02:21models of real ships. My grandfather was very
00:02:24dedicated to this and he passed that love on to
00:02:27me.
00:02:30happy. We return to
00:02:33This is my grandfather, as a young man he
00:02:36espresso, and attended maritime school, later he worked on a ship for
00:02:38years.
00:02:42Here's my
00:02:43grandmother.
00:02:52My grandmother and I are very close so I try to visit her as often as
00:02:55possible, three to four times a week, and on weekends.
00:02:59Family in Albania is the most
00:03:01important thing.
00:03:04In the afternoon, Drin goes with his friend Boran to the city center.
00:03:08Both are part of the same group of school
00:03:10friends.
00:03:13We hang out outside of school, we play sports, we play
00:03:17counterclockwise, video games and do similar
00:03:19things.
00:03:23Or like today, they go to the bakery together for
00:03:29in burek.
00:03:31Burek has become fast food in Albania and is mostly bought
00:03:35for takeaway, it is really delicious, everyone
00:03:38eats it. According to one study, about
00:03:42half of Albanians cannot afford to go to a restaurant,
00:03:45even occasionally. Perhaps that is one of the reasons why
00:03:49burek is so
00:03:50popular.
00:03:54I took the sfetom with Ricotta cheese, and he
00:03:57took.
00:04:01I took the one with meat.
00:04:04In Tirana, there are many places that remind us of the country's
00:04:07history. Albania was a socialist dictatorship until '91,
00:04:10and for most of that period, Enver Hoxha was its
00:04:14leader. The then dictator built a large number of
00:04:17bunkers. A large part of state revenue was spent on
00:04:20building bunkers like this to keep the population
00:04:23safe in case of war. However, that war never
00:04:27happened, so all that money was
00:04:31practically wasted. Albania is still considered one of
00:04:34the economically poorest countries in Europe, a quarter of young people between
00:04:3815 and 24 are not employed.
00:04:42Even I feel the need to leave the country to study, because I think that
00:04:45after finishing college here, I would not be able to choose a professional
00:04:49career. I think that is the biggest problem of the Albanian system and the main
00:04:53thing that needs to
00:04:54be changed.
00:05:00Nowhere in Europe do so many young people leave their
00:05:03country. A third of residents born in Albania now
00:05:06live abroad, many of them in the European Union. Although
00:05:10Albania is not a member of the European Union, it has had candidate status for membership since
00:05:142014. Drin would like to study
00:05:17mechanical engineering or robotics, perhaps in Vienna, Austria, but
00:05:21he also plans to return home to
00:05:23Tirana.
00:05:26So, that was a day in my life. I sincerely hope you
00:05:29liked it. Goodbye and peace
00:05:31be with you.
00:05:34French children are often considered particularly well-
00:05:37behaved. How do French parents manage to do that? To find
00:05:41out, we visited a family in
00:05:43Paris. Meet Cezar.
00:05:47This nine-year-old navigates Paris alone, buying groceries for
00:05:50the family dinner at the last minute.
00:05:54Two baguettes and, please buy raspberries. Shopping
00:05:58is not Cezar's only household chore. He and his
00:06:02sister Emilia regularly help around the
00:06:04house. I wash dishes and put away
00:06:08glasses, plates and cutlery.
00:06:12Viera lives in Paris like a perfectly average French
00:06:16family, although Veronica raises her two
00:06:19children, Emilia and Cezar, alone. She separated
00:06:22from her partner in 2020, and the children have been mostly
00:06:26with her since then. What values do French parents
00:06:29try to instill in their children? We must raise
00:06:33our children. I think it is very important that they are well-
00:06:36behaved. When we eat out, we try to make them
00:06:40behave properly. That is important to us. It's about
00:06:43setting boundaries and clearly defining
00:06:45priorities.
00:06:51About 8 million families live in France,
00:06:54every fourth has a single parent. France
00:06:57also has one of the highest birth rates in Europe. On
00:07:01average, each woman has between 1.6 and
00:07:05two children. Although this average is the lowest in the last
00:07:08hundred years, it is still relatively high. It's 7
00:07:11AM. and it's important for them to have
00:07:14breakfast together because they won't see each other until evening. Emilia and Cezar are at
00:07:18school from 8:30 to 5
00:07:21PM. They go to After breakfast, I get ready
00:07:25and go. I go to school alone. It only takes me five
00:07:28minutes. That's perfectly normal. Everyone does
00:07:31it. Bye
00:07:34darling. I love you. Have a nice time. See you
00:07:38tonight.
00:07:43Emilia and Cezar actually prefer that no one accompanies them and that
00:07:47no one picks them up from
00:07:48school.
00:07:51Veronica thus has a little time for herself. The mother works in
00:07:54banking. After childbirth, she returned to full-time
00:07:58work when the babies were only three months old. In France, this
00:08:02is common. 2/3 of French women are
00:08:05employed, which is roughly a European average, but
00:08:08many more of them work full- time. Veronica tries to play
00:08:12many
00:08:13roles.
00:08:17French women are quite independent, in the family
00:08:20they are much more than just the ones who organize
00:08:22everything.
00:08:25As mothers, we are present, but also overly intrusive, at least
00:08:28I think so. We try to be good mothers, but also
00:08:32develop our lives as
00:08:33women.
00:08:39The French state supports families in various ways, for
00:08:43example, with partial childcare allowances and direct child
00:08:47benefits, but how do French families really share
00:08:50responsibilities when it comes to raising children? A lot
00:08:54has changed, hasn't it? From my
00:08:57friends, I see that responsibilities are increasingly shared equally, but
00:09:01we are still far from true equality. I would say that mothers
00:09:04still bear most of the burden. Fathers
00:09:08usually deal with exciting things like
00:09:11excursions, vacations. and fun, and
00:09:14we are left with what is not so fun, that's how we are
00:09:18and yes, maybe we feel guilty if we do that,
00:09:22but we are simply better at it than
00:09:24men.
00:09:29Cezar and Emilia usually return from school around 5
00:09:32PM, then they do their homework and help
00:09:36around the house. Cezar goes shopping while
00:09:40Emilia helps with the laundry and tidying up.
00:09:45What kind of shoes are these?
00:09:48Get them out of
00:09:49here immediately.
00:09:54I really believe that children need clear
00:09:58boundaries, they need to feel frustration sometimes and they need
00:10:01to hear
00:10:02no.
00:10:06And when I say no, I say it because I
00:10:08love them. I also think it's good for their
00:10:12future life, to be independent, to learn while they are
00:10:15young how to manage on their own and
00:10:18to know that I won't do everything for them, I don't want to do
00:10:22that.
00:10:28One rule in this family is not questioned:
00:10:31dinner together, every evening at exactly seven, food is on
00:10:35the table, this time they are eating salad, chicken
00:10:38and vegetables, which Cezar and Emilia accept without
00:10:41problems, they use the time to be
00:10:43together.
00:10:48What is really important to me is connection,
00:10:51of course there will be arguments and rivalries, but that's normal.
00:10:55If there's someone in the world I can really count on, I want them to
00:10:59know they have each
00:11:00other.
00:11:06After dinner they play cards, talk or watch
00:11:09television, it's a typical evening for the Viera family, in
00:11:13many ways typical of French
00:11:15society.
00:11:22The Wadden Sea in northern Germany represents a natural
00:11:25phenomenon, so it is listed on UNESCO's World
00:11:28Heritage list, we spent a day there exploring all that this region
00:11:32has to offer.
00:11:35Welcome to the Wadden Sea.
00:11:39The Wadden Sea, part of the North Sea, is the largest system of shallow
00:11:42mudflats in the world. This marine belt remains
00:11:46dry during low tide, while the tide covers it with water again. Due to
00:11:50its uniqueness, the Wadden Sea is on UNESCO's World
00:11:53Heritage list. I am currently in the Wadden
00:11:57Sea National Park in the German state of Lower Saxony.
00:12:00Our day begins at 6 AM, hiking across the Mudflats.
00:12:04With guide Joke Puliart, we embark on a
00:12:0710 km long tour walking on the seabed during
00:12:11low tide. Joke shows us some of the smallest
00:12:14inhabitants of the Wadden Sea that we would never have noticed without
00:12:18a guide. We must see what is swimming
00:12:21here. But we don't have much time. We have to move
00:12:25on before the tide comes back in and the sea rises, the tide and ebb
00:12:29here alternate twice a day, it's even
00:12:32deeper here, walk a little there, a real current has formed
00:12:35here, come
00:12:37here.
00:12:44Now it's raining, today we experienced all kinds of
00:12:48weather, we finally arrive at
00:12:50our destination, the island of Minzenerog, wet, but
00:12:55the mainland, we have to hurry before the tide completely covers
00:12:59the mudflats, what
00:13:01an adventure!
00:13:03After so much nature, it's time to explore the landscapes and
00:13:07people who live here, so let's go to the coastal town of Norden
00:13:11in East Frisia, I can't wait to take a break the Frisian
00:13:15way, it's time for tea. Tea here
00:13:18is not just a drink. Tea time, which means time for
00:13:21tea, is part of East Frisian culture. First, a sugar
00:13:25cube is placed in the cup, and then black
00:13:28tea is added, if everything is done correctly, you can
00:13:32hear the sugar crackle, now perhaps the
00:13:35most interesting part, cream is added to the tea
00:13:38in a circular motion
00:13:42this creates small cloud-like
00:13:45shapes,
00:13:47the tea is not
00:13:51stirred, it is drunk three
00:13:59sips, the first is
00:14:00creamy,
00:14:05the second
00:14:06bitter,
00:14:10and the third the sweetest,
00:14:14and that's it, if you are
00:14:17interested in the history of Frisian tea, I recommend you visit the Norden
00:14:21now I'm looking forward to meeting the fascinating inhabitants of the Wadden
00:14:25Sea. The Seal Rescue Station is one of the main attractions here in
00:14:29Norden. Here they care for injured and abandoned
00:14:32seals who recover before being released back into
00:14:35nature. Let's take a look.
00:14:38Seals are marine predators that humans rarely
00:14:41see. They give birth to their young during
00:14:45the summer. When a seal pup loses its mother, it ends up
00:14:48here. Visitors to the center can learn more about these
00:14:52cute mammals.
00:14:58Today I have the opportunity to help animal keeper Mona during
00:15:01feeding. On the menu
00:15:04are herrings. Keepers raise up to
00:15:07180 young seals annually. After about
00:15:1063 days, the animals reach a body mass of
00:15:1425 kg and can be released back into
00:15:17the wild. Seals are brought here because people get too
00:15:21close to them in the wild.
00:15:24The sight of the holy fish made
00:15:26me hungry.
00:15:30One herring sandwich,
00:15:31please.
00:15:35Fish sandwiches are the most popular street food in northern
00:15:38Germany, a true sign of quality is a sandwich
00:15:41prepared with fresh
00:15:42fish.
00:15:46I enjoyed this day by the Wadden Sea, especially
00:15:49the encounters with its large and small inhabitants, since this is
00:15:52also my homeland, I was particularly pleased to introduce it to
00:15:56you. Thank you for watching and see you next
00:15:59time!
00:16:02Every European country has its characteristic dining
00:16:05culture. In Germany, people gather in a beer hall, in Austria in
00:16:09a café, in England in a pub, in Greece in
00:16:13a kafenion.
00:16:15And what is a Kafenion, we will show you
00:16:17that now. Would you dare to
00:16:21enter here or is this place reserved for older
00:16:24men? Are tourists welcome in a Greek kafenion and what
00:16:27should you never stir your coffee with? We will show you
00:16:31the customs that make the traditional Greek kafenion so
00:16:34unique. People who choose to come to a national
00:16:37café are looking for exactly that, an original thing,
00:16:41an authentic experience.
00:16:45Even if you travel alone, you will quickly make
00:16:48contacts, all of us Greeks have something in common, that
00:16:51ease of making
00:16:53friends.
00:16:56With pleasant people, a cafe is a perfect place, especially if
00:17:00you are looking for something
00:17:01affordable.
00:17:07village in Athens was run by his father. Here
00:17:10every word has its weight. When someone says good
00:17:13morning, they really mean it. In cafes, people sitting sometimes don't
00:17:17say hello. Whether you know someone or not, here
00:17:20in a kafenion you feel like you are friends with everyone, part of
00:17:23the community. Kafenion means
00:17:27coffee shop. This one opens at 8 AM. First
00:17:30comes Greek coffee.
00:17:34The biggest mistake is to rush with boiling water.
00:17:38To prepare Greek coffee, you don't need a large espresso
00:17:41machine. Ground coffee together with water and a little sugar
00:17:45is simply heated on the stove in a pot known as
00:17:48Briki. Are you familiar with this type of
00:17:51coffee?
00:17:56Tourists often drink it the wrong way, thinking it's
00:17:59espresso.
00:18:03Greek coffee must have foam, it is drunk very slowly, perhaps
00:18:07with a small sweet on the side, but very slowly, it is not
00:18:13be careful, there is sediment at the bottom of the cup, never
00:18:17stir Greek
00:18:18coffee.
00:18:21If you visit a kafenion late in the morning, you will mostly
00:18:25find yourself in the company of older men who gather there, many of them are retired
00:18:29so they have time, we meet here without
00:18:32an appointment, those of us who are still here know that whenever
00:18:36they come, it has its roots in
00:18:48the coffee house culture from the time of Ottoman rule in
00:18:51Greece.
00:18:54It is interesting that the Kafenion once often had the only
00:18:57telephone or the only television in the village, everyone gathered
00:19:00there. Tavla, the Greek version of
00:19:04Backgammon is still regularly played here.
00:19:09At that time, the CafeNet was almost like a consulate, the whole
00:19:12village gathered there, the postman brought pensions and
00:19:16letters and everyone came here, but
00:19:19women were sometimes forbidden to enter, it was
00:19:23a male-dominated space.
00:19:27στοκρος.
00:19:35Don't worry, today everyone is welcome. In addition to coffee,
00:19:38you can order other drinks and some snacks throughout the
00:19:42day, here you can usually get meze, small freshly
00:19:46prepared traditional Greek dishes. In the evening, more
00:19:49younger guests come. The kafenion is often open until one after
00:19:53midnight, or even longer. We drink stronger drinks like ouzo
00:19:57and tsipouro, and when it's hot,
00:19:58beer.
00:20:02For lunch we usually have ouzo or tsipouro with meze. In the evening
00:20:06we will drink wine or...
00:20:37Tourists are welcome in a kafenion and what mistakes can
00:20:40you make there? A mistake is not to have a drink with us,
00:20:44to refuse us. The biggest mistake is to say no, if I offer you
00:20:48one or two raki. part of the text
00:20:50ok.
00:20:56The Netherlands is known for its wooden clogs, a tradition
00:21:00more than 800 years old. However, this craft
00:21:03is slowly dying out. We visited a man who decided to save it from
00:21:07oblivion.
00:21:12This is Martin Dajkman in his workshop. The Dutch
00:21:16shoemaker nurtures the centuries-old art of clog making.
00:21:20World-famous wooden shoes, but his craft
00:21:23no longer attracts new apprentices today. In the Netherlands,
00:21:27a dozen people work as a hobby, and only a few
00:21:30professionally.
00:21:33Martinko is one of them, dedicated to promoting the art and craft of
00:21:37clog making worldwide. My goal is to help preserve the
00:21:41tradition of clogs. Of course, I hope that one day I will
00:21:44show someone the secrets of this craft, but the chances of that
00:21:48are getting smaller.
00:21:51Martin was practically born with clogs, here in the Dutch
00:21:54village of Lutemberg, he is the fourth generation in the family
00:21:58that does this.
00:22:02It all starts with poplar.
00:22:05The wood must not have knots. When you start
00:22:07cutting it into pieces, you immediately see if it's
00:22:11good.
00:22:14The wood is then transported to the workshop. Here
00:22:17everything revolves around clogs. Martin has even made
00:22:21works of art out of them, only in this part there are
00:22:25more than 13,000 miniature shoes, but
00:22:28let's go back to the ones that are worn.
00:22:31This is a children's clog, approximately size
00:22:3432, but clogs are not actually made by
00:22:39centimeters.
00:22:48The clog maker uses tools inherited from his ancestors
00:22:52and used in the same way more than 800
00:22:55years ago. Left, right
00:22:59check.
00:23:01It once took seven years to master
00:23:04the craft.
00:23:09You don't have to be strong, but the wood must be good.
00:23:12The tools sharp, and the technique perfected.
00:23:15For example, this stand makes the
00:23:18work easier. This way you would need more strength,
00:23:22but then there is
00:23:23no need.
00:23:30Once, farmers and craftsmen wore clogs all
00:23:33day, today they are more a symbol of the Netherlands and
00:23:36a popular souvenir.
00:23:40Since there are no new generations of apprentices, Martin promotes
00:23:44his craft himself. At the invitation of Dutch embassies,
00:23:47he travels the world and along the way meets
00:23:50kings. I worked in New York, in
00:23:54Kuala Lumpur, in Tokyo, in China. In New York,
00:23:57I met the Dutch king. I was there for 10
00:24:01days, and the king stopped by for an hour. I am proud
00:24:05that he looked me in the eye, it was of course wonderful.
00:24:08That recognition gives him additional
00:24:16strength. However, it is even more important that customers are satisfied,
00:24:20for customers the most important thing is a comfortable inner part that Martin
00:24:24shapes with a special drill, after about five
00:24:38hours, a pair of clogs is finished, or perhaps
00:24:40not, these clogs are finished, but
00:24:44they are not, the wood must first dry, that takes
00:24:48a week, only then can children start wearing them,
00:24:52then they of course also need to be decorated.
00:24:55Every craftsman has his own
00:25:00design. Martin inherited his from his father, but he also
00:25:02made completely different variations of clogs, some of which are only
00:25:06for display.
00:25:08Whether as everyday footwear or
00:25:12a souvenir, clogs have been part of Dutch culture for centuries,
00:25:16to this day they have been preserved thanks to enthusiasts of this
00:25:20craft, like Martin Dajkman.
00:25:23And so we come to the end of another show. For more stories from
00:25:27across Europe, follow us on social media. Thank you for
00:25:31being with us, goodbye until next time.
00:25:34a
00:26:02lustery summer morning along South Africa's Western Cape, guys
00:26:06are ready, a celebratory offering to the sea.
00:26:09One, two, three,
00:26:13go. These African penguins are rejoining their colony
00:26:19the Southern Atlantic Ocean. The reunion
00:26:22is a win for the scientists and volunteers at San
00:26:25Kob, the Southern African Foundation for the conservation of
00:26:29coastal birds and a small victory that's become as
00:26:32rare as the penguins themselves.
00:26:36Rehabilitation for the African penguin is very
00:26:39important at this stage. The numbers are dwindling, we are
00:26:43struggling a lot with the population decline in the
00:26:45wild. Dire warnings from scientists
00:26:49predict the African penguin could face extinction within the next
00:26:5310 years. A century ago their numbers had
00:26:57reached more than 1 million. Today, an estimated
00:27:0099% of them are gone.
00:27:04So for the last seven years while I've been working at Sancob, the numbers of
00:27:08patients every year have actually declined, um, and that's
00:27:11because there are not as many penguins in the in the in the wild
00:27:14anymore. Dr. David Roberts says that most of his
00:27:17surgical work is the result of trauma injuries which can be
00:27:21caused by anything from pollution to plastic entanglement, but
00:27:24he says more often than not the injuries are the result of a predator's
00:27:28bite. We did a procedure on an African penguin.
00:27:32Um, our number for him here is AP 200, he's the 200th
00:27:36penguin that's come in this year, and he was admitted with a
00:27:39wound on his toe, we're not sure what caused it, often
00:27:43we don't know what happened in the wild, but what happened was the end of the
00:27:46toe had a large wound on it and the nail bed had become
00:27:50infected, the nail had actually come off already, and he had a bit of bone infection there
00:27:54as well. In addition to surgeries,
00:27:58Sancob works in many other ways to safeguard the
00:28:00penguins.
00:28:03The work includes rearing baby chicks and providing care for up to
00:28:07500 wounded penguins at a time inside a world-
00:28:10class rehabilitation center. It's a place
00:28:13where many injured or struggling birds can get their sea
00:28:17legs back. We are watching these
00:28:20birds every day coming in with quite
00:28:23severe trauma, with injuries, with
00:28:27emaciation problems. They are struggling a lot out in the
00:28:30wild.
00:28:32Is a seabird ranger at the Stony Point Penguin Colony in Bettys
00:28:36Bay. He says his job is to ensure every penguin
00:28:40has a fighting chance at surviving in the
00:28:42wild. There's not a lot of fish around for them.
00:28:46Nowadays you see lesser birds, you have lesser
00:28:50nests that are occupied with birds in. That's why also global
00:28:53warming, that stuff is also playing a big role. In
00:28:57March, conservationists and the commercial fishing industry reached a deal to
00:29:01create six no-fishing zones.
00:29:03It's a major step forward for
00:29:05people
00:29:09like rehabilitation manager Jade Suku who work every
00:29:13day to save these iconic and often charismatic
00:29:16seabirds. My hope for the future is that we
00:29:20can turn the tide and to try and help
00:29:24these birds as much as possible. They're such a unique
00:29:27species, they've got such character. It is the only
00:29:30species that lives under the African sun. A lot of people when you say
00:29:34penguin they'd picture icebergs and snow,
00:29:38but this penguin lives on the beach. they thrive
00:29:41in the heat, they thrive in the summer, and it would be
00:29:44really sad to see such beautiful and
00:29:48magical species just go extinct.
00:30:10Can you tell what you're looking at? These are
00:30:13close-up images of a fertilized human egg
00:30:15implanting itself into the lining of the uterus.
00:30:19And amazingly, this isn't a passive process. The human
00:30:23embryo can be seen actively pulling itself into the uterine
00:30:27lining. This discovery is changing our understanding of
00:30:30fertility and conception. with potentially huge benefits for
00:30:34IVF. More on that and other
00:30:38groundbreaking medical research, now on
00:30:40DW's science show, tomorrow
00:30:43today.
00:30:47At this fertility clinic in Munich, doctors are hopeful new
00:30:50breakthrough could improve one of IVF's biggest
00:30:53challenges, successful embryo
00:30:55implantation.