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00:05:00is an unattainable dream because the costs are extremely
00:05:03high. We met a woman who found the right
00:05:07way to live in the heart of the capital,
00:05:11without paying a whole fortune for it, a seating area,
00:05:14a workspace, a sleeping area, a place
00:05:17to prepare food, a bicycle with which I like to move
00:05:21around the city, and this is the rehearsal space, and I am truly
00:05:24privileged to have so much space in the center
00:05:27of London. London is one of the most expensive cities in the world.
00:05:31Here in the Bloomsbury neighborhood, the monthly rent for a 1004-square-meter
00:05:34apartment is around 6,000 euros. Robin
00:05:38pays only about 1700 euros for 110
00:05:41square meters. This 18th-century building was once
00:05:45an art school, now it's for sale, but that doesn't mean it's empty.
00:05:49Hello. I'm Robin. I'm a property guardian, so living in London is
00:05:52a little more affordable for me than it would otherwise be. Come
00:05:56in and I'll show you what life as a property guardian is like. You can immediately
00:06:00tell that this is no ordinary building. This was once
00:06:03the reception of the Women's Art Academy to which the building
00:06:07belongs. It's currently for sale for a modest
00:06:107.5 million pounds. That's why we're guarding it until it
00:06:14sells. Building owners primarily choose property guardians to prevent
00:06:18squatting and unauthorized
00:06:21occupation. You don't want someone to move in and then not be able to
00:06:25evict them later. And we guardians are happy to stay here
00:06:28as long as the building needs protection, then we move on
00:06:32to the next one. This is one of two staircases, actually it's
00:06:36two connected buildings. I use this staircase
00:06:39the most. There are eighteen of us in the building. Everyone uses
00:06:43their own space. Here are the showers
00:06:46and toilets. My room is right upstairs, let's go
00:06:49up. In London, there are about 10,000
00:06:53property guardians like Robin. This is the entrance
00:06:56to my room. Come in. The concept of property
00:06:59guardians arrived in Great Britain from the Netherlands in
00:07:022001. You might know that some rooms in
00:07:06London are quite small, but this one is a little
00:07:09different. This was actually the theater studio of the Women's Art Academy.
00:07:12umjetnosti,
00:07:20I am a theater director, so it's incredible to have so much
00:07:24space, I can bring actors, hold rehearsals and plan
00:07:27the plays I'm preparing with my team, you've probably noticed that
00:07:31the space is easily adaptable, here
00:07:34for example I sleep, here I prepare
00:07:36food, here I keep my bicycle, I also have a living
00:07:40area, as well as a working
00:07:43corner, everything I need is in one
00:07:47room, that suits me just fine, we just look after the building as
00:07:51it is, we are not allowed to make major comprehensive changes, so I would
00:07:55not paint the walls or do anything like that.
00:07:58Over the past 14 years, Robin has lived as a guardian in seven
00:08:02different buildings, including former offices, hotels, and even a
00:08:06police station.
00:08:09In that building there was a public address system through which I could address
00:08:13people in every room. The building once belonged to
00:08:16the British Transport Police, so every room had its own
00:08:20public address system. However, I never used it, I didn't want to
00:08:23disturb people. One of
00:08:26the drawbacks of living in this beautiful room is that I have to
00:08:29go out every time I need water or have to use
00:08:32the toilet. So we go to the shared
00:08:35bathrooms.
00:08:39Which are right here. This is one
00:08:42of three bathrooms we have in the building that we
00:08:45all use. As you can see, this is the original bathroom used
00:08:48by the Women's Art Academy. Some of us in
00:08:52the building are a little more meticulous when it comes to
00:08:55cleaning. I, for example, am one of them, so I think, oh my god,
00:08:59look at all these toothpaste stains, what is this? The former
00:09:02cafeteria might look like an ideal place for parties, but such
00:09:06activities are not allowed. Lit candles and open doors are also
00:09:10not allowed. Most residents here just come to
00:09:13cook something.
00:09:16I'm pretty introverted, I have a huge space, so
00:09:20I mostly prepare everything upstairs, then I come down here when I need
00:09:23something, like an oven or a washing machine,
00:09:27but it's nice because you can talk to people here that you
00:09:30probably wouldn't otherwise talk to. The agency
00:09:34that deploys guardians occasionally checks if everyone is following
00:09:38the rules. Anyone with a regular income
00:09:41and no children can apply to be a property guardian. How long will Robin
00:09:45live here?
00:09:48I think we'll stay another three to four months, maybe even
00:09:52longer, but you never know, you have to be ready to move
00:09:55at any time.
00:09:59Can you imagine being a property guardian in exchange for
00:10:02cheaper
00:10:03rent?
00:10:08Industrial bakeries use mixtures and
00:10:11additives, that. That's pure doping, says master baker
00:10:14Arnt Erbel, that's strictly forbidden in his
00:10:18bakery.
00:10:21Is this the best natural bread in Germany? Arnt
00:10:25Erbelis of Daxbach in northern Bavaria is the only
00:10:28German "Frei" or independent baker. "The taste
00:10:31motivated me. When my father forgot to add leavening
00:10:35agent, the rolls were smaller, but much
00:10:38tastier." Erbel completely avoids
00:10:42additives, which is why he has the legally protected title.
00:10:45His
00:10:49products, even sweet pastries, rely on natural sourdough.
00:10:52tijesto.
00:10:56We want to work with grain as it comes,
00:10:59directly from outside, unprocessed, that's why it's so easy to
00:11:02digest.
00:11:05His bakery has been running since 1680, which
00:11:09makes it one of the oldest in Germany. The best-selling product
00:11:12is the traditional Bauernbrot or farmer's bread. Sourdough
00:11:16is a fermented mixture of flour and water in which wild
00:11:19yeasts and lactic acid bacteria develop. This is
00:11:23yesterday's mature sourdough.
00:11:25I take a piece, pour in a little water as if for
00:11:28plaster, and mix it until it's
00:11:31smooth.
00:11:39Then I add fresh wholemeal rye flour and mix until I get a
00:11:43dough. This will be the starter for
00:11:46tomorrow.
00:11:49Our sourdough is so strong and active that we don't need
00:11:53industrial yeast at all.
00:11:59While this is common practice for Erbel, it is an
00:12:02exception in Germany today. In the 1960s, in West
00:12:06Germany, there were about 55,000 artisanal
00:12:09bakeries, today there are only 9,000 left, so
00:12:12industrial bakeries dominate
00:12:14the market.
00:12:18It's sad to see this craft disappear, that this decline
00:12:21cannot be stopped, but we have found our way. And
00:12:25I really have no reason to complain.
00:12:27From Daxbach to the world,
00:12:31Erbel is, in a sense, a cult figure on the German and international
00:12:34baking scene. His clients are top restaurants and
00:12:38delicatessen stores across Europe. Although he has
00:12:42received numerous awards, including for best baker in Bavaria,
00:12:46he still primarily sees himself as a local village baker.
00:12:49We are focused on quality and origin, on real bread, not on some
00:12:53industrial product.
00:12:56It's the best in the region, people come from afar just for the
00:12:59bread, we drive 50 km to Erbel's bakery
00:13:03because his bread stays fresh for a long time.
00:13:06And how is it prepared?
00:13:09Bauernbrot consists of wholemeal rye
00:13:12flour, white rye flour,
00:13:15wholemeal spelt flour, white spelt
00:13:18flour, salt and
00:13:21First, everything is well
00:13:25combined.
00:13:30Then the dough is divided into loaves and kneaded
00:13:32by hand.
00:13:37Of course, there are still many good bakeries in Germany, but few of them
00:13:40still do so much
00:13:42by hand.
00:13:46The shaped dough then goes into a basket to rest before it
00:13:50ends up in the
00:13:51oven.
00:13:55So that you consistently achieve good results, we literally
00:13:58bake our happiness, starting from the sourdough,
00:14:01we grind the flour, we knead the dough every day
00:14:05we take a perfect loaf out of the oven, that
00:14:09is pure joy,
00:14:13when the timer sounds, Bauern brot is ready, it is set
00:14:16aside to cool a little, but it is best when it is freshly
00:14:19baked. Bread baking has a long tradition
00:14:23in Germany, also known for the greatest variety of bread in
00:14:27the world, with more than 3000 registered types
00:14:30German bread culture is truly unique, so UNESCO
00:14:34included it in the intangible cultural
00:14:37heritage in 2014.
00:14:40For me, the most important thing is to constantly refine the details.
00:14:44Mastering even the smallest nuances is a sign of true
00:14:47mastery, I want to keep
00:14:49learning.
00:14:57By following his path, Arnt Erbel preserves a
00:15:01timeless craft and protects one of humanity's most important
00:15:05traditions.
00:15:11Madeira, one of the most popular island
00:15:14destinations in the Atlantic, but that has
00:15:17its downsides. Mass tourism takes its toll and
00:15:20leaves consequences on the island's natural environment. What is being done
00:15:24then? Our reporter investigated Madeira's strategies.
00:15:28The Portuguese island of Madeira is located in the Atlantic Ocean
00:15:31about 100 km from mainland Portugal.
00:15:35Its largest city is Funchal. Almost every
00:15:38visitor ends up here at least once, for many, especially
00:15:42cruise ship passengers, it's their first encounter with
00:15:44the island.
00:15:50It's currently off-season, but you can see that there are already
00:15:54two cruise ships in the harbor with about 4,000
00:15:57passengers. Sometimes they all arrive at the same time and head straight to
00:16:00the old part of Funchal. It's easy to understand why. The colorful
00:16:04facades, painted doors, are very charming. But
00:16:08the narrow streets can quickly become
00:16:10overcrowded. My next stop is the city
00:16:13market, popular with tourists also for its beautiful
00:16:17ceramic mosaics at the entrance and in the inner courtyard.
00:16:21Inside you'll find vegetables, fruit, fish, a lot
00:16:24of it at rather high tourist prices.
00:16:28Sometimes the crowd is unpleasantly large. The terrain soon
00:16:32becomes steep and hilly. If that's too
00:16:35much for you, you can always take the cable car. But be prepared
00:16:38to
00:16:39wait.
00:16:46I'm lucky, the queue is not long.
00:16:49The ride to the picturesque mountain village of Monte takes about
00:16:5315 minutes.
00:16:55When you arrive, a beautiful view of Funchal Bay
00:16:58awaits you.
00:17:01You can visit the nearby Monte Palace Tropical Garden, with
00:17:05more than a hundred thousand
00:17:07species from all over the world, these flamingos are very
00:17:11popular among visitors.
00:17:15Just a few minutes' walk away is another popular
00:17:18attraction, a ride in traditional wicker
00:17:21sleds, although it's not the best choice if you're in
00:17:25a hurry. So, in one queue you wait to buy
00:17:28tickets, in another for the sled ride, which
00:17:32means this will take a while. I have to
00:17:35wait 30 minutes for the ride, which gives me enough
00:17:38time to reconsider this decision. Fortunately, I don't have to
00:17:42steer the sled myself, two drivers, known as
00:17:46carrieiros, take care of that. Ah,
00:17:48it's finally my turn, I'm going at a speed of over 40
00:17:52km/h. I hope we can manage all the
00:17:56turns.
00:17:58I admit, this definitely gets the adrenaline pumping.
00:18:02The carreiros kick with the thick rubber soles of their
00:18:05shoes. When we reached the finish line. "My knees were still trembling
00:18:09a little.
00:18:13Back in Funchal, which feels overcrowded to me.
00:18:17There are many apartments in the city that are rented out via Airbnb
00:18:20and other short-term rental platforms. Does this lead
00:18:24to the same housing problems as other tourist
00:18:27destinations? I meet with Eduardo Jesus, responsible for island
00:18:31tourism, to find out more. Here in
00:18:34Funchal it is not possible to get permission to rent
00:18:38apartments in buildings where local residents live, this is the first
00:18:42step to ensure peace and quiet for the local
00:18:45population.
00:18:52And another novelty has been introduced: visitors now
00:18:55have to book access to some hiking trails, and even
00:18:59a specific time slot. Booking a hiking
00:19:02trail, I'm hearing about that for the first time, I'm booking a spot on
00:19:05trail 25 Fontes. It is one of the
00:19:07most popular, price 4.5 euros per
00:19:10person, morning slots are booked several days
00:19:14in advance.
00:19:19The next day I set off, even finding a parking space at 10
00:19:23AM, an almost impossible mission, and people are still
00:19:27arriving.
00:19:32Fortunately, I have a ticket, although no one checked it, it seems
00:19:36that checks are only occasional. The trail is
00:19:40wide at the beginning and, apart from occasional
00:19:43groups of hikers, offers enough space to enjoy nature
00:19:47and the
00:19:48view.
00:19:55I meet Eli Kolb from Germany who has some first-hand
00:19:58advice. She has lived in Madeira for two years and leads
00:20:02hiking tours here. We check a trail just a few
00:20:06minutes away. It leads to the same destination as the one I just
00:20:09visited, but it has far fewer
00:20:12people.
00:20:15This trail doesn't exist on Google Maps, it's not popular on Instagram,
00:20:19so it's much easier to get to, and it's just as
00:20:22beautiful. Although I still have to make a
00:20:25reservation and pay a fee here, I can choose
00:20:28the time slot I want, and there's almost no one on the
00:20:31trail.
00:20:35What are your ideas for avoiding it?
00:20:41Imagine replacing traffic jams and deadlines with ocean
00:20:45views and the sound of waves. That's exactly what Sabine
00:20:49and Schverer did with their six children, living
00:20:52on a sailboat, sailing the world's oceans and advocating
00:20:56for environmental protection.
00:20:58Welcome.
00:21:01Tromsø, Norway. Here, a Swiss family
00:21:04has dropped anchor of their 15-meter long sailboat
00:21:07"Pachamama", which in the Inca language means Mother
00:21:10Earth.
00:21:13Now I can show you how we all live together on this
00:21:16boat. This is our living room. We have a large one.
00:21:21Right across is the
00:21:22kitchen.
00:21:27We cook here. Perhaps it's interesting that the
00:21:30stove can move.
00:21:33When there's a lot of wind and waves, we can still
00:21:36cook, so the spaghetti or
00:21:39soup doesn't spill. Here is one
00:21:43cabin.
00:21:51Here is another, where Alegra and
00:21:54Salina sleep. Here we also have a shower, you just
00:21:58pull it out and shower
00:22:00yourself.
00:22:08It's eight in the morning, time for breakfast. Meals are eaten
00:22:12on the enclosed deck. The daily life of this family of eight
00:22:15takes place in just 20 square meters. The boat doesn't
00:22:19offer much
00:22:20privacy.
00:22:25The children never complained about not having their own room or
00:22:29a slightly larger bed. Perhaps
00:22:32because that's always been
00:22:33normal for them.
00:22:36All the children were born during the journey and are now between
00:22:407 and 20 years old. Instead of
00:22:43streets, cars, and movies, they grow up with animals and
00:22:47nature.
00:22:51Dario and his wife Sabine started this unconventional
00:22:54life in 1999
00:22:57when they set off on a trip around the world. As a certified
00:23:00mountain guide, Dario wanted to climb the highest peak on every
00:23:04continent, relying solely on his own strength
00:23:07and the power of nature. His goal was to inspire people to start protecting
00:23:11our planet. Initially, it was very difficult to finance such an
00:23:15expedition. Today we are lucky, we have
00:23:19sponsors and people.
00:23:28The Schverers didn't plan to live on a boat for 25
00:23:32years, now with children, every
00:23:35family member has their role. Alegra
00:23:38and Noe raise the sails, today they are sailing
00:23:41towards the nearby
00:23:42fjords.
00:23:45Andri is steering the boat, he is 19 years old and the second
00:23:49oldest. Vitaly is the youngest, he is
00:23:53seven years old, the family has sailed about
00:23:55260,000 km so far. The children only go
00:23:59to school when their parents have work on land, on the boat they
00:24:03are homeschooled, this is allowed in many Swiss
00:24:07cantons. Do they miss their school
00:24:09friends? Yes, I miss my
00:24:13friends. It's hard to constantly say goodbye, but on the other
00:24:16hand, you can sail and meet many
00:24:20friends.
00:24:21Collecting plastic from the sea
00:24:25is also part of their education. So far, they have pulled
00:24:28a total of 85,000 kg
00:24:31of waste from the ocean.
00:24:35The question is, how much longer do they plan to sail? It
00:24:39is my passion, so it is logical to do something for the children of this
00:24:42planet, for the next generation. Currently,
00:24:45I have no idea what better I could do.
00:24:59And with this inspiring report, we come to the end of the show. For
00:25:03more positive stories from across Europe, follow us on
00:25:06social media. Thanks for being with us, see you
00:25:09next
00:25:10time.
00:25:36Cleaning, laundry, ironing, there's a lot I'd
00:25:40rather do, so what if a robot did it for me? The demos certainly
00:25:44look promising. Other robots are being designed as companions to help
00:25:48people feel less lonely and offer
00:25:50support, but how much of that is wishful thinking and how much is ready for the
00:25:54real world? Humanoid robots - a reality
00:25:57check.
00:26:00In slick promo videos, humanoid robots look poised to become the
00:26:04ultimate household helpers and investors are betting big on them.
00:26:07Goldman Sachs estimates that the global market for humanoid robots could hit
00:26:11$38 billion dollars by 2035. Some analysts
00:26:15are even forecasting a market worth hundreds of billions of dollars by
00:26:182040. Startups, tech giants and carmakers are racing
00:26:22to cash in. But let's be real. How close are we
00:26:25to robots that can clean your home on their own? A
00:26:29slightly awkward moment at the White House. US First Lady Melania
00:26:32Trump walks alongside a humanoid household robot at a technology
00:26:36summit. I'm figure three, a humanoid built
00:26:40in the United States of America. So are
00:26:43humanoid robots finally ready for household use? While
00:26:46walking a few meters and delivering a scripted line is one
00:26:49thing. Managing the unpredictable chaos of
00:26:53a real household is something entirely
00:26:55else. Rodney Brooks knows just how hard that
00:26:59is. The former MIT professor is one of the best known
00:27:02experts in robotics. He has spent decades building robots and
00:27:06co-founded iRobot, the company behind Roomba, one of the few
00:27:09robots to actually make it into millions of
00:27:11homes.
00:27:15Brooks has a name for many of the humanoid robot demos we see today. "There's
00:27:19something going on that I call humanoid theater where people are
00:27:22making videos, they're all the humanoids,
00:27:25you'll notice they're mostly black and white, and the background is black and white, it looks
00:27:29very clean, but in real life, nothing's
00:27:33that." Unlike factories, private homes aren't standardized environments,
00:27:37they're constantly changing, full of obstacles, clutter and
00:27:40unpredictability. And with children or pets around,
00:27:44safety becomes a major challenge. "If you have a
00:27:47full-size humanoid robot, it has eight times the kinetic energy
00:27:51that the little demo robots that you see at trade
00:27:55shows are, and the demo robots at trade shows don't actually do anything, their
00:27:58hands are not functional, just sort of dancing around, but they can't
00:28:02balance, but when you've got double the physical height and
00:28:06eight times the energy, they are just too dangerous for people to be
00:28:10with them. But even if humanoids learn to move safely around
00:28:14us, there's another big challenge: using their hands the way
00:28:17we do. We do things like this all the
00:28:21time. We can adjust things, we can use multiple things
00:28:24in our hand. Our hands have thousands of touch-sensitive
00:28:28nerve fibers constantly telling us what we are holding and how it
00:28:31behaves. So when we pick up a glass, we feel its weight, instinctively
00:28:35adjust our grip if it starts to slip, and know exactly when to let
00:28:38go when we put it down. Robots
00:28:41don't have anything close to the sense of touch, and Brooks says you
00:28:45can actually spot the difference in some demos
00:28:47and
00:28:49then when you watch carefully, when it puts the dishes down in the
00:28:53kitchen, it drops them from just above because they don't have any force
00:28:56sensing. And we, when we put something down, we feel the
00:28:59force, and that's when we know what's being done. They have done it
00:29:03from vision, and then it's getting close and they drop it.
00:29:06And these problems are not new. So
00:29:09why all the hype about humanoid robots now? The success of
00:29:13ChatGPT and other AI models has raised hopes that humanoid
00:29:16robots could now have their own breakthrough moment. But the kind of physical
00:29:20intelligence robots need is very different from what large language models can
00:29:24do. According to Brooks, AI still struggles to understand the
00:29:28physical world and reliably predict the consequences of
00:29:31its actions.
00:29:34"Even the most advanced humanoid robots still struggle with something as
00:29:38seemingly simple as folding laundry on their own. But in demo videos,
00:29:42we see our robot friends mixing drinks, folding clothes and loading
00:29:45dishwashers with ease. So what's going
00:29:48on? Well, they have a little
00:29:51secret. For about $20,000,
00:29:55you can pre-order Neo, a friendly-looking robot fellow that's expected
00:29:58to ship to US customers in 2026. Its maker,
00:30:021X, calls it the world's first consumer-ready humanoid
00:30:05robot, and its promised abilities sound familiar:
00:30:09cleaning, organizing, folding laundry, holding
00:30:11conversations, and so forth. But there
00:30:15is a crucial detail: Neo is not fully
00:30:18autonomous. For many tasks, it has to be controlled
00:30:21remotely by a human wearing a VR headset. And Neo is
00:30:25not the only robot relying on teleoperation. Many robot
00:30:28demonstrations create the impression of full autonomy. I was...
00:30:32was a, uh, technology, um,
00:30:35gathering and there was a robot, humanoid robot making
00:30:38drinks, and everyone was excited. And there was a waitress standing by
00:30:42the side, and she was just, and I
00:30:45went up, I said, 'It's teleoperated,' and she knew what
00:30:48teleoperation meant. And, 'Oh, it's teleoperated.' And
00:30:52she just went on her way. So it's, it's sort
00:30:55of designed to trick you because it's this idea
00:30:59of fake it until you make it, and