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[Music] [Music] so we are visiting doha the capital of qatar here we are driving right through the desert on our way to meet one of the most influential families of the richest country in the world for a whole year we try to set up an interview with the inhabitant today we finally get exclusive access to his home this weekend residence has the size of three football fields and can't be found on any map wow thank you so much hello inside the estate a huge collection of cars and motorbikes the 80 hand-picked vehicles have an estimated worth of over 100 million dollars and the owner omar he is an absolute ferrari fan [Music] i have one page called the supercar yeah and starting from the gto which is over there for f40 f50 enzo and leferrari which are the supercars ferrari and you own them all and i have them there as a collection i bought them [Laughter] oma alfadon deals in luxury items like cars and watches and is also a hotelier he is the owner of probably the most impressive ferrari collection in the world including a speedboat sports cars with lots of horsepower are his personal hobby twenty full-time staff take care of the multi-millionaires car collection interior designers mechanics waiters cleaning staff and of course security personnel everything has to be up to scratch for when the owner comes by for a spontaneous visit omar alfadin had this super modern hangar is specially built for his collection to protect his valuable car collection he doesn't only have security personnel but he also has cameras and laser barriers installed the alfadons are one of the few families which have been granted exclusive trading rights by the emir of qatar this means that in qatar some luxury items may only be sold and imported by them we represent many brands of over 60 brands of european watches and qatar and the region in saudi arabia and the gulf now today we represent seven brands in the automotive industry which is the bmw group bmw minion rolls-royce jaguar land rover and range rover and ferrari and maserati omar doesn't want to show us his private home which is just around the corner but he is happy to show us his private zoo on an area the size of two football fields over 2 000 animals and over 100 different species are at home the choice of animals represents the owner's personal taste seven different kinds of the heraldic animal of qatar the antelope can be found here move on about 40 kilometers outside the capital doha camel races take place every week the first start is at 6 00 am today camel racing is traditionally a favorite sport of the qatari upper class because getting up this early can be worth it the owner of the the camel he took one of the cars sometimes they have bentley or lamborghini first prizes worth six figure sums here drivable prizes all together worth more than 30 million dollars are parked the camels used to be ridden by children in order to save weight but this has been banned by the emir and featherlite remote control riding robots have taken over this job a lot of people in the cars outside and they have a tokiwaki and when they press the button the robot starts to hit the camel to go faster the trainers are also sat in the cars and speak to the camels in order to calm them the race is broadcast live on television by the way it isn't possible to bet on camel races that would be gambling which is highly illegal under the laws of islam close by is the khalifa stadium one of the biggest and most important arenas for the upcoming football world cup the bad working conditions on these building sites are often heavily criticized so we want to see for ourselves at the scene and have fought for a shooting permit for a long time unfortunately interviews are not allowed the organizers show us the entire construction site we're allowed to film wherever we like safety issues are not to be found here today more than 2 000 workers are on duty every day at this stadium construction site lunch is served in two sittings off-camera one of the organizers proudly tells us that here it is possible to feed 1500 people in just 20 minutes it is eerily silent no conversations no small talk most of the workforce come from india pakistan or nepal in qatar they make about 400 per month much more than at home most of their pay is sent home and it seems as if the workers have gotten used to these circumstances a one-hour break and many have had to queue for lunch for 15 minutes then it is back to work because time is of the essence for now qatar mainly consists of the capital doha the rest of the country is predominantly desert around the world cup stadiums new high-rises are being developed and an underground subway system will connect the sports venues and central locations around 200 billion dollars are being invested in infrastructure up until the world cup eight hundred thousand foreign construction workers work in qatar in the mornings they are driven to the building sites and in the evenings taken back to their collective accommodation we've asked the organizers to show us the accommodation in an suv this government employee picks us up time and again there are reports of the desolate conditions in these accommodations and amnesty international has also published a very critical report we are obviously being shown the brand new state-of-the-art facilities first we are shown an image video then the whole delegation of clearly high-ranking employees visits the apartments with us this meeting takes place in the early afternoon and almost all the workers are still at the building sites this is a typical room for people basically dead and they hang their coats and also they have got a key to every unit they've got a key one hundred thousand employees live in this complex which consists of hundreds of identical buildings here breakfast and dinner are served everything is very clean almost sterile we meet one of the inhabitants but can hardly communicate with him as he speaks almost no english you live here huh yeah yes you like it here yeah it's good yes enough space for you yeah with your friends living here yeah [Music] after many negative reports about old dirty and overcrowded housing the organizers seem to want to show us through this sterile block of flats that they take criticism seriously this complex definitely meets international requirements but if all the construction workers in qatar have this standard of living or if this is just the insight that is given to our camera team is still the question khalad abdulfatah was born in iraq and has lived all over the world for a while now he's been working in doha as a real estate agent and his speciality is luxury property today his client is looking for a penthouse apartment with at least 500 square meters of living space this complex has over 60 000 units and has almost been completed the pearl as it's called is a completely artificial island a flat is between five hundred thousand and five million dollars a spa area a fitness center and a huge swimming pool are of course part of the amenities [Music] the qatari is 28 years old and his family make their money in the construction industry and on the stock market their total fortune over 100 million dollars the family already owns multiple real estate properties the most important thing your romantic view for you and your family the balcony alone has a size of 100 square meters the client takes pictures which is a good sign for the estate agent hopefully there is some interest on the third terrace the sales agent gets down to business [Music] we have the best price in town therefore the price for this apartment is 10.3 million qatari areas i promise you this is something that you're buying as a good investment for you and your family for the future this property will never lose its price you're buying an investment should we go to the next penthouse yeah sure this way please is the wealthy qatari really interested in the summer months temperatures can reach up to 50 degrees because of this qatar's capital doha only comes to life after sundown at the weekends the locals leave the city we have to drive far into the desert where the dunes are up to 70 meters high with expensive suvs the wealthy offspring speed through the desert some like to show off their skills others prefer to watch there are no women present this hobby is another total male domain [Music] it's like a scandal tradition back in qatar we are just watching the new drivers when they are getting stuck here it's difficult to drive so it needs really professional drivers to come and drive through here just one moment of carelessness and the car topples and plummets down the sand mountain back to the artificial paradise island the pearl estate agent khalid abdulfatah shows his affluent client the next luxury flat this penthouse also spans over two floors and dazzles with its gigantically large rooms and high ceilings a special highlight the bathroom your own steam room for your own privacy at the same time a shower and a steam room an old estate agent trick lure your customer to the nicest area of the property when the price needs to be discussed you ready for the price you'll be very surprised the price is 9.9 million 9.9 million qatar real so when you see the difference between this one and the other one how do you feel for an investment i think this one is better but for my family that one well i'll tell you what if you buy both i'll give you a discount [Laughter] if you want to do business here you first of all have to get used to the local customs just like estate agent khalid abdulfatah that's the way it works in qatar the richest country on earth and from here we're traveling on to santo stefano de siano in italy for 50 years this remote village in the italian abruzzi was abandoned a derelict ghost village now it's an exceptional hotel not only a single building but half the village is part of it [Music] the refurbishment of this former lost place cost around 10 million dollars and this was all possible without building any new structures it was the aim to preserve the old buildings as much as possible everything was supposed to be just like in the good old days due to the tourists normal residents have returned and have done their old family homes up again [Music] the aim of the hotel owners to bring the village back to life the guests are supposed to live door to door with the real inhabitants and get to know the old italian traditions for example in a baking course [Music] two days before we are on our way to santos stefano de sassanio and we want to know what is life as a guest here like the first port of call as in every hotel is reception [Music] it's located in a former cattle shed hotel manager nuncia gives us the key probably the biggest room key in the world we will meet nuncia again later our rooms are in this converted shed of course we want to see them first [Music] the former shed is now a suite with a living room and two bedrooms it costs about five hundred dollars per night but there is no sign of luxury in here it feels as if we had traveled back in time there is no television radio or minibar and plastic can also not be found here even the light switches are like in the old days made from porcelain and the shower gel seems a little odd too but our albergo de fuso wants to offer even more than the others the guests have the chance to meet real italy from the olden days financial and owner daniel kilgren has even higher goals set he has invested almost all of his inheritance in the hotel project and was financially successful with his endeavor at the moment he's in africa as an aid worker so it's only possible to speak to him via skype american [Music] um [Music] when daniela isn't there nuncia is the boss although till just a little while ago she didn't have a clue about the hotel industry nuncia used to be a scientist in a museum because she knows a lot about history and is originally from the mountains hotel owner daniela offered her the job as manager her most important task to make sure that everything is and stays as authentic as possible just like in the old days even down to the scent in the rooms because the people used to throw lemon peel into the fire as a natural air freshener the spray is all natural just like everything else here [Music] this explains the seemingly split shower gel it hasn't gone off this is just the way soaps and shampoos without any added chemicals look on purpose the hotel beds are just like in old times hard and with woolen blankets that take two months to make commemorative shows us her favorite suite as here you can see especially well how the people used to live foreign but the expensive designer bathtubs aren't the only luxury in the rooms as we now notice at second glance there are upscale fittings minimalist designer lamps and to the relief of our freezing team under floor heating everywhere even in this old sheepstable and we find the well-hidden switches for it as well [Music] so not everything is as it was hundreds of years ago otherwise the guests would probably stay away from [Music] [Music] the hotel operators are especially proud but thanks to the albergo de fuso many real inhabitants are returning to the village so we set out to find them and we end up finding this cafe the owners want to show us how coffee was drunk in the good old days before fully automatic coffee makers began to pop up everywhere this brown creme is sugar whipped up with coffee the insides of the little cups are covered with it then hand ground espresso is poured into them and on top extremely sweet whipped cream not frothed up milk we asked the coffee shop owner massimiliano what he thinks about the albergo de fuso touristico at her wool shop valeria shows us how she dyes sheep's wool red with wine from the region just the way it's been done here for hundreds of years she too loves the hotel project which is no surprise as she has multiplied her turnover by 10 in the last couple of years and she likes the tourists that come here [Music] visit us really experience what it means to live here that's exactly what we want to do now sheep's cheese and wool used to be the most important sources of income here and shepard is still a very well respected profession therefore a visit to the local sheepherder mimi and his family is part of the program at the hotel for him this is a good side earner [Music] understanding oh we understand what he means while milking the sheep the milk only begins to flow after a little udder massage from me but soon the poor sheep is fed up [Music] in the end there is just enough to make a small sheep's cheese for this the shepherd's wife adds rennet to the warm milk this is an enzyme that makes the milk curdle after an hour of work the cheese made from the milk we collected is ready right after this it's on to the hotel baking course in an original reconstructed kitchen course leader gabriella is also responsible for breakfast at the hotel in baking courses she shows the guests how to make the classic italian bread focaccia the dough only consists of flour water yeast and lots and lots of olive oil in the olden days the thin flatbread only used to be a test whether the oven was already hot enough for big loaves of bread so focaccia was technically just a byproduct of this test [Music] after about 20 minutes in the oven it is ready the course leader is satisfied with us or at least that's what she says a life very different to the ones most of us lead [Music] and a trip into the past that is really worth it we're leaving italy and are carrying on to ramstein in germany germany to be precise at the ramstein air airbase [Music] normally the u.s military bases remain a mystery you're only allowed to visit if you're invited we have been granted permission to look behind the scenes around 17 000 soldiers and civilians work on these large premises [Music] chadwick dew williams is one of them the corporal came to germany for three years [Music] 5 30 a.m in little usa we visit corporal chadwick at his home [Music] [Applause] the house and the kitchen look quite german at first glance but breakfast looks american i usually uh eat grits in the morning for breakfast it's a it's a corn meal type breakfast it's kind of like porridge it's a very southern american kind of breakfast breakfast is american style and the media 2 made in the usa [Music] there are many ways to actually learn about what's going on at home we have a american newspapers that we can read that are available to us there's also the internet there's afn radio afn tv for chadwick this is quite important because like many of his colleagues he doesn't speak a word of german he lives two kilometers from his workplace of course he travels there in a truly american car a pickup truck [Music] this is an imported truck from uh from the usa i don't really like driving the german cars i like something much larger like this for example unlike most of his colleagues chadwick does not live in one of the residential areas directly on the air base since i don't have a family i can't live on base it's uh people with families have preference for living on base so since i'm single i live off base on the economy chadwick's trip to work is his only real point of contact with germany entering the air base isn't easy at all only authorized personnel have access even chadwick is checked at the entrance every single day [Music] and then we're finally inside on american soil in the true sense of the word the kids here don't go to german schools but obviously to an american high school [Music] and they even have buses that run through the the community as well to take the children home the residential area conveys a pure america feeling there is a u.s flag on every house it only gets more american in america the airbase also offers accommodation for high-ranking visitors all right the most important routine to come through was uh barack obama um it was really neat actually seeing the president of the united states come through we arrive at the airfield every airbase has its own specific task ramstein for example is the central hub for freight flights and the troop transport to conflict [Music] areas [Music] chadwick is responsible for the flight handling so just received the ship refer today we got some special cargo to be loaded and not just one three military helicopters are to be loaded into the belly of the so-called c5 machine mostly mechanics engineers and soldiers with a special logistics training are stationed here chadwick is a transport specialist for air traffic after his basic training he went to a special technical college to make the heavy loading even more difficult the cable winch snaps [Music] something like this doesn't happen too often so we might not get to load today it might be a later day before we can actually load we'll see it chadwick uses the extra time to show us around the air base he takes us shopping to a typical american mall you can find everything in this shrine to consumerism from huge refrigerators to dried meat snacks only typical american products all products on the air base apart from fruit and vegetables are imported the soldiers are supposed to feel at home they even have american car dealers for the right american driving pleasure and of course payment is made in u.s dollars [Music] i like to i like to shop here at the kmcc because uh simply because the price is a little bit cheaper here everything is centralized so i can buy anything and everything i want at one place and it's a little bit cheaper because there are no taxes of course the film crew can't shop duty-free but at least we are allowed to eat here [Music] i like to come here a lot to eat lunch or maybe even dinner it's uh it's very cheap food the lines are very quick and short so it's a very convenient way to eat theoretically chadwick would never have to leave ramstein airbase during the whole time of his deployment but why is it so important for the soldiers to have this america feeling everybody speaks english you have the american food so it kind of makes you feel less homesick actually being here on base it's almost like living in america but in the heart of germany meanwhile they have found a solution on the airfield so receiving good news they actually fix the winch pretty fast the loading of the helicopters can begin it's a question of millimeters normally the soldiers are deployed at the airbase between two and four years so it's been a long day i'm ready to go grab a beer [Music] of course chadwick doesn't have to drive very far in his spare time right now we're coming up on the uh the woodlawn golf course it's a it's very beautiful chorus with 18 holes it's it's kind of a nice place to get away from everything and uh and relax but they can't relax all the time since the soldiers have to undergo fitness tests regularly they often work out in their spare time [Music] and there's bowling too his friends are american too so does chadwick get in contact with germans at all my life revolves around the american air base so sometimes it's very difficult to to actually meet german people but i have realized when i have met german people in the past they're very nice people so when the chance does come it's very easy to actually make german friends but many americans do sometimes entertain themselves outside of the air base for chadwick it's time to say goodbye soon [Music] so i'm getting ready to wrap up my tour here at ramstein i've spent almost three years here overseas in germany far away from home so it's been a great three years i'm looking forward to going back to america after this but for now i'm gonna go bowl some strikes an interesting glance behind the scenes at the mysterious u.s air base [Music] from germany we make our way to indonesia deep in the indonesian jungle is something which doesn't belong there a chicken what is a chicken made of stone doing in the middle of the jungle it's situated on the island of java the owner of the chicken told us to go to borobudur and ask our way through from there we learn that the chicken is supposed to be a house of prayer after a short while we can already see its head [Music] an enormous chicken we have an appointment with the man who built it daniel al-amsar what was his idea why did he shape the house in this way why does the stretch look like a chicken chicken it is a dove but it looks like a chicken yeah no maybe to come to kanye the aliyah uh [Music] but daniel didn't even want to build the dove in 1989 he had a divine vision during his prayers he was appointed with this herculean task daniel had neither money nor property nor any idea of how to build a house but miraculously he was able to purchase this plot of jungle for only 190 dollars all of the villagers helped carry the stones in 1994 the dove opened its doors the dove is a symbol of peace unity and truth it is 30 meters tall and almost 50 meters wide today the bird looks a bit decrepid due to the humid climate and vandalism we are curious to see the inside and we discover nothing no altar no benches or any kind of furniture just an empty hall with a great hole in the floor [Music] he wants to show us the prayer rooms in the cellar people of different nationalities are invited to withdraw for meditation in daniel's dove everyone is welcome to pray no matter which religion they follow the rooms are dark chambers with no light daniel used to give therapy sessions here too now at the age of 68 he is busy just covering up for the expenses of his dove [Music] we haven't seen a single soul praying even though the place is crowded with tourists this afternoon they ask daniel the same question every single day and then the top of the building like head of a cup chicken this is a dove oh yeah the symbol of beast symbol of holy spirit and this goes on and on all day long [Music] with a hen you know this is not chicken this is at the daniel stays calm he doesn't have a choice [Music] i don't care as long as the tourists give donations donations are the only way daniel is able to sustain the dove we have the honor of being shown around the upper parts of the sixth floored building there is a lot to be done here too renovating is expensive what are what are the plans for the future do you want to sell this no adidas and so daniel will have to go on explaining for many years to come that his famous chicken church is really a dove from the deep jungle we travel on to the russian capital moscow russia's capital 12 million inhabitants a pulsating metropolis what only few muscovites know beneath the surface their city is riddled with tunnels and secret pathways we only dare enter moscow's subterranean world accompanied by our guide mikhail foreign absolutely essential for the descent are a helmet and a protective suit is and what if the toxic water were to hit you in the face with an uneasy feeling in our stomachs we follow misha into the [Music] abyss the entrance is only 40 centimeters high and 30 meters long on all fours we crawl down the narrow tunnel the five kilometer long labyrinth is a deserted quarry mikhail has an old and ragged tunnel plan with this we can find our way down here or at least that's what we hope 20 meters under moscow the air is extremely humid we can literally see our [Music] misha has been independently exploring the underground city for 15 years already as a child he discovered his passion for the sewage system and today the 30 year old is regarded as an underground expert and the responsible ministry of environment works together with him um assistant has brought bread cheese and dried sardines a russian speciality it tastes salty and interesting after the hearty snack we want to cover two kilometers to the next exit misha warns us of other lurking dangers opposed to many young people that come down here misha knows where the tunnels are relatively safe [Laughter] why some russians want to experience dangerous adventures under the ground remains a mystery but it is a fact that more and more people in moscow like to climb down into the sewage system in order to discover the hidden part of their city [Music] [Music] misha looks for dangers and defects in the tunnel system and reports them to the authorities they trust him and are grateful for his help in exchange for this he's allowed to lead guided tours for newcomers but of course this is at his own risk as a guide in the sewage system mikhail makes the necessary money in order to be able to survive our walk in the tunnel under the famous gorky park seems pretty unspectacular at first opposed to what many would expect no rats live in this sewage canal there is nothing to eat here for them but instead there are lots of bats [Music] at a junction in the canals a tunnel leads to a bunker the rooms are especially popular with junkies who hide their drugs here [Music] the soviet bunker was built during the years of the second world war and wasn't used as a bomb shelter back then is hundreds of bunkers are hidden beneath the city apparently 10 000 people live underground in moscow but the exact number isn't even known to the authorities the tunnel inhabitants are here illegally and as soon as they see strangers they either attack or flee many homeless here know and like nisha here andre and natasha have their living room it is said that over 100 kilometers of accessible tunnels exist in moscow but even misha can't say exactly many passages for example under the kremlin have been blocked up so we'll better keep our distance andre and his wife still live in the tunnels undiscovered by the authorities to protect the two we're not showing the exact surroundings of their home [Music] and so they couldn't return to their hometown of minsk the couple have been living off the mega city's waste for two years [Music] is um but in russia people like them are often not treated by doctors so we leave the couple some money for essential medicines hopefully there will be a way out of this tragedy for the two [Music] the next day we continue our tour through moscow's mysterious hidden subterranean world [Music] first of all we have to overcome a water rapid in order to reach a ramp from here the water tunnel leads further and further underground and it is getting more humid by the second and they smell terrible and are quite brittle too for mikhail the walk in the sewers almost has a somewhat romantic feel there are [Music] what if it starts raining above ground in the boat we continue our journey further down the tunnel by now we are 40 meters beneath the surface and really the air keeps getting stuffier and unbearably humid [Music] and now how do we finally get out this is hard on the legs and it takes a whole hour whatever you

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Id: Z9zT-4mNpaE

Length: 52min 35sec (3155 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 23 2020