561 Green Oslo; English Cathedrals; Slovenian Cuisine
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
4.5 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2019
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Find out why Oslo has proudly been declared 2019's "European Green Capital." Then hear all about England's most beautiful and historically important cathedrals, from Canterbury's to the York Minster. And get a taste of the comfort foods you can savor in Slovenia, where the culinary influences of neighboring countries add variety to the menu.
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine how the medieval cathedral you're visiting would have looked to the people who lived there when it was built. |
| 0:06.0 | The people in those days would have lived in little one-story wooden shacks, |
| 0:10.0 | and they'd arrive and see a site like that and it was like a preview to heaven. |
| 0:14.0 | We're exploring the Gothic churches of England in the hour ahead. |
| 0:18.0 | What's for lunch? |
| 0:19.0 | Try the cuisine of Slovenia to find out how the crossroads of the Slavic, Latin, Turkish, and Germanic worlds can produce some tasty results. |
| 0:27.0 | There's quite a bit of pasta, fish, salad, light in Mediterranean dishes. |
| 0:32.0 | They're also known for the medicinal qualities of their herbal brandies. |
| 0:36.0 | And we like to say with everything that grows all the flowers, all the herbs, just dip them into snaps. |
| 0:42.0 | And learn how every day is Earth Day in the capital of Norway. |
| 0:45.0 | Oslo actually has become like the electrical vehicle capital of the world. |
| 0:51.0 | Come with us from the Green Capital of Europe to the sacred space of an English cathedral. |
| 0:55.7 | On today's travel with Rick Steves. |
| 1:01.9 | You don't need a car to get around in Oslo. In fact, there are a number of reasons you don't even want a car to get around in Oslo. |
| 1:08.0 | We'll hear how the city earned its reputation as the down-to-earth green capital of Europe in just a moment. |
| 1:15.0 | We'll also get you ready to visit some of England's impressive cathedrals and hear how variety |
| 1:20.0 | is the spice of Slovenia as we learn about its multifaceted food traditions. |
| 1:25.0 | That's all in the hour ahead on today's travel with Rick Steve's. |
| 1:29.0 | Oslo, it's a small capital, just about 600,000 people, of a big but sparsely populated country. |
| 1:36.0 | As a matter of fact, it's as far from Oslo to the north end of Norway as it is from Oslo to Rome. |
| 1:42.0 | But only 5 million people live in the country. as it is from Oslo to Rome. |
| 1:43.0 | But only 5 million people live in the country. |
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