690 Hamburg; The Art of Europe; Extreme Sports
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
4.5 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Find out why Germany's "second city," the industrial northern port of Hamburg, is a favorite getaway among Germans. Then get the inside scoop on Rick's new TV series, which explores the backstories of Europe's greatest artworks. And consider what drives some death-defying athletes to go all-in for "extreme sports."
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| 0:00.0 | You could never comprehend it all in one lifetime, but it's your fun trying. |
| 0:05.0 | Coming up, join me in celebrating the great art of the Western world from the stone age to the Eiffel Tower. |
| 0:11.0 | You just see the whole sweep of history and how one civilization and one art style and one people |
| 0:18.0 | evolves into the other. |
| 0:20.0 | My collaborator on a new TV series I've just released joins us for a look at what it's been like |
| 0:25.0 | to frame the great art of Europe for public TV. |
| 0:29.0 | Also, a pair of German tour guides helps us to see what makes Hamburg such a great city to explore. |
| 0:35.0 | It's traditional, but it's also very forward-looking modern, a city that reinvents itself. |
| 0:39.0 | It's the most worldly and cool city. |
| 0:41.0 | A New York Times Sports journalist, John Branch, tells us how he covers the kinds of people |
| 0:46.0 | that are drawn to the adrenaline rush of extreme sports. |
| 0:50.0 | A lot of people I report on do things that I wouldn't do myself. |
| 0:53.0 | Come along for the hour ahead. |
| 0:55.0 | It's Travel with Rick Steves. |
| 1:00.0 | Hey, I'm Rick Steves. |
| 1:01.0 | In just a bit, we're going to celebrate the release of a TV series I've just finished |
| 1:06.0 | and I'm so proud of that profiles the greatest art and architecture of Europe. |
| 1:10.0 | And Sports journalist, John Branch, tells us about some of the craziest thrill seekers he's met. |
| 1:16.0 | Lately, I've been singing the praises of many of Europe's second cities |
| 1:20.0 | when the A-list cities get just too crowded to fully enjoy. |
| 1:24.0 | Like the old song goes, how are you going to keep them down in the farm |
| 1:27.0 | once they've seen Perry? |
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