Verdun, France
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Verdun in France is best known for the terrible battle in 1916 but the town itself is really charming!
Norwich Duff , a British naval officer, visited Verdun in 1819, shortly after the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars. He writes: 'Verdun is prettily situated in a valley surrounded by hills. The River Meuse runs through the town and forms several canals and ditches round the town which is fortified and, I believe, by the great Marshal Vauban. The citadel and surroundings are a good deal out of repair and people were at work on them. Though there is little to see at Verdun, every part of it felt interesting from the number of our countrymen confined here during the war. Verdun is famous for its sweetmeats, sugar plums, confits etc which are said to be the best in France. They made us show our passports here it being a fortified town.
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Central and Eastern European Packaging examines the packaging industry throughout this region, but in particular in the largest regional economies which are Russia, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine and Austria. That is not to say that the other countries are forgotten, they are not, but obviously there is less going on. However the fact that there are so many travel related films here is not from holidays but from business trips attending trade fairs around the region and the sites and give a pretty good idea where future films are going to come from! Every packaging trade fair is a new excuse to make another film!
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10 Banned Places That You're Not Allowed to Visit
10 Banned Places That You're Not Allowed to Visit
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Today we're letting you know 10 places in the world you're not probably not going to want to visit any time soon! These places are highly guarded and mysterious places are not easy to get to either.
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#1- Chernobyle Exclusion Zone - 2600sq km the Exclusion Zone is one of the most radioactively contaminated areas in the world.
#2- Area 51 - a highly classified remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base
#3- French forest near Verdun
#4- Korean Demilitarized Zone - a border barrier that divides the Korean Peninsula roughly in half.
#5- FORT KNOX US BULLION DEPOSITORY
#6- Berlin Wall - physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
#7- Surtesy - a volcanic island located off the southern coast of Iceland.
#8- Snake Island - Ilha da Queimada Grande
#9- Fukashima Exlcusion Zone - following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.A nuclear emergency was declared by the government of Japan on 11 March. active reactors automatically shut down their sustained fission reactions. However, the tsunami disabled the emergency generators that would have provided power to control and operate the pumps necessary to cool the reactors. Second largest nuclear disaster to date.
#10- North Sentinel Island, Indian Oean
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Verdun-Meuse from above - drone video - Visit Lorraine - EN
Discover stunning views from high above the historical city of Verdun in Lorraine.
The different shots were taken with a drone and reveal the must-see sights of the tourist city: Verdun Memorial, Ossuary of Verdun…
The video was made by Lorraine Tourisme, in partnership with Meuse Tourisme, and the Nancy production agency C2images, specialised in aerial imagery.
This film is a part of a series of several drone videos of Lorraine, an authentic tourist destination in Eastern France:
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Aix en Provence France
You're going to find that the city of Aix-en-Provence in the south of France is one of the most delightful places you could ever visit as you’re about to discover out in this detailed movie.
We bring you on a detgailed walking tour of the large pedestrian zone with its charming historic buildings, many shops, cafés, restaurants and the very famous outdoor markets selling fresh produce, clothing, antiques and all kinds of stuff with lots of local characters to observe and interact with. This small city is the perfect size, big enough to keep you busy for several days and yet not too large that you're going to feel lost or frustrated that you can't see everything.
Aix is located in the heart of Provence, a region that has so many wonderful destinations from Avignon to Nice. And you will see that AIX is one place that you must not miss.
You could easily spend a few days here and travel out to visit other nearby destinations, or if you only have one day, it is certainly possible to see most of AIX as we’re going to show you in the movie.
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Tourism in Lorraine - France - Highlights
This is Lorraine, in pictures.
A Lorraine that is more lively, diverse, elegant, creative and bubbly than you could possibly imagine. Yet the region has always been successful in cultivating a real regional lifestyle. It surprises people for the beauty of its light, heritage, natural environment and towns. It amazes them with its artistic, cultural and even industrial genius. It attracts them with its festive traditions, gourmet food and sense of hospitality.
Lorraine also opens the door to History, the history of wars and the story of a king who turned the region into a kingdom. It fills their lungs with pure mountain air in the Vosges and gives them fitness and a sense of well-being thanks to its spring water.
Through these few minutes of video, we invite you to visit... Lorraine.
Find all information about tourism in Lorraine on tourism-lorraine.com
Discover European Cities: Grenoble, France
This is the first episode of Discover European Cities short documentary program that aims to cover unpopular cities in Europe in a short video clip. This program shows quickly main areas in each city visited with popular monuments in the city. Also, Dicover European Cities program will cover each city by less than a 5 minutes video. This video was made using iPad Air camera.
Grenoble is a city of around 550,000 inhabitants located in south-eastern France, in the Rhône-Alpes region that encompasses the French Alps.
The climate is quite cold in winter, with days of snow almost every year. Summers are known to be hot, as mountains surrounding the town stop any wind.
Grenoble is crossed by two rivers, the Drac and the Isère, and is surrounded by three mountain chains, the Vercors, Chartreuse and Belledonne.
History of the city
43 B.C. : Gallo-Roman period ; first mention of Cularo
End of the 3rd century (between 286 and 293) Cularo becomes the administrative center of a city
379 : Cularo becomes Gratianopolis, creation of a bishopric
12th century: Grenoble becomes the Dauphins' capital and a co-lordship
1340 : The Delphinal Council moves to Grenoble
1453 : Dauphiné Parliament
1562 : Religious Wars : the city is in the hands of the Protestants
1590 : Duke of Lesdiguières and his successors
1788 : The Parliament rebels : Day of the Tiles and the Vizille Assembly 1793/1794 : Terreur « douce »
1815 : Napoleon and the 100 days, siege of Grenoble
1830 : New city walls and construction of the Bastille fortress
1835 : patent registration for glovemaker Xavier Jouvin's glove punch in Grenoble
1842 : founding of the first cement company of Grenoble (the second oldest in France)
1850 : Grenoble becomes one of the most important glove-making centers in Europe. Cement factories and hydroelectric power continues to develop. Grenoble becomes an industrial capital.
1860 : Military capital of the Alps with barracks
1925 : International Exhibition of Hydroelectric Power and Tourism
1941 à 1944 : World War Two and the Resistance ; Grenoble, capital of the Maquis resistance movement.
1955 : Scientific research and high technology industries ; university
1968 : Winter Olympic Games1987 : Grenoble install the first tramway in the world accessible to disabled people.19994 : Starting of the ESRF (European Radiation Facility)
1990/1995 : creation of the Europole district
1998 : Opening of the Musée de l'Ancien Evêché
2001 : Starting of Pôle-Sud ice ring
2004 : Re-opening of MC:2
2005 : Grenoble signs first contract for adapted tourism in France
2006 : Starting of the new tramaway line: line C
2006 : Starting of the new european scientist complex MINATEC
2008 : opening of the Alps' Stadium
2009 : Grenoble won the National Grand Prize of the eco-neighborhoods with the quartier de Bonne area.
2011 : re-opening of the MAG: Archeological Museum of Grenoble
Reaching Grenoble
Air
There are three airports near Grenoble:
Grenoble Isère Airport
Also known as St Geoirs,is a small low-cost airport. Flights are more frequent in the ski season.
easyJet and ryanair and Norwegian Airlines offer flights.
Lyon Airport
Also known as Saint Exupéry formerly is farther away, about 100 km (1 h by bus, car or train).
Geneva Airport
Geneva Airport, 157 km from Grenoble, is a usual destination of many flight companies, and can be cheaper than Lyon airport.
Car
• A41, Geneva 1hour and a half(via Chambery)
• A48, Lyon 1 hour
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Grenoble can be difficult to navigate by car, but once you get there the Park and Ride (parking relais) system operated by Semitag-parking is a good way of getting around. (see trams and buses)
Train
Several high speed trains (TGV) from SNCF:
-Paris to Grenoble directly every day, for a three-hour trip of 640 km.
-Lyon (Part-Dieu station) This takes around an 1h15 to 1h30 with the TER (regional trains)
-Geneva in Switzerland 2 hours from the Cornavain station in Geneva's center.
To eat:
-Budget-restaurants: Tacos de Lyon in Sainte-Claire and Tandoori Express.
-Average-Restaurants: Restaurants in Place Grenette like Sporting, Au Bureau,and Cafe Laffe
-High-end restaurants: Auberge Napoléon, Restaurant L'Epicurien.
To sleep:
Best Hotel: Le Grand Hotel in rue de la république.
Average Hotels: Novotel Hotel, Europole Hotel, and Hotel Ibis.
BARGING THROUGH FRANCE PT 2 - LEFT BANK
In Part 2 of this video series about traveling the waterways of France on a tug boat, Richard Goodwin visits the magnificent cathedral of Notre Dame the centre of Parisian history for the last thousand years. We then go to the famous taxidermist Deyrolle and look at some of the stuffed animals which used to be part of the educational system of France; now these beasts are used for interior decoration and coat racks. Not far away is one of the very last blanchisseries in Paris. This is the kind of shop that rich planters along the Amazon used to send their shirts to be laundered. They were the only places that could cope with all the frills that were in fashion in the 19th. Century. We then see where they dye samples for Parisian couture houses. After that the annual waiters race, where the contestants have to run round the course balancing glasses and a bottle of mineral water. Then we visit a lady who has become a specialist in straw marquetary, something that the prisoners of war in the Napoleonic period practiced in England and elsewhere. We talk to a lamp maker and repairer and go to a picnic on the Pont des Arts and finally end up at a café with cabaret and which is run by a famous retired rugby player and listen to the girls singing to their evocative accordeon..
Verdon Gorge (Gorges du Verdon, Grand Canyon du Verdon), South France [HD] (videoturysta)
[EN] The Verdon Gorge in south France (Provence) is the deepest and one of most beautiful river canyons in Europe. It's length is about 25 kilometres and it is up to 700 metres deep. It is very popular area for rock climbing. The canyon is ended by the Lake of Sainte-Croix (Lac de Sainte-Croix) with a beautiful green-blue water.
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[FR] Les Gorges du Verdon (sud de la France, Provence) - plus profond et l'un des plus beaux canyons d'Europe. Sa longueur est d'environ 25 km et il est jusqu'à 700 mètres de profondeur. Il est la zone très populaire pour l'escalade. Le canyon est terminée par le Lac de Sainte-Croix avec une belle eau bleu-vert.
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