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In the north-west of Iceland, the local club in a small remote village fights to retain its title of national champion of mud football. Germaphobes look away now. 

Mud Football in Iceland

In the north-west of Iceland, the local club in a small remote village fights to retain its title of national champion of mud football

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A vertiginous story, alongside the mechanics that maintain the legendary lifts of Valparaíso, battered by time and the elements.

Valparaiso, City of Elevators

In Quebec, the return of spring marks the beginning of maple syrup season. For Canadians, this sweet nectar is more than a nutrient-rich sugar substitute, it is an essential part of their culture. A staple of many regional recipes, this amber syrup made from the sap of maple trees, is produced mainly in Quebec and It is now one of Canada's leading exports.

Canada: The Maple Syrup Country

For Canadians maple syrup is more than a nutrient-rich sugar substitute, it is an essential part of their culture. 

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Lyubov, which means love in Russian, is 80 years old and lives alone on the shores of Lake Baikal. She bears witness to this wonder of nature and possesses and unbreakable bond with the world’s deepest lake in Siberia. Her life here is hard, especially in winter, but she would not live anywhere else.

On the shores of Lake Baikal, an old woman lives alone in a beautiful place that is dear to her heart.

The Old Woman and the Lake

With the Kalahari, Namib or Etosha, Namibia is rich in protected areas and animal reserves and big cats benefit. There are an estimated 8,000 cheetahs left in the world, of which more than a third live in Namibia. Their population used to be much larger, but drought, poachers and competition with leopards are reducing the population.

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With the Kalahari, Namib or Etosha, Namibia is rich in  animal reserves from which the big cats benefit. 

Cheetahs of Namibia

Paris is at the heart of haute couture, of elegant dresses and extravagant silhouettes made entirely by hand by the best artisans. While their skills are a cultural asset in the French DNA, their names and those of their clients are often well-kept secrets. Each of their creations is unique.

Secrets of Paris High Fashion

Paris is at the heart of haute couture, where elegant and extravagant dresses are made entirely by hand by the best artisans.

In Peru, every year, the people who live in remote mountain villages gather to build the Inca bridge of Q'eswachaka, a traditional structure of woven grass, and the last of its kind. This ancestral know-how inherited from the Incas, and the enduring spirit of community, enables the villagers to pull off a stunning feat of engineering, time and again.

In Peru, every year, villagers build the Inca bridge of Q'eswachaka from woven grass, and the last of its kind.

The Inca Grass Bridge of Q'eswachaka

Every spring in Sardinia, locals organise a parade in honor of Sant'Antioco, one of the patron saints of the island. In the churches, altars are decorated with cloths adorned with sea silk. These golden threads were once made from the filaments of the large pen shells, but the species is now critically endangered and with it, the skill of crafting sea silk into precious fabrics.

The Silk of the Sea

The  large pen shells that produce sea silk are critically endangered, as is the ancient art of sea silk embroidery.

In his small apartment in Masuria, Juliusz, 91, dreams of summer. All he wants is to escape to his cabin in the Carpathians, on the shores of Lake Solina, where he lives a simple, rustic life. Krzysztof, at 77, is a youngster by comparison. He came to the forest in 1981 to escape political repression and never left. He believes his life in the countryside is the key to happiness.

Meet the aging hippies who embrace a simple life in the Carpathians, on the shores of Lake Solina

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