Six Paris museums including the Louvre and the Pompidou Center celebrate the 60th anniversary of the fashion designer’s first haute couture collection. The shows explore how art influenced his designs.

For Thomas Schwarz, trees tell stories. And in his wooden sculptures, he brings those stories to life. Euromaxx reporter Hannah Hummel visited the artist in his sculpture garden in the German state of Saxony.

Für Thomas Schwarz erzählen Bäume Geschichten. In seinen Holzskulpturen bringt er sie zum Vorschein. Euromaxx-Reporterin Hannah Hummel besucht den Künstler in seinem Skulpturengarten im deutschen Bundesland Sachsen.

Fotografie kann nicht nur die Realität abbilden, sondern sie auch besonders verfremden. Zak van Biljon, Xavi Bou und Kathrin Linkersdorff haben ganz unterschiedliche Methoden gefunden, die Natur neu zu sehen.

Photography not only depicts reality but can also make it seem distorted. Zak van Biljon, Xavi Bou, and Kathrin Linkersdorff have found different ways to portray nature in a new perspective.

The world instantly looks more peaceful covered in a powdering of snow – that’s what the inventor of the snow globe thought. Erwin Perzy founded his snow globe workshop over 120 years ago.

For Kostas Lambridis, a piece of furniture is like a jigsaw puzzle which the Greek artist assembles from different, mostly recycled materials. Thus, plastic meets marble, upholstery meets concrete.

Some dwellings are anything but ordinary: Euromaxx presents three special housing projects from a converted church to a circular house surrounded by trees and an underground house.

In Upper Lusatia in eastern Germany, the Rakotz Bridge attracts countless tourists. Its unusual shape reflects perfectly in the water, turning the bridge into a real star on social media.

Stretching 400 kilometers and with extreme changes in elevation, the dog sled race La Grande Odyssée is considered one of the toughest in the world. The competition pushes both people and dogs to their limits.