After suffering a tragic loss, Lotta Lubkoll chose to fulfil her dream of hiking over the Alps with a donkey. Their 600 kilometer trip took 80 days and turned the two travelling companions into best friends.

More than 100 artists work and create at Leipzig's former cotton mill, known locally as merely the Spinnerei. Reporter Hannah Hummel went to Saxony to see Jochen Plogsties in his studio there. He was a master pupil of the internationally renowned Leipzig painter Neo Rauch.

How to make a Christmas tree into a holiday dish, Swedish fire chef Niklas Ekstedt’s ideas born of smoke and flame in Sweden, and meals on wheels for a 5-hour tour of Copenhagen with cycling chef Morten Kryger Wulff.

Since 1887, the Munich Studios Gustav van Treeck has made transformed glass into mosaics and other breathtaking works of arts. In addition to restorations, the company is also known for its designer editions.

French fan-maker Anne Hoguet supplies Hollywood and luxury fashion labels with traditional fans. And even Karl Lagerfeld turned to her skilled craftsmanship. But this special profession is on the verge of disappearing.

The indigo dyeing and resist-block printing fabrics is an age-old craft still practiced by only a few workshops in Europe. The traditional patterns inspire young fashion designers. Austrian dyers show how it‘s done.

Nele Bekaert does an unusual job that’s been practiced for some 500 years. She works as a horseback shrimper in Oostduinkerke on Belgium’s North Sea coast, where she rides a draft horse to catch shrimp.

Only a few companies still produce thin sheets of gold. One of them is a shop in Venice run by Mario Menegazzo. There, gold bars are hammered so thin that they're almost transparent. They can be used in a host of products.

Reporter Hendrik Welling travels to the largest artificial rainforest in Europe. The Eden Project in Cornwall, England is a huge 16,000 sqare meter enclosure, home to some 1000 plant species. All thriving under a roof!

Tastes of the future: whether be it steaks from a 3D printer or cheese without milk, more and more chefs are experimenting with new, more sustainable products. Even jellyfish could become the next food trend.