Sarah Hucal - Multimedia Journalist

Sarah Hucal - Multimedia Journalist

DW Travel • 17 March 2024

What You Shouldn't Miss in Athens, Greece (If You Only Have One Day)

Delicious food, centuries of history and insider tips: our reporter Sarah Hucal tells you how to see the best of Athens, in just one day.
In this video you will find tips for how to visit the main sites in the Greek capital like the Acropolis and Roman Agora. Taking you off the beaten tourist track, Sarah explores Greece's rich musical traditions and shows us an authentic side of Athens that most tourists don't see.
Did you miss something in our video? Let us know in the comments!

00:00 Intro
00:36 Filopappou Hill, Acropolis views
01:13 Monastiraki Square
01:44 Historic neighbourhood of Plaka
02:22 Hadrian's Library and the Roman Agora
02:42 How to save money and visit the Archaeological sites
03:02 Finding local souvenirs at the Kypseli farmers' market
04:35 Street band Sourloulou
05:37 The Acropolis Museum and the Acropolis
07:09 Greek Rebetiko music and dining at Skordópistē restaurant

CREDITS:
Report: Sarah Hucal
Camera and editing: Marco Borowski
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DW Travel • 11 October 2023

Rome: How You Can Save Money and Avoid the Crowds

Andiamo! Experience Rome like a local with DW's Sarah Hucal, who shows you how to visit the Italian capital's main sights, like the Colosseum and the Roman Forum, on a budget. You'll also learn how to go off the beaten path, what makes Roman pizza special, and why it's crucial to toast the Italian way.

00:00 Intro
00:23 Trevi Fountain
01:04 Best time to visit
01:17 Pantheon
01:38 Italian breakfast at café L'Emporio alla Pace
02:11 Piazza Navona, where to stay?
02:46 'Nasoni', tab water
03:07 Getting around, public transport
03:43 Colosseum
04:14 Archaeological sites
04:25 Roman Forum, tips from tour guide Silvia Prosperi
05:55 Where to eat?
06:25 Pizza at bakery Antico Forno Roscioli
08:33 Palazzo Colonna
09:22 Trastevere
09:38 Meet actress Marta Anna Borucinska at Bar San Calisto
11:01 Big Star Pub

CREDITS:
Report: Sarah Hucal
Camera: Holm Weber
Editing: Wolfram Duntze
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Ala Champ • 1 July 2023

PARĪLIO — Ala Champ

A stay at the Parīlio hotel on the Greek island of Paros in the Aegean Sea is akin to basking in an aura of serenity.

The 33-suite property was designed with great care by Athens’ based Interior Design Laboratorium and is touted as island’s first luxury property – an ideal place to avoid the crowds of popular islands like Santorini and Mykonos (in non-pandemic high-season times, of course).

It hasn’t been an easy year for the tourism industry. In Greece, the sector accounts for approximately 2

dw.com • 9 May 2023

Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga acquitted – DW – 05/09/2023

After facing years of trial for attending an anti-government protest in her country in 2020, the acclaimed novelist has finally been acquitted. The Booker Prize nominee calls for justice for those mistreated by the law.

After years of court cases, author Tsitsi Dangarembga can finally breathe a sigh of relief: On May 8, Zimbabwe's High Court judges found the 64-year-old writer innocent of charges stemming from a peaceful anti-government protest she staged in July 2020 with her friend, the journ

dw.com • 19 April 2023

How to avoid the crowds on Santorini – DW – 04/19/2023

As one of the most popular Greek islands, Santorini is known for being overcrowded and expensive. But is it any different during the off season? DW's Sarah Hucal reports.

"Sarah, I want to go to one of those islands with the white buildings," my dad told me as we pondered Greek destinations to visit with my Michigan-based parents a few weeks prior. Although I prefer Greece's lesser-known islands — there are 227 inhabited Greek islands, after all — we decided on Santorini.

Although many will sa

dw.com • 14 March 2023

No plans to give Parthenon Marbles back to Greece – DW – 03/14/2023

PM Rishi Sunak says UK will not change law to give Parthenon fragments back to Greece. The debate over their restitution continues.

For decades, Greek authorities have been arguing for the permanent return of the so-called Parthenon Marbles. About half of the surviving fragments of a 160-meter-long (520-foot) frieze of the Parthenon Temple are in the collection of the British Museum in London.

Athens wants them back permanently, but the UK's Conservative Party Prime Minister Rishi Sunakhas onc

dw.com • 23 February 2023

Roald Dahl's works and the role of sensitivity readers – DW – 02/23/2023

Last week, Britain's The Telegraph reported that the publishing house Puffin had made hundreds of changes to the characters and language in British author Roald Dahl's famous children's books. This included making the diminutive Oompa-Loompas in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" gender neutral and calling Augustus Gloop "enormous" rather than "fat," after sensitivity readers were hired to read the books and flag any potential offensive content.

While a spokesman for the Roald Dahl company sai

dw.com • 24 January 2023

How the myth of whiteness in classical sculpture was created – DW – 01/24/2023

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideological purposes. But recent exhibitions have shed new light on the colorful ancient world.

In ancient times, when approaching the Temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aegina, one would have seen a sculpture of a young archer, painted in bright colors to look as lifelike as possible. "Run your eyes up towards the sky and take a look at the painted reliefs of the pedime

dw.com • 20 January 2023

Turn off the heating and travel to Greece, Spain and Turkey – DW – 01/20/2023

Greece had a blockbuster summer tourism season, making a comeback after two pandemic years. The country in the Aegean remains one of the top summer vacation destinations for Europeans who are especially fond of its large islands such as Rhodes, Crete and Corfu. Tourism accounts for around a quarter of the Greek economy and about one in five people work in the sector.

Greek advertising campaigns focused on the country's low prices and abundance of sunny weather — and perhaps it worked. Spending

dw.com • 18 January 2023

French city wants Madonna to lend it a 'lost' painting – DW – 01/18/2023

Can a painting help the city of Amiens become a European Capital of Culture in 2028? The town of Amiens thinks so, and is asking Madonna for help.

The 1822 painting "Diana and Endymion" by artist Jerome-Martin Langlois once hung in the opulent palace of Versailles in Franceand was commissioned by French King Louis XVIII. It depicts the Roman goddess Diana falling in love with the beautiful youth Endymion.

The work was then bought by the state in 1873. It hung on display in the Amiens museum un

dw.com • 23 December 2022

What I discovered at a Chicago Christmas market – DW – 12/23/2022

DW reporter Sarah Hucal finds out how one of the most authentic Christmas markets in the US, the Chicago Christkindlmarket, compares to its German counterparts.

After living in Germany for a decade, I can safely say I know a thing or two about Christmas markets. Although I'm no expert, I've sipped my fair share of mulled wine and purchased an artisan-made wooden figurine or two.

Could the Chicago Christkindlmarket on Daley Plaza live up to its reputation as one of the most authentic German-sty

dw.com • 8 December 2022

Turkey's weak lira affects the tourism industry – DW – 12/08/2022

Tourism in Turkey made a comeback in 2022. The low value of the Turkish lira has attracted tourists, yet citizens are struggling due to inflation.

In the Istanbul neighborhood of Kadikoy, even a tourist can't help but notice the price of a cappuccino has gone up 25% from one early November morning to the next due to the country's high inflation. But it's still affordable for many tourists from abroad, considering the Turkish lira has taken a nose dive in the last year. In September 2021, $1 was

dw.com • 28 January 2022

'ORFEAS2021' is dedicated to a LGTBQ activist – DW – 01/28/2022

The 2018 brutal beating and death of activist Zak Kostopoulos aka Zackie Oh in Athens brought homophobia in Greece into the spotlight. The opera film 'ORFEAS2021' examines a political struggle.

In 2018, 33-year-old Zak Kostopoulos, a Greek artist and political activist for HIV-positive people such as himself, was brutally beaten on a street in central Athens and died. Zak, who also went by his drag stage name Zackie Oh, has since become a symbol of the queer community's fight for recognition.

POLITICO • 14 May 2021

Echoes of Lesvos as migrants get stuck in limbo on Canary Islands

GRAN CANARIA, Spain — If any lessons were learned from Lesvos, there’s little to show for it in Europe’s latest migration hotspot.

The Canary Islands have experienced a surge in migrant arrivals over the past six months. Though numbers remain much lower than those seen on Greece’s easternmost islands at the height of the 2015 refugee crisis, an eightfold increase — from about 2,700 people in 2019 to more than 23,000 in 2020 — has left authorities on the Spanish archipelago struggling to cope.

ABC News • 13 June 2020

Protests in US shine light on Germany's struggle with racism and police violence

BERLIN -- Six years ago, Jeremy Osborne moved to Berlin to pursue a career as a professional opera singer. When he's not using his velvety baritone to perform in concerts and choirs, the black 33-year-old Arkansas native closely follows German and U.S. politics.

Along with 10,000 fellow protesters, Osborne attended the large demonstration in central Berlin on June 6 to protest racism and police brutality in the U.S. in the wake of the death of George Floyd. With an estimated 150,000 people atte

Curbed • 17 October 2019

Cooking up a long-term home in Berlin

I finally had it: the lease to a Berlin apartment. It was open-ended, and thus my oasis in a sea of swiftly rising rents and scarce housing. For a freelancer who considers homeownership basically unattainable, this was the golden ticket, the sign that the city could be home—maybe for good.

The first room I saw was the small, rectangular one immediately to the left of my new front door. It was supposed to be my kitchen, the heart of my home, the place I would cook basic meals for myself and occa

Curbed • 23 April 2019

Shells, feathers, volcanic ash: How exciting materials are powering sustainable design

Now in its 58th year, Salone del Mobile, also known as Milan Design Week, is still the place to find the most innovative materials shaping the future of the industry. This year, many compelling material experiments emphasized environmental sustainability, including inventive uses for natural materials like feathers and volcanic ash and various new takes on recycled plastic.

In the design gallery Rossana Orlandi, an eye-catching furniture collection highlights natural materials that would otherw

ABC News • 26 July 2018

Greek goldsmiths on the island of Rhodes keep a dying tradition alive

RHODES -- Tucked away on a cobblestone street in the medieval old town of the island of Rhodes, Greece is the workshop and store of jewelry-maker Nikos Vassilaras. Stepping inside his studio is akin to walking back in time —- myriad metal tools hang on the wall as he sits at his workbench, patiently engraving.

Vassilaras is one of few traditional jewelers left on the island, which is one of Greece’s most popular tourism destinations. Yet the influx of international tourists -— around 2.1 millio

ABC News • 20 April 2020

How Bogota is combatting child begging

BOGOTA, Colombia -- On a sunny Monday in January, Bárbara Méndez arrived at daycare center El Centro Abrazar in Bogotá, Colombia, to drop off her 2-year-old son Michal before heading to work. She had only been in the country for a little over two weeks and was doing her best to make a life for herself. Like many of the 1.6 million Venezuelan migrants who have arrived in recent years, she saw few opportunities back home.

“In Colombia there are more opportunities and more ways to get ahead. It’s

ABC News • 29 February 2020

Berlin Film Festival highlights dark themes on its 70th anniversary

BERLIN -- Held in the German capital from Feb. 20 to March 1, the Berlin International Film Festival is taking a darker view of the world, perhaps a reflection on the current state of world affairs, on its 70th anniversary. That focus is apparent in one of the festival’s most-awaited premieres, "Berlin Alexanderplatz," an adaptation of the seminal book by Alfred Döblin set in 1920s Berlin.

The original story is of a small-time criminal who, upon being released from jail, tries to live an honest

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