WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.040 2 00:01:33.080 --> 00:01:36.360 One's for me and the three others are for you. 3 00:01:37.240 --> 00:01:40.360 The worst is always the friday. 4 00:01:40.360 --> 00:01:43.640 Most people arrive friday evening and night. 5 00:01:44.080 --> 00:01:47.760 They start partying on the motorway already in the traffic jams. 6 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:50.880 They're already dancing and god knows what else. 7 00:01:51.720 --> 00:01:54.600 I always say that we should let them party - they put on a good event 8 00:01:54.600 --> 00:01:56.680 and they don't bother anyone else too much. 9 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:01.320 Gerd Sievers raced here a while back and his wife was finnish. 10 00:02:02.240 --> 00:02:07.640 She was also at the race and said it was beautiful here and a lot like in Finland. 11 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:13.600 Because of all the lakes and forests and the small number of people and villages. 12 00:02:13.920 --> 00:02:16.000 She felt right at home. 13 00:02:16.720 --> 00:02:19.360 Not everyone can leave though. 14 00:02:23.480 --> 00:02:30.000 If there was work here, and we could offer jobs and prospects, lots of people would come back. 15 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:32.880 It's all about jobs. 16 00:02:34.820 --> 00:02:40.788 LAND AHOY 17 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:48.000 It's always the same when people come here from the city. 18 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:51.080 For example, one guy got on and asked ''How often does the bus go?'' 19 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:54.560 I said: ''Twice.'' He said: ''What, only twice a day?'' 20 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:56.520 I said: ''No, twice a week!'' 21 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:00.320 It's hard for them to even imagine that. 22 00:03:01.440 --> 00:03:06.080 So now we're driving to Maxi's place, as I promised to give her my Fusion ticket. 23 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:16.880 It's not really my thing. I prefer being on stage to watching. That's just how I am. 24 00:03:17.480 --> 00:03:21.760 I don't like just being a spectator. 25 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:27.080 For example, there was a trucker convention here. They said ''Mr. Mayor, you have to come along and drive a tank.'' 26 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:32.040 They had a tank there and I chose the route it would drive. 27 00:03:32.040 --> 00:03:35.880 I was invited to get in the tank with the guys and off we went. 28 00:03:35.880 --> 00:03:40.200 It would have been better if could have driven it though. That would have been exciting! 29 00:03:40.200 --> 00:03:44.040 I didn't like just being in the passenger seat. 30 00:04:01.040 --> 00:04:04.720 We want to have a feeling of space here - it's an enormous area. 31 00:04:05.600 --> 00:04:08.840 People don't come here just to fly around. 32 00:04:08.840 --> 00:04:12.400 They come because they want to discover the region. 33 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:15.880 Are you ready? 34 00:04:15.880 --> 00:04:18.200 Okay, my name is Berthold Held. 35 00:04:18.200 --> 00:04:24.280 I'm the director of the company developing and operating Müritz Airpark. 36 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:32.360 We are developing a project on the former military airfield in Rechlin-Lärz 37 00:04:33.080 --> 00:04:38.280 To the north here you'll find the 'Kulturkosmos'. 38 00:04:38.280 --> 00:04:44.600 Many people ask us if that might trigger conflicts. But we're neutral on that issue. 39 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:53.200 I always compare it to Namibia. 40 00:04:53.200 --> 00:04:58.320 The air is similar here, not so warm unfortunately, but the air quality is similar. 41 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:01.320 I currently live in the Rhine-main region. 42 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:07.440 And once you've experienced the climate in Rhine-Main, you really learn to appreciate it. 43 00:05:34.840 --> 00:05:39.840 Yeah, the last time we saw each other was when you played on 1st of may in Berlin. 44 00:05:39.840 --> 00:05:44.840 I thought, ''Wow, we really need to get them back at Fusion.'' 45 00:05:47.320 --> 00:05:50.760 No, I'm here on the airfield in Lärz. 46 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:59.840 Everything's full for Thursday already. Friday could be difficult. 47 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:03.240 Don't worry about it. 48 00:06:04.640 --> 00:06:07.560 Yeah, we'll try and sort out friday or saturday. 49 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:25.720 When we discovered the site and had our first event here, we had around 800 people. 50 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:29.760 It wasn't even called Fusion festival then. We weren't thinking about a festival at all. 51 00:06:29.760 --> 00:06:34.560 But it was clear that this site had a lot of potential. 52 00:06:39.400 --> 00:06:44.200 We went to the mayor and told him we had held an event. 53 00:06:44.200 --> 00:06:48.240 Back then, the issue was that we hadn't announced it in advance. 54 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:51.320 We told them that we wouldn't register how many people would be attending future events either. 55 00:06:51.320 --> 00:06:55.080 We wanted to see who would be interested and let it grow of its own accord. 56 00:06:55.080 --> 00:07:01.320 We said the big festival would cover all our other activities. 57 00:07:03.520 --> 00:07:08.640 We created our own cosmos of funding and subsidies. 58 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:24.160 That's cool how they're pulling that thing down. Construction and deconstruction. 59 00:07:25.280 --> 00:07:28.440 You mentioned that Mecklenburg-Vorpommern doesn't have much infrastructure. 60 00:07:28.440 --> 00:07:30.680 Does Fusion have an influence in the region? 61 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:37.520 Regional influence? I don't know. At the start, we were the West Germans. 62 00:07:37.520 --> 00:07:42.520 The West Germans who were weird and threw strange parties. 63 00:07:49.400 --> 00:07:56.480 Which conflicts came along with the growth of Kulturkosmos? 64 00:07:57.800 --> 00:08:01.000 Actually it was more what happened around the festival. 65 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:07.480 The people here suddenly had people around them 66 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:13.000 that didn't belong here and who were quite alternative. 67 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:23.960 And they saw the festival as attracting a particular clientel who came here to take lots of drugs. 68 00:08:23.960 --> 00:08:30.520 When we talked to the organisers they saw it differently, emphasising the cultural aspects of the festival. 69 00:08:30.520 --> 00:08:35.360 They said that it was the cultural aspects of the festival that attracted people. 70 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:40.720 It is difficult for us to prove that that isn't the case. 71 00:08:42.640 --> 00:08:44.520 That's difficult. 72 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:47.520 It was impossible to prohibit it. 73 00:08:47.520 --> 00:08:51.040 Also because it wouldn't have made any sense from our point of view. 74 00:08:51.040 --> 00:08:54.440 But we said to ourselves: "It would be reasonable to enter in a dialogue." 75 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:05.160 It was clear from the start that if we wanted to be welcomed here, we would have to approach people 76 00:09:05.160 --> 00:09:12.080 ourselves and that we couldn't just ignore any concerns or resentment people had. 77 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:18.640 We represented a confrontation for them. Initially, they were just stunned. 78 00:09:18.640 --> 00:09:25.160 What is this? How does it work? Right from the start, it was also fascinating for them. 79 00:10:22.520 --> 00:10:28.840 This electronic music was new to us, this boom, boom, boom. Then you had this avant-garde art or whatever it's called. 80 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:32.880 This was all unexplored territory for us. We thought: Oh God, this is just all about doing drugs. 81 00:10:38.200 --> 00:10:43.760 Shall I? ''Citizens of Rechlin, awake from your slumber! Do not allow parts of the airfield to be sold 82 00:10:43.760 --> 00:10:49.080 to the organisers of a drug-fuelled event. All our livelihoods are at stake here, our children, 83 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:53.640 our beautiful countryside, our region's reputation!'' 84 00:10:54.920 --> 00:10:59.720 So yes, you're right. It was that controversial, that extreme at the time. 85 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:05.600 We'd just lived through the reunification, no one really knew what was ahead. 86 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:12.840 What would our future even look like? Everything just caved in on the people here, in such a small town. 87 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:16.080 But in terms of quality, so much has changed! - Not just in terms of quality! 88 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:20.920 These days everyone knows that Eule or Kulturkosmos, that you're genuinely creating jobs and generating business. 89 00:11:20.920 --> 00:11:26.200 That's also an essential point, how the shops benefit from it. The supermarkets, the whole region, 90 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:30.400 the farmers you do business with, the young people earning some extra money at the event. 91 00:11:30.400 --> 00:11:35.400 You have partnerships with the youth club, with schools, you've built up long-term relationsips with them, Frau Lindner! 92 00:11:40.640 --> 00:11:46.880 We've come so far, by this point, that it actually is like a drug. If we didn't have it, we'd be suffering from withdrawal! 93 00:11:49.760 --> 00:11:54.600 Yes, that may even happen, as we're thinking about skipping a year next year. 94 00:11:55.520 --> 00:11:57.720 Ah! That is the reason for the rumours! 95 00:12:07.800 --> 00:12:10.600 So, on you come! 96 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:30.680 Kulturkosmos is an integral part of the airfield. 97 00:12:30.680 --> 00:12:33.360 As for development of the region, 98 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:36.160 I wouldn't really say so. 99 00:12:36.160 --> 00:12:42.080 They support some individual projects in the cultural sphere, 100 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:49.960 but it doesn't go much further than that. 101 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:53.000 I don't see anything else substantial. 102 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:01.080 Development would mean creating jobs, 103 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:03.840 generating tax revenues for the local governments. 104 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:05.160 That's what we need. 105 00:13:06.520 --> 00:13:10.080 Financially, we need to a large degree rely on ourselves. 106 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:13.400 The allotments from the state have halved. 107 00:13:13.400 --> 00:13:18.440 We used to get more than 200,000 Euros. 108 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:21.200 Now we have 100,000. 109 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:23.640 That is the deficit we have. 110 00:13:23.640 --> 00:13:25.280 We have a shortfall of 116,000 euros. 111 00:13:25.280 --> 00:13:28.520 That's the amount that's been cut by the national government. 112 00:13:29.520 --> 00:13:31.120 And the Kulturkosmos brings no money? 113 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:32.600 No, not in the municipal fund. 114 00:13:42.800 --> 00:13:44.640 The airfield! 115 00:13:44.640 --> 00:13:46.560 To think of all the things we've been through. 116 00:13:48.760 --> 00:13:54.240 What hasn't been tried out or planned here over the years? 117 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:56.040 And everything has failed. 118 00:14:02.680 --> 00:14:07.040 I mean, when you look at all the things you can do with a hangar! 119 00:14:07.040 --> 00:14:09.320 It's something else altogether. 120 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:12.800 It's exciting (the Müritz Airpark). 121 00:14:14.680 --> 00:14:20.440 And at the moment our project is the only one to be taken seriously. 122 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:30.840 We've made a short video showing all the leisure activities our project could offer. 123 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:38.360 We have the opportunity here to create a great 18-hole golf course. 124 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:46.040 Here you can see the marina, which would look like a small fishing village. 125 00:14:46.040 --> 00:14:52.520 It would also be the shape of a natural lake, not a rectangle. 126 00:14:53.720 --> 00:15:01.240 And here's the really special thing: you would be able to drive your plane right into your own personal garage. 127 00:15:03.280 --> 00:15:08.200 Meanwhile, there is a clear trend towards subsidizing gulf courses, 128 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:11.440 as this attracts a different clientel. 129 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:14.040 We create employment. 130 00:15:14.040 --> 00:15:20.320 Another advantage is that there aren't many opponents to the plan as the area is so sparsly populated. 131 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:37.680 Everything looks to be in order here. 132 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:54.480 So, all aboard! 133 00:16:00.280 --> 00:16:03.640 When you're in another part of the world and someone asks: ''So where are you from?'', ''From Müritz.'' 134 00:16:03.640 --> 00:16:05.080 ''Where's that?'' 135 00:16:05.400 --> 00:16:07.440 Then you say: ''I'm from Lärz.'' And suddenly people know it. 136 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:09.720 ''Oh, Lärz! I've been there!'' 137 00:16:21.160 --> 00:16:26.200 I'm the kind of guy who take a lot of ideas away from it. 138 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:30.400 I'm actually a bit of a handyman myself. 139 00:16:30.400 --> 00:16:33.680 I like making these kinds of gnomes or fantasy figures. 140 00:16:33.680 --> 00:16:36.960 I really like watching what's on at the cinema. 141 00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:40.600 And when they show a film with live music, with someone actually playing at the front, 142 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:42.440 that's really fantastic. 143 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:45.320 Also when you get to see films from your own childhood. 144 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:47.520 They don't get shown anywhere else. 145 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:54.640 Jörg, what is your impression: How do people here in the region perceive Kulturkosmos? 146 00:16:55.760 --> 00:16:59.400 Honestly, there are a lot of people that have never been here. 147 00:16:59.400 --> 00:17:01.600 They ask : "What should I do there?" 148 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:07.680 They just make this boom-boom music. 149 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:10.800 Lots of them don't even know the site here. 150 00:17:10.800 --> 00:17:13.040 And then I tell them: "Come on. Go and have a look." 151 00:17:13.040 --> 00:17:16.560 "Especially when it is getting dark and the lights are turned on." 152 00:17:16.560 --> 00:17:19.320 "All these impressions you can take with you." 153 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:22.760 But some people are simply not interested. 154 00:17:22.760 --> 00:17:25.520 The youth is really open-minded. 155 00:17:25.520 --> 00:17:27.240 They all come here. 156 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:30.600 Alright guys. 157 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:39.440 Before we get to the scores, I'd like to welcome you all here today. 158 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:46.880 20 years of the Youth Fire Service - it's a very good volunteer programme and a worthwhile activity 159 00:17:46.880 --> 00:17:51.360 for these children and young people. It means they're not hanging out on the street, 160 00:17:51.360 --> 00:17:55.480 they're coming here to learn skills that benefit the community. 161 00:17:56.080 --> 00:18:03.240 Alright, so why don't we bring the day to a close with three cheers: 162 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:06.520 ''Good hose! Good hose! Good hose!'' 163 00:18:06.520 --> 00:18:10.360 Thank you! You're free to go, have something to drink, something to eat. 164 00:18:10.360 --> 00:18:15.280 You can also attend our next event, as we're about to inaugurate our playground. 165 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:23.960 We love our home, 166 00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:28.280 when the deer call in the morning. 167 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:33.240 When the wind quietly echoes 168 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:37.680 through the green canopies. 169 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:42.120 Come, let yourself be led astray, 170 00:18:42.120 --> 00:18:46.920 youÕll see, it's never too early. 171 00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:51.720 You want to feel nature more deeply, 172 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:55.960 a day more beautiful than ever. 173 00:18:59.080 --> 00:19:00.800 No, get out of here! 174 00:19:00.800 --> 00:19:02.920 It's time for the official handover now, get out of here! 175 00:19:04.360 --> 00:19:06.720 - Didn't you say I can put your medal on? 176 00:19:07.280 --> 00:19:11.680 No, I didn't say that. So, go on over there now! Scram! 177 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:20.880 I hope you can hear me okay, let's have some quiet now 178 00:19:20.880 --> 00:19:25.280 so we can get started with the handover of the playground. 179 00:19:30.600 --> 00:19:36.160 A very important aspect for the future will be citizen engagement for their own communities. 180 00:19:36.800 --> 00:19:43.600 Kulturkosmos has been around for many years, since '97 I think. But they're doing it more for themselves. 181 00:19:44.840 --> 00:19:48.360 And above all these are people you're not really in contact with. 182 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:54.400 It's very reminiscent of the '68 generation, the Red Army Faction era and so on. 183 00:19:54.400 --> 00:20:00.880 And that's an important thing, to remain in the trusted circle of the municipalities. 184 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:10.200 Well, if the festival came to us and said, ''Would you like to perform your dance show one year?'' 185 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:15.520 It's about an hour or ninety minutes long. We'd have to talk about it, we'd have to think about it. 186 00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:04.640 The Müritz dance team! 187 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:09.440 One more dance? - Yeah! 188 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:14.760 I can see the ladies are willing! they're bopping along already. 189 00:21:45.560 --> 00:21:48.280 Eule, can we take it step by step? 190 00:21:49.520 --> 00:21:50.560 - That's what I also think. 191 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:56.080 Then let me welcome you first of all to today's Culture Meet-Up. 192 00:21:57.040 --> 00:22:01.560 Naturally we're focusing on preparations for the 775th anniversary. 193 00:22:01.560 --> 00:22:06.880 The most pressing matter is how to organise the parade. We have the individual elements, 194 00:22:07.320 --> 00:22:16.640 but it's a matter of arranging them, deciding on the order and passing on this information clearly. 195 00:22:19.560 --> 00:22:26.760 I just have to say briefly, about this event on Friday, when I read your letter I got the feeling 196 00:22:26.760 --> 00:22:32.920 it's going to be a CDU Party event. When I see, Òour honoured guests Rehberg, Seidel, Ringuth, Diener. 197 00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:35.800 - But they are the ones that said they're coming. - Are the public invited here? 198 00:22:37.800 --> 00:22:42.640 Not to today's meeting.There's no point. - Why not? - They won't come. 199 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:49.080 I'm wondering, where are the associations here, who can provide people and get things done? 200 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:54.720 What associations do we have? Apart from the sports club and the dance club. There aren't any others. 201 00:22:54.720 --> 00:23:01.920 You know what I think is lacking here in Lärz? There's a lack of people acting on their own initiative who say, 202 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:03.600 ''I'll do this, I'll do that, and I'll do that.'' 203 00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:09.920 But here we are, two weeks before the event, with around eight people. - When really the room should be full. 204 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:18.120 Well we've also got the choir the village church, they're also preparing something. 205 00:23:19.080 --> 00:23:22.760 - Yes, but Hartmut, what are they doing? I've already said, our firefighters all have their hands full already, 206 00:23:22.760 --> 00:23:25.800 because we have to transport all the equipment and everything. 207 00:23:25.800 --> 00:23:31.680 The riding club is out, so's the cycling club, and so on. Everybody's asking who is going to do everything. 208 00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:33.960 There are only a few of us. 209 00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:41.200 I'm wondering whether we might be creating a bubble and we're going to be left standing there with a few bumpkins. 210 00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:50.200 And this is quite clearly a question for you, whether you could persuade a few of your people to join in. 211 00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:56.480 - Sureley there are also Lärz residents who would also participate. 212 00:23:56.480 --> 00:24:00.920 - Well, you know, it can't be the case that Kulturkosmos picks up the slack for those. 213 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:04.680 If I say to the people who work for us, ''Come along!'' Then maybe some will come, 214 00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:06.880 but I can't say to them, ''Come along, because there's someone missing here, 215 00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:09.440 and someone missing there.'' They'll say, ''Are you crazy? It's Saturday, it's the weekend.'' 216 00:24:40.760 --> 00:24:45.520 Hallowed be thy Sunday shopping, thy leaflets come, 217 00:24:45.520 --> 00:24:49.960 thy deals be done, on earth as in H&M, 218 00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:57.880 give us this day our daily coupons and extend our overdraft as we place our faith in our solvency. 219 00:24:57.880 --> 00:25:02.760 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from all spirituality, 220 00:25:02.760 --> 00:25:07.440 for thine is the Walmart, the purchasing power and the instant gratification, 221 00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:09.720 forever and ever, Amen. 222 00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:11.240 The next one's the track from the album, right? 223 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.760 Right! 224 00:25:12.760 --> 00:25:15.000 Unbelievable! The things you do for Acker Records! 225 00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:17.760 Why SOS? 226 00:25:18.520 --> 00:25:20.040 Well, one of the reasons behind it was: 227 00:25:20.560 --> 00:25:24.520 SOS - nothing's happening, SOS - no one's doing anything, 228 00:25:24.520 --> 00:25:28.120 SOS - we need to do something ourselves. 229 00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:30.920 That was the original idea. 230 00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:35.280 Some of the people from the collective went to Berlin, 231 00:25:35.280 --> 00:25:38.840 because of course the career prospects were better, 232 00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:41.600 but some few have come back. 233 00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:51.320 And since being right wing became part of the youth culture in Neustrelitz we said to ourselves: 234 00:25:51.320 --> 00:25:52.920 ''We've got to do something about this!'' 235 00:25:53.040 --> 00:25:55.880 ''More and more refugees are arriving on the Italian island of Lampedusa'' 236 00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:08.400 Over the years we've often met people, young people, who say: 237 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:10.440 ''We think it's great what you're doing and we want to help.'' 238 00:26:16.280 --> 00:26:20.440 Every month there's an SOS party, and I go every time. 239 00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:22.680 What is it? 240 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.960 SOS Underground. 241 00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:28.240 It's not so square, you know? 242 00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:32.760 These days you go to a club, everyone's wearing their baseball cap, they're so full of themselves, with their tank tops. 243 00:26:32.760 --> 00:26:34.800 And here everything's so peaceful, 244 00:26:34.800 --> 00:26:36.480 you don't see anyone giving anyone else shit. 245 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:40.720 Everyone wants to get along with each other and that's just awesome. 246 00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:42.360 If you have a ticket voucher, please go under the white gazebo, that will be a lot quicker! 247 00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:49.560 To the left of that is the Job Centre. Anyone with a PDF that says ''Arbeitsamt'' on it, go to the Job Centre. 248 00:27:49.560 --> 00:27:56.000 And to the left of that is the Embassy. Anyone else can go there. 249 00:28:09.560 --> 00:28:12.000 Do you still have the group under control? 250 00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:21.840 7020, do you still have the group under control? 251 00:28:35.840 --> 00:28:38.120 We're gasping for breath in here. 252 00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:42.280 - Sorry? - We're gasping for breath in here. 253 00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:49.680 The "Utopian Socialists" used to be there too one day. 254 00:28:51.520 --> 00:28:54.760 That is the philosophy that Mr. Eulenhaupt represents: 255 00:28:54.760 --> 00:28:57.000 With the motto "Everybody is free there." 256 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:58.520 But this is actually not entirely like that. 257 00:28:58.520 --> 00:29:02.760 They've got their own rules and ways of doing things. And their house rules work in their own special way. 258 00:29:02.760 --> 00:29:05.960 I'll give you just one example: festivalgoers are given a rubbish bag with their entrance tickets. 259 00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:09.720 And when they bring back that rubbish bag, they get ten euros. 260 00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:12.360 I think that's a good, progressive way of doing things. 261 00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:16.480 It's been like that for years, and it works! 262 00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:22.680 And that's the reason why I say: Okay, this is a lawless space, 263 00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:27.880 but there are still rules that everyone follows. 264 00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:48.480 Thanks to the festival, I would say, the youth learns to help each other. 265 00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:54.920 I never experienced that, in case that somebody is off his feet, others would leave him on the ground. 266 00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:59.400 Either they checked and said "sleep a little". 267 00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:04.920 Or they brought him immediately to the medical service. 268 00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:08.640 I welcome all this. 269 00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:12.040 I never had problems there. On the contrary: 270 00:30:12.040 --> 00:30:14.520 I asked them: "Do you have any concerns?" 271 00:30:14.520 --> 00:30:16.600 Then I took some eggs and said: 272 00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:18.720 As I know that they are working all night long. 273 00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:20.560 "Put them in a pan and fry them." 274 00:30:20.560 --> 00:30:26.160 So and they were always thankful. And everytime I come they say: Ah, there you are! 275 00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:28.000 And I say: I still have chickens. 276 00:30:30.800 --> 00:30:36.560 I go upstairs to get it. To show you that it is not witchcraft. 277 00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:43.200 That it is not a make up I can show you in cold print. 278 00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:47.280 I will keep it until - 279 00:30:47.280 --> 00:30:50.320 One moment. 280 00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:54.320 There it is! 281 00:30:54.320 --> 00:30:57.040 Hold your horses! 282 00:30:57.040 --> 00:30:58.480 Look. 283 00:30:58.480 --> 00:31:04.440 This is my contract that I insisted on. 284 00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:09.960 And if I stay in contract 285 00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:13.240 more order will be established. 286 00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:27.920 There's reason for suspicion here. Drugs. That's why we're not letting her drive any further, 287 00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:32.120 and the woman has refused to take over the vehicle for whatever reason. 288 00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:36.200 So we've pushed it over to the side. 289 00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:44.080 We can hardly let her drive again once we've established our suspicion. 290 00:31:58.360 --> 00:32:07.840 IÕm sure your attitude to life plays a role as well. If you're just seeking this infinite freedom, 291 00:32:09.560 --> 00:32:14.440 perhaps you're inclined to do something like that. It's difficult. 292 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:18.440 - Where did you get this phrase from, infinite freedom? 293 00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:26.800 Yeah, this! In conversations you hear these things. Or maybe I read it somewhere. 294 00:32:26.800 --> 00:32:29.800 I don't know! The things you're asking me. 295 00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:33.760 Great, thanks a lot! 296 00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:52.680 This here seems to be the world of my nephew - of our Dirk, our Dirki. 297 00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:57.760 And again that was something where at first I said: why does he have to come here? 298 00:32:57.760 --> 00:33:01.040 Could he not do something else? 299 00:33:01.040 --> 00:33:08.120 But now I'm really proud that one of our clan is involved, that he adds his own thread to this wonderful tapestry. 300 00:33:12.840 --> 00:33:15.880 I think he would be pleased to know that I said that? 301 00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:23.160 My first impression of Fusion was terrible. I thought it was nothing but organised noise. 302 00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:29.520 Boom, boom, boom - all day and all night. And I thought Òthose people must be insane. 303 00:33:29.520 --> 00:33:33.640 I dealt with the festival from he legal and regulatory side of things. 304 00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:40.720 That's when I rang Eule. I said to him: it is such a big hurdle, 305 00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:43.920 this permit - I'm going to have to deny it. 306 00:33:44.320 --> 00:33:49.600 Because it isn't your average weekend event with a carousel and three shooting galleries. 307 00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:52.360 The event has to be cancelled. 308 00:33:53.320 --> 00:33:58.040 Eule said: ''Okay fine, I won't do anything. But youÕll have to make it clear 309 00:33:58.040 --> 00:34:02.760 to the 30,000 people on the motorway on their way over here that they have to turn around and go home.'' 310 00:34:02.760 --> 00:34:05.440 And I said: ''Okay, then come!'' 311 00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:14.280 The switch flipped for me after chatting to a police officer, Inspector Etzold. He said to me: 312 00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:19.280 ''Eule and his team have held a lot of talks with locals. 313 00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:25.320 You just have to accept the fact that we have more fights, more trouble and more stress 314 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:28.200 at every small village fete here than we do with this huge event. 315 00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:35.360 Thousands of people from all over the world just come here and have a good time.'' 316 00:34:36.200 --> 00:34:42.320 And that's when the switch flipped and I said: he is right, that guy is right, he's absolutely right! 317 00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:51.640 Another great concept: a job centre! 318 00:34:51.640 --> 00:34:55.600 When I first heard that there was a job centre, I though: ''Oh god, oh god. 319 00:34:55.600 --> 00:34:57.080 Have they got things massively wrong here?'' 320 00:34:57.080 --> 00:35:02.480 But no, it's a really different kind of job centre! just brilliant! 321 00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:13.200 The "Arbeitsamt" did an excellent job. That is definite. 322 00:35:13.200 --> 00:35:18.600 Otherwise, as in the past years, you would not have been able to walk along here due to the bottles and the debris. 323 00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:21.920 That is definite. 324 00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:48.880 For our region, this is a big benefit. 325 00:35:49.640 --> 00:35:54.920 I even argue for an expansion of this site, 326 00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:58.440 because the demand is still rising. 327 00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:51.800 But the amount of work that goes into preparing everything, hardly anyone sees that. 328 00:36:54.720 --> 00:36:59.520 I accompanied a 92-year-old woman because her granddaughter asked me: could you fix it for my 329 00:36:59.520 --> 00:37:04.280 grandmother to see what's happening on the site. So I picked her up. 330 00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:08.240 I had to carry her into the car because the old dear wasn't so steady on her feet. 331 00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:14.080 In her youth she did her service here on the airfield, during the war and even before the war. 332 00:37:14.080 --> 00:37:18.640 She used to work here so she simply wanted to see, what's happened to this airfield now? 333 00:37:18.640 --> 00:37:22.040 And she was so overwhelmed, that was actually the most beautiful experience I had here.