Euroviews2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS BORDER CITIES ENVIRONMENT The Attractive Ghost City 6 Legislation Challenges Hunters ‘ Relationship 55 German and French hunters want to cooperate, The Danish ghost city Ørestad becomes but legislation blocks their way to success. alive again. No Borders for Natural Disasters 59 Tuning the Border Gates 10 “It’s on Children´s Day. We are making pancakes. The German city of Saarbrücken copes with cross- Suddenly a crack appears in the wall.” border cooperation every day. NGO’s Need Cross-border Cooperation 62 NGO’s wish to help when disasters happen, but often HISTORY they lack preparation and organisation. A Harmless Weapon for a Life Time Fight 15 In South Tyrol in Italy, the German speaking Time for Borderless Disaster Prevention 63 minority struggles for self determination. The difference between men and women during TOURISM disasters: men save the TV, women the documents. Momentum for South Tyrol 21 Erasing Borders With the Great Outdoors 65 Monuments remember the age of Fascist glory. The beauty of the Czech-Polish border is being Germans and Italians disagree on how to deal turned into a hub for outdoor recreation. with this past. EDUCATION The South Tyrolean mix 70 South Tyrol might be too Mediterranean for Central Europe’s Historical Black Hole 27 successfull cross-border cooperation. Education programs in Central Europe neglect Communist history. CULTURE European Start Up Injection 71 Bilingual Education is Getting a Grip on Alsace 35 The Land Where Knödel Meets Parmesan 75 EU subsidies as a financial injection to get started German education in France wins territory SOCIETY The merge between Italian and South Tyrol culture with cross-border cooperation in South Tyrol. is nowhere more visible than in the cuisine. and has consequences on the regional Proud to be Polish 37 Welcome to Gossensass 72 language. The Polish community still has to integrate Getting Together Through the Big Screen 80 In Gossensass at the Italian border next to Austria, in Cesky Tesin, Czech Republic. The first years of the Cinema on the Border festival, both success and failure in cooperation can be subtitles were read out loud during the movies. found. Alsace Answers Cross Border Consumers’ Need 42 Shop keepers in Strasbourg fight against The Visegrad Group, Just for Politicians 83 Tourist for Six Months 71 French customers who shop in Kehl. Partnership between the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvian ice hockey player Olegs Sorokins looks Euroviews 2011 Poland and Slovakia is the backbone of economic back on his half year in the Italian city of Sterzing. Danish School of Media and Journalism No Denmark for Young Lovers 47 competition. Olof Palmes Allé 11 Marriage is an adventure. Even more challenging Euroviews 2011 is the culmination of a major project by students from the 8200 Århus N for newlyweds of mixed nationality in Denmark. international journalism course, Europe In The World. DANMARK http://www.dmjx.dk Public Transport: the Last Border? 53 The project involves a two week travel period where the students are Try to get into Poland from Slovakia by public expected to plan, research and write articles from the areas of Europe they Contributors: transport, see you at dinner! visit. In 2011 the theme of Euroviews was ‘The Borders of Europe’ and the Bart de Bruijn, Anna Buch, Andrew Codd, I. Miguel Durán de group of 15 students travelled to four separate border regions within the Barbozza, Piers d’Orgée, Kai Heijneman, Michael Huguenin, Camille Lepage, European Union. Anouk Mentink, Ana Muñoz Padrós, Beatriz Paúl Naya, Margot Perrier, Anna Rydholm, Bobbie van der List, Karoline Vallum Møllegård Hansen The Euroviews project is the second last project of the Europe In The World course. Sub Editors: I. Miguel Durán de Barbozza, Michael Huguenin, Camille Lepage, Ana Muñoz Europe In The World is run by Hogeschool Utrecht (The Netherlands) and the Padrós Danish School of Media and Journalism (Denmark). It starts in September in the Netherlands and continues in Design Coordinators: Denmark from January until June. 2010/11 is the 20th edition of the course. Henrik Meller & Susanne Sommerah The twentieth class of Europe In The World represent nine different coun- Editor in Chief: tries: Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Asbjørn Slot Jørgensen the USA and the United Kingdom. March-April 2011 Karoline Vallum ‘Border Trotting’ Møllegård Hansen Ghost City Ørestad Ana Munoz Padros On the ground, “No Denmark for Lovers Piers d’Orgee Euroviews journalists “Proud to be Polish” Camille Lepage investigate border issues A Year After a Natural Disaster Andrew Codd Beautiful Outdoor Tourism Michael Huguenin Next Generation’s Historical Gap I. Miguel Duran de Barbozza Bart de Bruijn Updating Border Region´s Gates Cinema on the Border Anouk Mentink Legislation Challenges Hunters´ Relationships Bobbie van der List Bilingual Education Margot Perrier “Cross-Borders Consumers’ Needs” Kai Heijneman Tyrol Tourism Anna Buch Cuisine Without Borders Beatriz Paul Naya Anna Rydholm Historical Wounds Still Open Fascist Monuments Remain Euroviews2011 BORDER CITIES “That is very difficult to see,” says Jacob Kamp. “Even The most important fact is not the numbers; it is if the people though The Tietgen Dormitory is one of the only good houses already living there are happy. And Jens Kramer Mikkelsen in Ørestad, it is still a very huge building and in the same big states that they are. The Attractive Ghost City scale as all the other houses.” “It’s only people from the outside complaining about Kamp thinks that the only way to make Ørestad better is to Ørestad. The people living here are happy. The only complain The only ten-year-old city Ørestad that is in the outskirts of Copenhagen has for a long time been called a ghost build more and build in many different scales. Something that we have had recently is from a woman who complains about city or the deserted city. But more and more people move to the area and big companies move their headquarters Kramer doesn’t think is necessary. a tree in one of the parks that has become too big according to “We thought big, when we planned this. It’s not supposed to her,” Kramer tells. to the new city. The company behind Ørestad think it’s a success while a landscape architect finds the planning be some kind of tiny romantic city,” Kramer says. “Then all the It shows that people are satisfied the way Ørestad is. That outdated. architects and connoisseurs can say what ever they want. This is something that Helle Harboe has noticed as well. She finds area is going to succeed and people flock to Ørestad. people living in the area very dedicated to make this new city a Karoline V. M. Hansen “Something that you have to be aware of when you build a good place to live. city is the time. There is no greengrocer’s here or that many “Last summer there was music for the children and different ark, cold, windy and empty. That was cafés and the threes are not that big. But they will be,” says events. At Christmas time there was tents with glögg and the words that struck Helle Harboe, the Jens Kramer Mikkelsen. Danish doughnut while there was a Lucia parade,” the young first time she went to Ørestad to look at And Helle Harboe definitely noticed that when time passed mother tells. Dan apartment. It was in the beginning of 2010 by – suddenly the people came by as well. “But everything is sparkling new and shiny and the charm and the snow was covering the empty fields and will come to the area with the people moving here. It proofs it was difficult to imagine the area full of life. Waking up from the winter hibernation that it is the people who create the life and not the buildings,” But Helle Harboe and her boyfriend took the Helle Harboe says. chance and moved in to the more or less deserted Spring finally came. Trees were planted and the park was city with their newborn child. suddenly not just a big open lawn. Playgrounds and barbeque spots were also popping up everywhere. People were waking Perfect place for the “City up from their winter hibernation, and the deserted city was Family” all of a sudden waking up. Suddenly Helle Harboe discovered that the area wasn’t that empty all year round. In Ørestad more than 20 percent of the “It is mostly in the winter time. In the summer I don’t population are families with children – that think it is deserted at all. The parks are swarming with figure is only a little more than 10 percent in people like ants coming out of their anthills,” Harboe Copenhagen. The Tietgen Dormatory is one of the only buildings in Ørestad that Jacob Kamp actually likes. explains, but she understands the criticism of the city. The brand new, functional and light apartments Photo: Karoline V. M. Hansen “But it can sometimes seem a little bit deserted out are one of the reasons. At the same time you have the nature close by and in less than 10 minutes you can be in “As an architect you should give the people what they didn’t the city centre of Copenhagen. It’s the perfect mix of city and know they wanted. What if people would be even more happy The parks are swarming country. about living in Ørestad, even more people would move to the “ This was exactly why Helle Harboe moved to Ørestad with area, if they thought a little bit different and not just only in with people like ants her boyfriend and their newborn child.