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Rick Steves' Europe
The Making of...
Season 4
Episode 411
After 16 years and seventy travel shows, Rick and his crew take you behind the scenes to show you just how they produce this series. Joining the crew as they scamper through Milan and around Lake Como, you’ll follow the creative process as the challenges and surprises (and the need for a good sense of humor) that come with travel are shaped into a finished show.
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In the Italian countryside, Rick enjoys an agriturismo, sees prosciutto and pecorino made

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Rick visits skyscraper-studded Frankfurt and Nürnberg, capital of the Third Reich.

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Rick visits the two great cities of Saxony: the capital city of Dresden and Leipzig

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Hamburg, Germany’s mighty port city has risen from the ashes of World War II

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A tumultuous 20th century left reunited Berlin entertaining more visitors than ever.

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We experience the best-preserved Baroque city in Central Europe, Prague.

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By train, bike, and boat, we visit the top Dutch sights outside of Amsterdam

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Europe's best-preserved 17th-century city, Amsterdam is traditional and modern.

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In the shadow of Venice, we visit three great cities: Padova, Verona and Ravenna.

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We visit Italy's most remote, romantic stretch of the Riviera, from Vernazza to Monterosso