If completed, the currently nameless city would span 700 sq km (a space almost as big as Singapore), house a park double the size of New York's Central Park, and a theme park four times as big as Disneyland – all to be completed within five to seven years.
There are also tastings at Vinag, one of the biggest cellars in Europe: it holds 5½ million litres of wine in 2½km of tunnels under the city's Trg Svobode (Freedom Square), including a riesling made during the second world war.
"Since the 2004 peak of 27,000 sq km of forest destroyed, matters have improved with regard to deforestation," he says, when I call him.
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KM: Finally Shane, how much would I have to be able to drink to join the band permanently?
KM: How do you feel about playing with the Pogues again?
The report, released annually, showed the average emissions level of a new car sold in 2013 was 127 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometre, beating the 2015 EU target of 130g CO2/km.
The pivotal moment for Northumberland came in 2013 when the entire national park housing Hadrian's Wall, along with Kielder Water and Forest Park, some 1,500 sq km, was awarded Dark Sky Park status, the only one in England.
Researchers identified five key traits of a well-managed marine park – no fish take, well enforced, established for longer than 10 years, larger than 100 square km and isolated by deep water or sand.
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In the summer, the place to be is Patagonia, the southern territory extending over nearly 750,000 sq km of largely unspoilt landscape.
