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Documentary Taxi Driving in Stuttgart – Hercules and his Regulars

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Published on Dec 17, 2023

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33 years ago, Iraklis Eleftheriadis, known as Hercules, moved from near Thessaloniki to Stuttgart. The Greek wanted to study German. To finance his studies, he started driving a taxi. Once he had his university degree in his pocket, he simply stayed as a self-employed taxi driver. Now he rushes through Stuttgart in his black taxi, whether on request from the taxi station, with walk-in customers from the taxi stand, or on medical journeys. 00:00 Hercules and his regular customers Taxi driver Hercules introduces himself. 00:23 The favorite customer For 20 years, Hercules has regularly driven his regular customer Saiki to physiotherapy. The customer has been in a wheelchair since a motorcycle accident. The taxi driver can bill the health insurance company for the medical journeys. 05:08 Hercules and his family Hercules' taxi not only takes passengers, but also his family and friends. Today, Hercules is taking his wife to the train station. From there they will go on vacation. Then Herkules and his son have the house to themselves. But first the taxi driver has to drive some customers home from the Christmas market in Stuttgart. 09:57 Emotional medical journey Medical journeys are part of Herkules' everyday business. But some fates also leave their mark on the taxi driver. One of them is Sylvie's story. Two years ago her mother was diagnosed with a tumor. Since then she has driven Herkules to the hospital every two weeks for treatment. In the taxi Sylvie sometimes pours out her heart to him. 14:31 Better to take a taxi than look for a parking space Many senior citizens are Herkules' regular customers. This includes medical journeys, but also short trips to the hairdresser. The senior citizens like to take taxis, either because they no longer drive themselves or because they don't like looking for a parking space. And some simply appreciate the friendly taxi conversations with Herkules. 18:51 At the taxi rank Everyday life as a taxi driver is characterized by stress and waiting for the next journey. If there are no regular customers queuing, taxi driver Herkules waits for orders from the taxi center. Sometimes he also stands at the taxi stand. With walk-in customers, he never knows in advance where the next taxi ride will take him. #taxi #taxifahrer #doku Subscribe to the Landesschau channel: http://x.swr.de/s/landesschauabo Welcome to the official YouTube channel of the SWR Landesschau! Here you can expect an exciting, touching or curious story from people in Baden-Württemberg from Sunday to Thursday at 6 p.m. Subscribe to our channel so you don't miss a new video! Official homepage: https://www.swrfernsehen.de/landessch... Become a fan on Facebook: / landesschau.bw Follow us on Instagram: / swrheimat Check out TikTok: / swrheimat Our imprint: https://www.swr.de/impressum/ Our privacy policy: https://www.swr.de/datenschutz Our netiquette: https://www.swr.de/home/netiquette-10...

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