About this season
Discover Europe in all its diversity of viewpoints
Episodes (199)
1. Episode 1
Aired 2 January 2025 • 31 min
2. Episode 2
Aired 3 January 2025 • 32 min
3. Episode 3
Aired 6 January 2025 • 31 min
4. Episode 4
Aired 7 January 2025 • 29 min
5. Episode 5
Aired 9 January 2025 • 30 min
6. Episode 6
Aired 10 January 2025 • 29 min
7. Episode 7
Aired 13 January 2025 • 30 min
8. Episode 8
Aired 14 January 2025 • 30 min
9. Episode 9
Aired 15 January 2025 • 30 min
10. Episode 10
Aired 16 January 2025 • 30 min
11. Episode 11
Aired 17 January 2025 • 30 min
12. Episode 12
Aired 21 January 2025 • 29 min
13. Episode 13
Aired 22 January 2025 • 30 min
14. Episode 14
Aired 23 January 2025 • 29 min
15. Episode 15
Aired 24 January 2025 • 30 min
16. Episode 16
Aired 27 January 2025 • 30 min
17. Episode 17
Aired 28 January 2025 • 29 min
18. Episode 18
Aired 29 January 2025 • 30 min
19. Inside Germany’s Jehovah’s Witnesses
Aired 30 January 2025 • 31 min
They lead strict lives, like to stay within their community, and are convinced that a new and better world is coming. Critics of Jehovah's Witnesses call them a sect, but they see themselves differently. ARTE has been allowed the rare opportunity to film in their German administrative headquarters in the town of Selters.
20. Episode 20
Aired 31 January 2025 • 30 min
21. Episode 21
Aired 3 February 2025 • 30 min
22. Episode 22
Aired 4 February 2025 • 30 min
23. Episode 23
Aired 5 February 2025 • 29 min
24. Episode 24
Aired 6 February 2025 • 30 min
25. Episode 25
Aired 7 February 2025 • 30 min
26. Episode 26
Aired 10 February 2025 • 30 min
27. Episode 27
Aired 11 February 2025 • 30 min
28. Episode 28
Aired 12 February 2025 • 30 min
29. Episode 29
Aired 13 February 2025 • 29 min
30. Episode 30
Aired 14 February 2025 • 30 min
31. Episode 31
Aired 17 February 2025 • 30 min
32. Episode 32
Aired 18 February 2025 • 29 min
33. Episode 33
Aired 19 February 2025 • 30 min
34. Episode 34
Aired 20 February 2025 • 29 min
35. Episode 35
Aired 21 February 2025 • 30 min
36. Episode 36
Aired 25 February 2025 • 30 min
37. Episode 37
Aired 26 February 2025 • 29 min
38. Episode 38
Aired 27 February 2025 • 30 min
39. Episode 39
Aired 28 February 2025 • 30 min
40. Episode 40
Aired 3 March 2025 • 29 min
41. Episode 41
Aired 4 March 2025 • 30 min
42. Episode 42
Aired 5 March 2025 • 30 min
43. Episode 43
Aired 6 March 2025 • 30 min
44. Episode 44
Aired 7 March 2025 • 30 min
45. Episode 45
Aired 10 March 2025 • 30 min
46. Episode 46
Aired 11 March 2025 • 29 min
47. Episode 47
Aired 12 March 2025 • 30 min
48. Episode 48
Aired 13 March 2025 • 30 min
49. Episode 49
Aired 14 March 2025 • 30 min
50. Episode 50
Aired 17 March 2025 • 30 min
51. Episode 51
Aired 18 March 2025 • 30 min
52. Episode 52
Aired 19 March 2025 • 30 min
53. Episode 53
Aired 20 March 2025 • 29 min
54. Episode 54
Aired 21 March 2025 • 30 min
55. Episode 55
Aired 24 March 2025 • 30 min
56. Episode 56
Aired 25 March 2025 • 30 min
57. Episode 57
Aired 26 March 2025 • 29 min
58. Episode 58
Aired 27 March 2025 • 30 min
59. Episode 59
Aired 28 March 2025 • 29 min
60. Episode 60
Aired 31 March 2025 • 30 min
61. Episode 61
Aired 1 April 2025 • 30 min
62. Episode 62
Aired 2 April 2025 • 30 min
63. Episode 63
Aired 3 April 2025 • 30 min
64. Episode 64
Aired 4 April 2025 • 30 min
65. Episode 65
Aired 7 April 2025 • 30 min
66. Episode 66
Aired 8 April 2025 • 30 min
67. Episode 67
Aired 9 April 2025 • 30 min
68. Episode 68
Aired 10 April 2025 • 29 min
69. Episode 69
Aired 11 April 2025 • 30 min
70. Episode 70
Aired 14 April 2025 • 29 min
71. Episode 71
Aired 15 April 2025 • 30 min
72. Episode 72
Aired 16 April 2025 • 30 min
73. Episode 73
Aired 17 April 2025 • 29 min
74. Episode 74
Aired 22 April 2025 • 30 min
75. Episode 75
Aired 23 April 2025 • 30 min
76. Episode 76
Aired 24 April 2025 • 30 min
77. Episode 77
Aired 25 April 2025 • 30 min
78. Episode 78
Aired 28 April 2025 • 30 min
79. Episode 79
Aired 29 April 2025 • 30 min
80. Episode 80
Aired 30 April 2025 • 29 min
81. Episode 81
Aired 5 May 2025 • 30 min
82. Episode 82
Aired 6 May 2025 • 30 min
83. Episode 83
Aired 7 May 2025 • 29 min
84. Episode 84
Aired 8 May 2025 • 30 min
85. Episode 85
Aired 9 May 2025 • 30 min
86. Episode 86
Aired 13 May 2025 • 30 min
87. Episode 87
Aired 14 May 2025 • 30 min
88. Episode 88
Aired 15 May 2025 • 30 min
89. Episode 89
Aired 16 May 2025 • 30 min
90. Episode 90
Aired 20 May 2025 • 30 min
91. Episode 91
Aired 22 May 2025 • 30 min
92. Episode 92
Aired 23 May 2025 • 30 min
93. Episode 93
Aired 26 May 2025 • 30 min
94. Episode 94
Aired 27 May 2025 • 30 min
95. Episode 95
Aired 28 May 2025 • 30 min
96. Episode 96
Aired 30 May 2025 • 30 min
97. Episode 97
Aired 2 June 2025 • 29 min
98. Episode 98
Aired 3 June 2025 • 30 min
99. Episode 99
Aired 4 June 2025 • 30 min
100. Episode 100
Aired 5 June 2025 • 30 min
101. Episode 101
Aired 6 June 2025 • 30 min
102. Episode 102
Aired 10 June 2025 • 30 min
103. Episode 103
Aired 11 June 2025 • 30 min
104. Episode 104
Aired 12 June 2025 • 30 min
105. Episode 105
Aired 13 June 2025 • 29 min
106. Episode 106
Aired 16 June 2025 • 30 min
107. Episode 107
Aired 17 June 2025 • 30 min
108. Episode 108
Aired 18 June 2025 • 30 min
109. Episode 109
Aired 19 June 2025 • 30 min
110. Episode 110
Aired 20 June 2025 • 30 min
111. Episode 111
Aired 23 June 2025 • 30 min
112. Episode 112
Aired 24 June 2025 • 30 min
113. Episode 113
Aired 25 June 2025 • 30 min
114. Episode 114
Aired 26 June 2025 • 30 min
115. Episode 115
Aired 27 June 2025 • 30 min
116. The drone warriors of Ukraine
Aired 10 July 2025 • 30 min
117. Episode 117
Aired 11 July 2025 • 30 min
118. Episode 118
Aired 25 August 2025 • 30 min
119. Episode 119
Aired 26 August 2025 • 30 min
120. Episode 120
Aired 27 August 2025 • 30 min
121. Episode 121
Aired 28 August 2025 • 29 min
122. Episode 122
Aired 29 August 2025 • 30 min
123. Episode 123
Aired 1 September 2025 • 30 min
124. Episode 124
Aired 2 September 2025 • 30 min
125. Episode 125
Aired 3 September 2025 • 30 min
126. Episode 126
Aired 4 September 2025 • 30 min
127. Episode 127
Aired 5 September 2025 • 30 min
128. Episode 128
Aired 8 September 2025 • 30 min
129. Episode 129
Aired 9 September 2025 • 30 min
130. Episode 130
Aired 11 September 2025 • 30 min
131. Naturism - On the Way Out?
Aired 12 September 2025 • 30 min
132. Little China in der Toskana
Aired 15 September 2025 • 30 min
133. Episode 133
Aired 17 September 2025 • 30 min
134. Episode 134
Aired 18 September 2025 • 30 min
135. Episode 135
Aired 19 September 2025 • 30 min
136. Episode 136
Aired 22 September 2025 • 30 min
137. Episode 137
Aired 23 September 2025 • 30 min
138. Episode 138
Aired 24 September 2025 • 30 min
139. Episode 139
Aired 25 September 2025 • 30 min
140. Episode 140
Aired 26 September 2025 • 30 min
141. Episode 141
Aired 29 September 2025 • 30 min
142. Episode 142
Aired 30 September 2025 • 29 min
143. Episode 143
Aired 1 October 2025 • 30 min
144. Episode 144
Aired 2 October 2025 • 30 min
145. Episode 145
Aired 6 October 2025 • 30 min
146. Episode 146
Aired 7 October 2025 • 29 min
147. Episode 147
Aired 8 October 2025 • 30 min
148. Episode 148
Aired 9 October 2025 • 29 min
149. Episode 149
Aired 10 October 2025 • 30 min
150. Episode 150
Aired 13 October 2025 • 30 min
151. Episode 151
Aired 14 October 2025 • 30 min
152. Episode 152
Aired 15 October 2025 • 29 min
153. Episode 153
Aired 17 October 2025 • 30 min
154. Episode 154
Aired 20 October 2025 • 30 min
155. Rocket launches in the Scottish island paradise
Aired 21 October 2025 • 30 min
156. Episode 156
Aired 22 October 2025 • 29 min
157. Episode 157
Aired 23 October 2025 • 30 min
158. Episode 158
Aired 24 October 2025 • 30 min
159. Episode 159
Aired 27 October 2025 • 30 min
160. Holland's women fight back
Aired 28 October 2025 • 30 min
161. The seagrass rescuers from the Balearic Islands
Aired 29 October 2025 • 30 min
162. My right to die
Aired 30 October 2025 • 30 min
163. Croatian sailors – trapped on board
Aired 31 October 2025 • 30 min
164. Belgium's microbrewers with heart and full risk
Aired 3 November 2025 • 30 min
165. Trace seekers in Nazi bunkers in the middle of Poland
Aired 4 November 2025 • 30 min
166. Monteviasco, Italy's forgotten mountain village
Aired 5 November 2025 • 30 min
167. Homeland Security – Soldiers from the middle of society
Aired 6 November 2025 • 30 min
168. With bell ringing to inner peace
Aired 7 November 2025 • 30 min
169. Queer in Orbán's Hungary
Aired 10 November 2025 • 30 min
170. The return of hemp fiber
Aired 11 November 2025 • 29 min
171. Sweden's cult of Ami sleds
Aired 12 November 2025 • 30 min
Chrome, exhaust clouds, tail fins: Hardly any other country outside the USA has as many American classic cars as Sweden. The highlight of the year: the „Classic Car Week“. Thousands of people celebrate and cruise here, many from the working class. The lovingly rocked finery is often their only luxury - and a piece of self-assertion.
172. Spain's mothers against violent fathers
Aired 13 November 2025 • 30 min
173. A mayor's fight for his global village
Aired 17 November 2025 • 29 min
174. When the bankruptcy wave rolls
Aired 18 November 2025 • 30 min
If large employers go bankrupt, this often affects entire regions. In Saxony-Anhalt, 580 employees of an automotive supplier feared for their future and their hometown. In central England, an entire industry is in crisis with the stumbling porcelain industry, and people have been witnessing the decline of their cities for years.
175. High-altitude work on the rope
Aired 19 November 2025 • 30 min
Attached to only one rope at a dizzying height: industrial climbers practice one of the most dangerous professions in France. The formerly freelance graphic designer Ella Freeman, like many other high-altitude workers, only discovered the profession indirectly. Grégory Molina co-founded a union due to numerous accidents and precarious employment conditions.
176. Revival of Spain's dictator Franco?
Aired 20 November 2025 • 30 min
177. Kiruna, a city is moving
Aired 21 November 2025 • 30 min
A church that moves „migrates“ several kilometers to a new location was the spectacular highlight of the move of the northern Swedish city of Kiruna. Because iron ore mining is getting closer, large parts of the city have to make way. Many buildings are being demolished, and the new center consists largely of new buildings. This is causing resentment among the residents of Kiruna.
178. Turkish pensioners on a trip to Germany
Aired 24 November 2025 • 30 min
179. Greenland between Denmark and Trump
Aired 25 November 2025 • 30 min
180. Elk alert, the forest giants are back
Aired 26 November 2025 • 30 min
181. Romania attracts medical students
Aired 27 November 2025 • 30 min
182. Dream job stuntwoman
Aired 1 December 2025 • 30 min
183. Living with hoarder syndrome
Aired 2 December 2025 • 30 min
184. Queer and persecuted in Turkey
Aired 3 December 2025 • 30 min
185. Fishermen against seals
Aired 4 December 2025 • 30 min
186. Gymnasts, drilled to success?
Aired 5 December 2025 • 31 min
Romania was once a leading nation in gymnastics. But behind the successes of the numerous world and Olympic champions lay not only flexibility and iron discipline, but also psychological pressure, humiliation or even physical violence. Former and active athletes break their silence, as questionable training methods still apply to this day.
187. Restart in Syria
Aired 8 December 2025 • 30 min
The new beginning in Syria is proving difficult. A year after the fall of the Assad regime, many who fled to Germany during the civil war are gradually returning – also out of responsibility to their country.
188. A Romanian village between NATO and fear of war
Aired 10 December 2025 • 30 min
„I'm not afraid of the soldiers here, but of crazy Putin!“ says Dorin Todoruţ. The Romanian lives in Cincu, a village that has increasingly become a military-strategic hub on NATO's eastern flank in recent years. Around one thousand soldiers from various NATO countries are currently stationed on the outskirts of the village. And there are to be more.
189. My own island
Aired 11 December 2025 • 30 min
An island of its own – a dream for many! But not all island owners are super-rich, reclusive and under palm trees in the sun. From an uninhabited island off Scotland to the Finnish holiday island, most private islands require extensive management and protection. What does it mean to own an island in Europe?
190. Vienna's baking grandmas and their recipe for old-age poverty
Aired 12 December 2025 • 30 min
Women and men who would have been retired long ago bake at Vienna's Café Vollpension. They improve their slim pension and stay in contact with the youth – according to the concept of the Café Vollpension. The young organizers now want to spread this idea and are going on tour to Bad Ischl – a big risk.
191. Hungary: A high school for Roma
Aired 15 December 2025 • 30 min
Roma are in a difficult position in Hungary: 40 percent of them live below the poverty threshold, mostly away from city centers. This has a very strong impact on their education: 99 percent of young Roma never attend university. Given the situation, the Ambedkar Gymnasium seems like a hotbed of resistance, as it only teaches Roma.
192. Spain jails women and men together
Aired 16 December 2025 • 30 min
Only six per cent of prisoners in EU prisons are women. They are usually housed in women's correctional facilities or wards isolated from men. In Spain, however, they have long been setting up mixed wards in prisons, and France is now also considering this.
193. The last lighthouse keepers of Croatia
Aired 17 December 2025 • 30 min
In the middle of the Adriatic Sea lies Palagruža, a lonely rock with a lighthouse that has been inhabited since 1875. Vojo Šain has worked here for 26 years as one of Croatia's last lighthouse keepers. For him, Palagruža is more than just a workplace; the island is his second home. For weeks he lives far from comfort and civilization.
194. A village that heals children
Aired 18 December 2025 • 30 min
Peace Village International staff regularly fly to the world's crisis areas. There they take children who are so sick or injured that they would die in their home countries. Currently, mainly two- to ten-year-olds from Afghanistan, Tajikistan or Angola come to Oberhausen, where they are treated by volunteer doctors and helpers.
195. Safe Christmas markets?
Aired 19 December 2025 • 30 min
Since the attacks on the Christmas markets in Berlin in 2016, Strasbourg in 2018 and Magdeburg in 2024, police, authorities and organizers have been providing increasingly massive protective measures every year. But can such major events even be fully protected against terrorism?
196. Tenerife's Animal Rescuers - Doing Good Together
Aired 22 December 2025 • 30 min
197. Palermo's Palace Saviors
Aired 23 December 2025 • 30 min
More than 100 magnificent old palaces dominate the cityscape in Palermo. The owners try to save the old houses over time on their own. The state imposes costly requirements for monument protection, but does not help with the preservation of the buildings. They are part of Palermo's identity and an important economic factor.
198. The hype about alpaca
Aired 29 December 2025 • 30 min
Alpacas are sweet, fluffy and move people's hearts. Originally from the Andes, the camel species has become a phenomenon in Europe, and alpaca hikes or alpaca yoga are trendy. But the hype surrounding the cute animals also has its downsides: Some hobby breeders underestimate the care of the demanding animals.
199. Las Vegas in the Czech province
Aired 30 December 2025 • 30 min
The Czech village of Rozvadov – in the middle of no man's land on the German-Czech border has only 800 inhabitants, but a large casino – and millions in the game. Where once a border fence separated two worlds, Europe is now coming together. Europe's largest poker resort makes the community rich. How is life between the village idyll and the poker palace?