Alpine Lakes, a nature documentary, leads us into the fascinating world of deep mountain lakes. When winter comes and the lakes freeze over, the fish under the thick ice cover have different ways of passing the time.

Just before the Bundestag vote over longer running times of nuclear power plants, Greenpeace activists have occupied the roof of the CDU headquarters in Berlin. They hung up a ten-meter-long banner. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

The UNESCO World Heritage site Messel Pit is one of the excavation sites that yields the largest number of fossils worldwide. Professors as well as students split the slate in order to find well preserved fossils.

In Switzerland, a new superhero has entered the fray to fight pollution and protect the environment. It's Battery Man to the rescue!

Winter has finally hit Berlin, causing traffic chaos and a lot of complaining from the locals, but actually some people seem to prefer the snow! (video copyright dpa)

In this video, Paula gives a presentation about the federal state of Brandenburg, which entirely surrounds Berlin. Enjoy!

Today we're going to show you how to prepare Brandenburg stewed cucumbers! The "Schmorgurke" is a coarser and knobbier cucumber that is found in Germany, but you can use any cucumber you have at your disposal. Traditionally, this dish is made with bacon and milk, but you can also use almond milk and vegan margarine and leave out the bacon. Guten appetit!

The federally supported research project „Tomatenfisch" breathes life into the concept of sustainability. Integrating fish and vegetable gardening in the city center makes economic, ecological, and social sense. For years a subject of research, it's now on the verge of market viability. Sehr interessant!

Land is used in different ways in Germany: for housing, commerce and industry, agriculture, transport, or nature reserves. Different parties have conflicting interests when it comes to deciding what to build where. This is where spatial planning comes into play…

WARNING: this video contains graphic footage of animals being treated brutally, the reason in fact that singer Cassandra Steen has volunteered to make this statement for the PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) anti-fur campaign.

Eylin talks about the beauty of fall and the fun children can have with the leaves. The only thing she dislikes about the season is the number of leaf blowers around.

Here's one for lovers of trees and forests. Eylin introduces the most common types of tree found in Germany and also tells us about the interesting history of the country's forests.

Eylin tells us more about the trees that can be found in Germany. She also gives us a few simple pointers on how to recognize them, and tells us why she thinks people like trees so much.

In 2008, the project “Two paths, one destination” was inaugurated at Wallnau, a water bird sanctuary on the island of Fehmarn.
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The 18-kilometer Fehmarn Belt Tunnel connecting Denmark and Germany will be the longest immersed tunnel in the world. This video explains how 360,000 tons of steel and 3 million cubic meters of concrete are being used to create the tunnel, which will run between Rødbyhavn on the island of Lolland and Puttgarden on the eastern coast of Schleswig-Holstein.