The Goethe-Institut’s #180sec short video series, which explores different cities around the world, visits the streets of Cologne. Here, local inline skater Matwej explains why it's no longer possible to skate on the square in front of the world-famous Kölner Dom (Cologne Cathedral), and where the skaters go now.

How do Martin and Michael fare on the ski jump? And what other events are taking place in the playmobile town of Hausach? Watch this video to find out.

The town of Hausach gets its own ski jump, and both professional and local playmobile ski enthusiasts are eager to try it out.

Here are some tips on how to gracefully go around curves and also how to brake when skiing.

One of the most significant problems of old age is the risk of falling. However, there are exercises that can be done to strengthen the muscles that may help prevent it.

Brush up on your sports vocabulary with this report on Germany's ice hockey league!

With help from a volunteer from the audience, Sandra begins to demonstrate how exercises can be particularly tailored to different age groups.

Sandra Reichmann explains her background and her particular passion for exercise.

It just had to rain cats and dog on this of all days, as football team FC Bayern celebrated their Triple Crown win. 16,000 fans didn't let the weather get them down, though! (video copyright dpa)

Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher talked a few years ago about his post-career future with confidence, which is difficult to see now with knowledge of his terrible skiing accident in 2013. This is from an interview with the world champion at a sponsors' meeting in Berlin.
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Private, personal, real: three years after winning the NBA title, a documentary about Dirk Nowitzki comes to the cinema. There has never been such deep insight into the life of the "German Wunderkind." (video copyright dpa)

A rope course in the Franconian forest has recently become wheelchair accessible. With the right trainers and equipment, they offer a specialized program that is both challenging and rewarding. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

Things are crazy in the Bundesliga! After four weeks of play, Paderborn, Mainz and Hoffenheim are occupying, quite surprisingly, places one, two and three in the standings. By constrast, the perennially dominant teams from Munich, Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen remain winless. A video from the German Press Agency. Viel Spaß!

There's tension in the race for Euro Cup places, as well as, a dramatic struggle to avoid relegation. Apart from Bayern-München, who is in a league of its own, the rest of the season promises to be interesting. For example, at the moment Nuremberg is on the rise, while the Bundesliga's dinosaur Hamburg is fighting for its life.

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Fitness trainer Erik shows us some practical exercises for working out.
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