The 2011 swimming season is now open! The people of Fehmarn, an island in the Baltic Sea, enjoy their first dip in the sea at pretty brisk air and water temperatures. Carina Kühl, from the Rural Youth Group Fehmarn, reports. Video provided by

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.

The German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia has the biggest COVID-19 outbreak in Germany, and is therefore introducing stricter measures to ensure social distancing. Among other penalties, restaurants that stay open will have to pay up to 4000 euros in fines, while individuals who meet in groups will have to pay 200 euros.

School is back in session in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populated state. To protect against coronavirus infections, masks are mandatory in school buildings and classrooms. How are the students and teachers dealing with the new requirements? Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

In this German PSA, Javelin throw world champions Johannes Vetter and Christina Obergföll recall the Corona winter of 2020. They longed to be training outdoors while the government was ordering everyone to stay home. After some lazy months of lockdown, they eventually found a way to keep fit.

The Beatles spend the last few hours of their German tour in Hamburg – the city that discovered them! Can you find and identify the then popular Hamburg politician and future Chancellor of Germany?

Join Diane yet again on the medieval Christmas Market! Find out about the interesting history of the crossbow, its early controversial use in battle, and witness a demonstration of how to use it properly.

The Alps are a vast mountain range spanning central Europe, from Slovenia to France. In the first part of this series, we meet photographer Matevž Lenarčič, who captures this region from the air.

We continue our journey with pilot and photographer Matevž Lenarčič and see impressive landscapes such as Lake Bled in Slovenia and the Nock Mountains in Carinthia, Austria.

Nicole and her family run a traditional farm and create unique ice cream flavors using their own milk. We also get to discover the protected area surrounding Nockberge National Park.

Diane and Jasmin explain the six German interrogative (question) words: who, what, when, why, how and where to.

Yabla's own Diane reviews which prepositions are used when, and what case they require of the noun that follows.

Diane shows us the beautiful Christmas offers at the Karlsruhe Christmas Market.

Diane continues her stroll over the Karlsruhe Christmas Market which even boasts a skating rink for young and old to enjoy.

Roland Emmerich's latest movie "Anonymus" asks the question: Were Shakespeare's plays really written by Shakespeare himself? This video looks for the answer on the red carpet.
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