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.

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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For a German language test, students have to conjugate verbs in the present tense, past tense and present perfect.

In this first part of this unit on conjunctions, you will find out which words belong to this group. Also, with the help of the conjunction “weil" '['because'], you will learn how to correctly use them. Listen in, learn and "viel Vergnügnung beim Deutschlernen!"

In this second part of the teaching unit on conjunctions, you will hear more examples using the conjunction “weil” ['because'] in the present and present perfect tenses. Take what you learn here and try to formulate some of your own sentences! "Viel Glück beim Lernen!"

In this last part of the series on conjunctions, language students in Tübingen have to create sentences using the conjunction “weil” ['because'] in the peresent perfect and with modal verbs. "Viel Spaß beim Deutschlernen!"