The bicycle turned 200 years old on June 12, 2017. Of course, it hasn't always looked like it does today. This video shows the development over the last two centuries and introduces the inventors who were behind it.

Take a peek at this simple but stunning video from German-Hungarian pop singer Anna Depenbusch. Released in 2012, it's from her fourth album and is entitled "Sommer aus Papier" [Paper Summer]. Viel Spaß!

School is back in session in many places, but the coronavirus remains a threat. This short instructional film from Switzerland explains to children how they can protect themselves and each other, and reminds them about the rules for washing their hands and saying hello.

In this episode of our journey through time, we meet the Neanderthals, who roamed the European continent for around 65,000 years before disappearing almost without a trace. They lived as clans of hunter-gatherers, and knew how to make tools and fire.

This satirical commercial for the made-up company TOYtschland takes a critical look at Germany's arms exports to nations embroiled in conflicts outside of the EU.

Franzi the Duck and Felix the Frog move from their home in the Berlin Zoo all the way to the UK in this series, which is designed for beginners.

Felix and Franzi are looking at photos from Germany, and of their friends in Berlin, when Felix gets terribly homesick. But then he gets a postcard in the mail...

It’s Sunday, and Felix and Franzi’s friends from Germany are finally arriving. All kinds of animals from the Berlin Zoo are here—it’s a great reason to celebrate, isn’t it?

What are the colors of the rainbow? And what’s your favorite color? Watch Felix and Franzi paint a picture together, and learn all of the German words for colors!

Felix and Franzi are making fruit salad. They both have their own preferences for which fruits to use, but in the end, both are happy. What kinds of fruit do you like to have in fruit salad?

Friday is laundry day at Felix and Franzi's. It's a great opportunity to learn the German words for different items of clothing!

What do Germans eat for breakfast? Join Felix and Franzi and their friends for breakfast, and find out!

Felix and Franzi spend the day outdoors! Felix is exercising, and Franzi is painting in the open air.

Felix is at the Berlin Zoo, while Franzi is in England. The weather is different in both places, and neither is sure what to wear. Fortunately they can chat on the telephone!

A package arrives for Franzi. What might be inside?

Today is Franzi’s birthday! Friends and family are coming to the party, and of course they’re bringing presents. How old is Franzi? And how old are her friends?

Felix and Franzi experience good and bad weather together—sometimes it rains, sometimes the sun shines, sometimes the snow falls, and sometimes it’s hot!

A new telephone arrives in the mail for Felix and Franzi — now they can call their friends at the Berlin Zoo!

This is the introduction and end titles to the popular 1980 animated TV series "Lucky Luke" with German country songs by Freddy Quinn.

The song "Eisbär" from the Swiss band Grauzone is a Neue Deutsche Welle ("German new wave") classic. An abridged version here is accompanied by brilliant animation.

The orphan Heidi is five years old when Aunt Dete takes her to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps, where she befriends the local goatherd Peter. Based on the 1881 children’s book by Swiss-born author Johanna Spyri.

Heidi and Josef comes across what appears to be a little dog caught in a trap, and try to help it. But the townspeople are certain that there are hungry wolves roaming the area…

When Peter catches Karl and his pals bullying Heidi in the meadow, he challenges him to a climbing competition on Eagle Rock. How will it end?

Peter invites Heidi into his tree house, where the two of them swear to eternal friendship.