The three women from Hamburg who are the Die Heiterkeit are the closest thing to the Velvet Underground you are likely to hear out of Germany these days: very cool, restrained, minimal, a bit gothic, and… they rock! Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

The Charchulla twins tell us about their plans for their seventieth birthday: A party in Panama with the Beach Boys of Basti Ventos.
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Once again, the national championships of beach soccer took place on the German island of Fehmarn. The team “Primus Inter Pares” were the surprise winners. Video provided by

The harbor festival days of Heiligenhafen attract many people every year. They get to see, eat and listen to a lot.
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In the bay of Orth on Fehmarn newcomer Alexander Lehmann became new German speed surfing champion.
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Greenpeace activists call attention to a new construction project of a Finnish nuclear power plant in Olkiluoto and demand that this be stopped and that the governments invest in alternative energies instead.

A report from the Fehmarn Surf Festival, including an interview with 35-time world champion Björn Dunkerbeck. Video from the .

In this video, you can see the impressive peaks of the Austrian Alps, along with some of the animals that inhabit them in difficult conditions.

As the snow melts in many areas of the mountains, plants and animals alike emerge in the fresh spring air.

In this segment, we follow a badger and a fox family through the beautiful sunlit forests of the alps.

In the spring, birds have to work hard to feed their hungry offspring and keep them safe in beautiful, yet harsh environments.

Life in the alpine pastures of Tyrol has its own pace in tune with natural cycles. We visit an alpine farmer and his wife and learn about traditional dairy products and how they are made.

In this segment, we get to know the bearded vulture, a scavenging bird of prey that has resettled in the Hohe Tauern National Park. Now there are even stations in the park that address some of the misconceptions that almost led to this bird's extinction.

Our exploration of wildlife in the Tyrolean Alps continues as we visit cuddly marmots and one of their most fearsome predators: the golden eagle.

In a rare close-up, we see the mother eagle working hard to keep its offspring fed. Then we get a look at the Innergschlöß, an 800-year-old Alpine settlement.