How do people celebrate Christmas in Germany? Paula and Alina compare their family traditions.

This Epiphany⁠—or Three Kings Day, Alina recites a poem by Heinrich Heine, a great German author from the 19th century.

"Schneeflöcken, Weißröckchen" is actually a winter song, but it is also sung throughout Germany during Advent and Christmas. Learn the words here!

It's Eva's laundry day, and she's ready to give us all of the necessary vocabulary for doing laundry in Germany.

Learn about various means of public transportation in Berlin. Gute Fahrt und viel Spaß beim Deutschlernen!

Despite one couple whose idea of a romantic Valentine's Day is to visit the German Constitutional Court, Yabla star reporter Diane still manages to find some people with some more traditional ideas of love. What are you doing with your loved one this Valentine's Day?

Sarah shows us around Karlsruhe's "Christkindlesmarkt" Christmas Market, which has three areas. She stops at various stands to buy a gingerbread heart, a mulled wine, and some alcohol-free children's punch.

Sarah continues exploring the Christmas market in Karlsruhe. She visits the talking "fairy tale boxes," the ice skating rink, and a stand where they make crêpes with Nutella!

Yabla's own Jenny takes us on a tour of the Old Town of Heidelberg, an official UNESCO City of Literature.

Yabla's own Jenny tells us more about the history of Heidelberg's famous landmarks.

Aktion Kinderschutz ("Campaign: Protect the Children") in Karlsruhe is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing child abuse and making children's lives safer. Watch this video to discover just how effective such an organization can be!

In this episode of "Cettina on the Go," Cettina takes us out to eat and introduces vocabulary pertaining to restaurant jobs, drinks, food, and good table manners.

Cettina and Giada take us on a shopping tour of a local Christmas market and interview the various venders.

Cettina and her daughter make a remarkable discovery at the Christmas market: a stand selling chocolate in the shapes of various tools.

The region Baden-Württemberg is one of the warmest areas of Germany. Yabla's own Cettina asks people at the lake how they are spending their summer, offering insight into German Badekultur and vacation preferences.

Yabla's own Cettina takes us to the part of the Rhine River which runs between the regions of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. Due to the beautiful weather, many people are out to take the ferry across the river.

When it's cold enough, the lakes in southern Germany develop a thick layer of ice that is good all sorts of winter pastimes. Cettina talks about the history of ice-skating and interviews an ice hockey enthusiast.

Andy takes us out on the ice to try to determine how deep it is, and then explains the difference between different types of ice skates.

Cettina takes us on a train ride and explains all of the things you need to be aware of when traveling by train in Germany.

Diane gives us a tour of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. She goes by the dining hall, the most important lecture halls and the twenty-four-hour library.

Sarah shows us four essential items that individuals can use to help the environment.

Before we begin, here’s a bit of theory about ultimate frisbee. In this sport, great importance is placed on mutual respect and fairness.

Oli from the Karlsruhe Gummi Bears explains the fast paced game of Ultimate Frisbee. Our reporter gets in on the action of the sport that may one day even feature in the Super Bowl halftime show! (But no, you don’t need a helmet.)

“Zarathustra’s Roundelay” is a poem that appears twice in Nietzsche’s Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra). Here, singer Caroline Tudyka transforms the lines of the poem into lyrics, which she then imbues with profound sorrow.