The next time you are waiting for your baggage at Frankfurt Airport and feel something sniffing the back of your leg, remember to be polite: it may be an official from the German Customs — in the form of a highly trained dog! A dog trainer from the German Customs explains what qualities they look for in their future canine employees. (video copyright dpa)

From the German constitution to Fasching... If you want to become a naturalized citizen, you have to prove a lot - including a sound knowledge of German culture. You can find the current requirements in this video.

Saint Christopher – the patron saint of travelers – is on a mission advocating more respect on our busy streets. In this episode he has an gentle admonition for cyclists.

Springtime — ice cream time! This ice cream parlor, run by two women in their mid-fifties, boasts 73 different flavors. There you're really spoiled for choice! Enjoy!
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Fifty ice-hockey fans, big and small, were given the opportunity to train with the Frankfurt Lions and their new sports director Erich Kühnhackl.

Brush up on your sports vocabulary with this report on Germany's ice hockey league!

The candy shop ‘Dulce’ in Sachsenhausen has put a new star in Frankfurt’s ice cream heaven. Bourbon Whiskey Vanilla, the perfect ice cream for the cold days of autumn.

It's off to the frosty winter vineyards of Rheingau: ice wine is risky venture, but if successful, a single bottle can yield up to 400 euros! Watch the ice wine harvest in action and see how it's done. Prost! Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

In this edition of rheinmaintv, electric cars are carefully examined. Since they don’t use carbon-based fuels, they are much better for the environment, and although they are still a dream of the future, they may replace fuel-driven cars one day.

Elif, a German-Turkish artist residing in Berlin, sees her music as a personal journal. Through her songs, she invites her audience into her world and shares her most intimate thoughts and feelings.

Elif's tragic song is about loving someone who only cares about money, fame, and drugs.

Emilio is an actor in the "Bibi & Tina" films and also a musician and singer. His song “Ausmacht” is about asking his partner’s permission to fall in love.

Emilio dedicates this heartfelt, celebratory song to his mother, who emigrated from Morocco to Germany all alone when she was young. She sought freedom, and the chance to give her future children a better life.

"Raus" is the end credits song for the documentary "SCHWEINSTEIGER Memories — From Beginning to Legend," which was produced by Til Schweiger. The song is about Bastian Schweinsteiger, an ambitious soccer player whose priorities are shifting.

Actor-singer Emilio raps about how difficult it is to find meaningful connections when he’s on the road.