Is a hotel too boring, but camping outdoors too rough? Try the Hüttenpalast in Berlin-Neukölln, which offers the best of both worlds! (video copyright dpa)

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

Yabla's own Tina interviews the artist Benno Treiber and his wife about their fascinating work and their lives in Germany and Spain. Enjoy!

We encounter signs every day, but can we describe what they mean using modal verbs? In this lesson, Barbara leads the class through a variety of common signs. Viel Spaß beim Deutschlernen!

The last minutes of the TV station DFF in East Germany were not, as one might expect, with political speeches of has-been politicians, but a full costume spectacle and Schlager-filled extravaganza worthy of a 1960s Las Vegas TV special. Enjoy!

Winter has finally hit Berlin, causing traffic chaos and a lot of complaining from the locals, but actually some people seem to prefer the snow! (video copyright dpa)

Movie horses have to be able to do a lot of things: follow the cues of their trainers off-set, keep a cool head amidst all the commotion on-set, even the simplest task, like standing still in a meadow, takes skill! A video from dpa [the German Press Agency].

Yet another classic Hans Christian Andersen tale with an ambivalent moral. If you love, you will always lose? Jealousy destroys even the things you love? Don't trust a goblin twice or you're a sucker? You decide!

Representatives of Sirius Advanced Cybernetics LLC (SAC) are in Stuttgart for Vision 2014, the world's leading machine vision trade fair. We get a look at their booth, while they explain what image processing is and present three of their company's current products.

Despite several top 10 albums over the last four or five years, things have felt relatively calm around Austrian pop-singer Christina Stürmer. Since her last hit single "Millions of Lights", though, she's back full-bore with her new release I'm Listening to My Heart. Der Hammer auf voller Lautstärke!

While Frederick explains to his little brother Piggeldy what a wig is, they end up discovering an important truth. Viel Spaß beim Deutschlernen!

Let off some steam when all the little things get on your nerves. This is the advice of author Matthias Nöllke in his book But I Want to Get Angry! So vent it, keep calm and carry on!

Barbara gives the class a lesson not only about modal verbs, but how to obey a couple of the many signs in Germany, such as those here forbidding the eating of ice cream and warning you to be careful on the stairs. Viel Spaß beim Deutschlernen!

One of Hans Christian Andersen's saddest tales, "The Little Match Girl" tells of a homeless girl who is left starving on the icy streets one Christmas Eve. Was Andersen making an early attempt in the 19th century to raise social awareness? Watch this and decide for yourself...

The painter Benno Treiber tells us about his latest exhibition in Leopoldshafen and about how he chose his subjects and his life the last twenty years Spain.