The 2011 swimming season is now open! The people of Fehmarn, an island in the Baltic Sea, enjoy their first dip in the sea at pretty brisk air and water temperatures. Carina Kühl, from the Rural Youth Group Fehmarn, reports. Video provided by

We meet Tom, the owner of the first longboard shop Lassrollen [Let it Roll] in Germany, who tells us all about longboards, their history, his experience with and connection to longboards.

German chancellor Angela Merkel continues her talk at the German Council for Sustainable Development about sustainable ways of living and pleads for the importance of species diversity for us and our life on Earth.

Bad luck for Diane! She is captured by Markus, the soul snatcher, at the medieval market in Durlach near Karlsruhe. Take a look at the rough customs of the Middle Ages and how she ransoms herself. This Yabla exclusive video contains many expressions using the obsolete "Royal We" or Pluralis Majestatis.

In this round of the competition for the Summer Cheergirl 2010 the girls have to be very courageous. Photographer Joachim Storch takes their pictures, while a redknee tarantula gets comfortable on their cleavages.

What is a gyrocopter? How is it different from a helicopter? You are going to find out all of this and more in this clip. Have fun!

Cettina explains a few of the benefits of learning a language with Yabla.

Rüdiger Hoffmann is a German comedian who somehow isn’t too crazy about the idea of going on vacation with other couples. Enjoy this hilarious performance.

The discovery of a new element! Copernicium has been added to the periodic table and is officially recognized. The researchers of the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research introduce it proudly and tell us a little bit more about it.

Watch this trailer for “Kinn City” [Chin City], the slightly different version of the popular movie “Sin City”.

Making their film debut, Mario Barth and Dieter Tappert, the main characters in the comedy Männersache [Men’s Business], comment on their shared achievement.

The CERN [European Organization for Nuclear Research] is the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Scientists from all over the world work together here and try to find answers to the questions about the secrets of our universe.

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.

Today the educational rappers Rapucation visit Reinhardswald Elementary School in Berlin. The students are excited about this kind of learning.

The jewelry designer Jonathan Johnson shows how to cast a model for a jewelry piece at his atelier.