You check in, board, find your seat, and off you go! Everyone's familiar with the routine. But why do the crew always greet you as you board the plane? And what's the purpose of that tiny hole in the windows?

In the second part of the video, Galileo reveals five secrets about airplanes and answers a few questions you may have asked yourself whenever you have taken a flight.

From Munich to Berlin in just four hours — that's what Deutsche Bahn's new high-speed connection is promising. But is it really faster than going by airplane? The race is on!

By the time Olcay's flight from Munich to Berlin takes off, Claire’s train has already been traveling for three hours. This is going to be a close race!

The race between airplane and train is coming to an end! Who will reach Alexanderplatz’s World Time Clock first—Claire or Olcay? It’s going to be close!

Working in customer service is hardly easy; you have to be friendly and do your best to help every customer. In this video, Galileo reporter Claire tries her hand at working as an agent in a call center.

Claire is really struggling to get to grips with her new job, and the customers aren't exactly making it easy for her...

Claire finishes her days of work at the call center. When it's finally over, she reflects on her experience. The job as a call center agent is very stressful. No matter what happens, you have to remain friendly and calm!

"Gamification" may be an English word, but it is a topic that fascinates researchers all over the world. How can certain activities become more fun or motivational through gaming principles?

Fitness applications are some of the most successful examples of gamification at the moment. However, many scientists and corporations see a lot of potential for motivating people in the workplace as well.

Imagine discovering an old animal footprint in a rock, and then finding out it is 316 million years old! An amateur geologist in North-Rhine Wesphalia was out walking with his kids and discovered exactly that: the footprint of a pre-dinosaur, which when it lived was about the size of a pig. This sensational discovery will be exhibited soon in Bochum’s German Mining Museum. (Video copyright dpa)

Yabla's own Cettina interviews Sarah, a student at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

Yabla reporter Donna Blitz tracks "George Clooney" at the Berlin Film Festival shortly before transforming herself into a milk-drinking Lady Gaga!

What in the world is Yabla? Jenny explains it all to you in just under two and a half minutes! Don’t worry if you don’t understand German well yet – everything is subtitled and captioned, with plenty of features to help you soak up any new vocabulary and phrases sehr schnell! What are you waiting for? Fire up the video!

Welcome to Yabla! This video offers an overview of Yabla's features, including how to use the player and where you can find the games.