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At the far western tip of France, a champion kitesurfer has a mad idea: Brave the perilous currents and winds of the Iroise Sea to reach a legendary lighthouse.

Kitesurfing in Britanny

At the far western tip of France, a champion kitesurfer braves the perilous Iroise Sea to reach a legendary lighthouse.

To The Lighthouse

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The COVID-19 pandemic, social media, and current affairs are just some of the reasons why young people’s mental health in Europe is on shaky ground. This ARTE Europe Weekly, we’re digging into the hows and whys behind the crisis.

Young People in Europe: Why is there a mental health crisis?

Why are young people in Europe today struggling with mental health?

ARTE Europe Weekly

Colt have established themselves as one of the most promising up-and-coming Francophone bands. In 2025, this success propelled the duo on a tour of Belgium, France, Luxembourg... and all the way to the ESNS festival!

Belgian electro-pop duo Colt at Eurosonic Noorderslag 2025

Belgian electro-pop duo Colt shine on the ESNS festival stage.

Colt

More voters chose Trump in 2024 than ever before as the republican candidate won all seven of key swing states. Who are these new Trump voters and why did they vote for him? ARTE Reportage goes to Florida, Michigan and Arizona to find out.

USA: Trump's New Voters

More voters chose Trump in 2024 than ever before. Who are these new republican voters?

ARTE Reportage

According to UNICEF, a child is killed or injured every ten minutes in Gaza. Nearly 15,000 of them have died since the war began in October 2023. And tens of thousands have been injured, often seriously, leaving them without an arm or a leg for life. Many have been orphaned and are forced to work or beg.

Gaza: Children Under Attack

Nearly 18,000 children have been killed in Gaza. Others have been orphaned, are missing limbs or are forced to work: this is the plight of children at war.

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Dancers from the Compagnie Hervé Koubi take over the Château d'Ormesson for Sur Mesure. This performance, a blend of dance and acrobatics, is brought to life by Quatuor Voce and Jasser Haj Youssef.

An encounter between dance and classical music

An encounter between dance and classical music led by the Compagnie Hervé Koubi.

Compagnie Hervé Koubi

The latest adaptation of The Little Mermaid, with Halle Bailey in the title role, definitively buried the cliché of the blonde, blue-eyed siren. Now there are mermaids of every race, gender and body type. The Afro-American mermaids are having their fourth gathering in Miami, organised by Melanee Schneider.

Mermaids in Florida are from all backgrounds, gender, and body type.

Florida Mermaids: A Passion for the Waves

Every day, Janne Aikio travels long distances to look after the elderly, most of whom are Sami. A population whose daily life is punctuated by ancestral activities. To ensure that, even in old age, the Sámi can remain in their familiar surroundings, the Finnish government is doing its utmost to ensure that they remain at home for as long as possible.

Every day, Janne Aikio travels long distances to look after the elderly, most of whom are Sami. A population whose daily life is punctuated by ancestral activities.

Social Care in Lapland

How important are role models? What does first love feel like? How do friendships build resilience? KIDS focuses on the world of children and discovers their amazing abilities, as well as their problems and fears that are part of growing up.

Understanding Our Children

How important are role models? What does first love feel like? How do friendships build resilience? KIDS focuses on the world of children.

KIDS

Nothing show the authentic spirit of a city than its public transport system. Metrocosmos goes down deep in to the tunnels of underground systems of European cities to discover their soul: Berlin, Prague, Paris, Vienna, and Naples

Discovering the beating hearts of European cities through their mass transit systems.

Metrocosmos

In 1844, Hans Christian Andersen imagined the story of an evil troll who wanted to drive the goodness out of the hearts of humans. To achieve this, he hangs a huge magic mirror in front of the moon. When it breaks, the people touched by its shards become insensitive to human kindness and see the worst in people.

Baseed on Hans Christian Andersen's tale

A multidisciplinary work including ice hockey, figure skating, dance and acrobatics telling Hans Christian Anderson's classic tale. 

The Snow Queen

Gessler’s hat became a metaphor for enforced submissive behaviour. When William Tell refuses to salute the tyrannical Governor’s hat, his punishment is to put his son’s life in danger. Rossini’s opera, based on Friedrich Schiller’s play, is performed in Lausanne for the first time. With Jean-Sébastien Bou in the title role and Luigi De Donato in that of the Governor.

Rossini's epic last opera from the Opéra de Lausanne with 
Jean-Sébastien Bou in the title role as the Swiss folk hero.

Gioachino Rossini: William Tell

Every year for 45 days, Uruguay lives to the rhythm of Carnival. In Montevideo, the capital, carnival traditions are taken very seriously: Candombe, the special carnival music and dance developed by Afro-Uruguayans, is a highly prized art form and is inscribed on UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Every year for 45 days, Uruguay lives to the rhythm of Carnival and the country's traditional art form: Candombe.

Montevideo: Dancing to the Rhythm of Carnival

The Democratic Alliance has won elections in a German free state with a huge majority. But is its charismatic leader, Dominik Arndt, a threat to democracy? 
Maximilian Steinbeis's play depicts the meteoric rise of a populist minister-president whose dark persuasive power and cunning upsets the established order.
 Performed in the Federal Press Conference in Berlin and produced by award-winning theatre company, Nico and the Navigators.

A play by Nico and the Navigators

The Democratic Alliance has won elections in a German free state with a huge majority. But is its charismatic leader, Dominik Arndt, a threat to democracy?

A Citizen of the People

More and more city dwellers are getting a taste for foraging for food in the concrete jungle. They harvest herbs by the roadside and pick wild vegetables from cracks in the asphalt. From Brighton to Berlin, we meet the urban foragers who are making tasty and nutritious meals out of what they find in the streets and parks of major cities.

Berlin to Brighton: The secrets of urban foraging 

We meet the urban foragers who are making tasty and nutritious meals out of what they find in the streets.

Re: Urban Foraging

Could there be a more beautiful association? One of the rarest jewels of British pop from the last thirty years in the historic venue responsible for preserving France's literary heritage. Beth Gibbons performs at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in the heart of Paris: Two indispensable figures working in the shadows in a quest for eternity.

Passengers: Bibliothèque Nationale de France

This rare jewel of British pop in the historic venue responsible for preserving France's literary heritage.

Beth Gibbons

During the Cold War, when Germany was split between West and East, people still fell in love across the physical and ideological border. Some risked everything to cross over to join their partners.

Despite the Berlin Wall, people from East and West fell in love and wanted to live together. But how?

Love in the Cold War

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On Sunday 8 December 2024, Syrians woke up to the news that Bashar Al Assad had fled the country. What had seemed unthinkable for more than 13 years of brutal war had finally happened: the end of the dictatorship. Citizens of Damascus can finally get a taste of freedom.

On Sunday 8 December 2024, Syrians woke up to the news that Bashar Al Assad had fled the country.

Syria: A Taste of Freedom

The Hamas attack on 7 October 2023 shocked the world and was the largest massacre of Jews since the Nazi holocaust. But what is the organisation that carried out these acts of terrorism? What are the aims of Hamas? Who finances the group? And how do they keep recruiting?

In depth look at the terrorist organisation in control of Gaza.

The Hamas System

In late November 2024, an opposition coalition seized Aleppo and toppled the Bashar Al-Assad regime. Our reporters accompany three people in Aleppo who are all adjusting to the new post-Assad reality: Ahmad returns to his home city after years of exile. Razan hopes she will find her brother, arrested by the regime in 2012. Joseph, a Christian trader, wants to rebuild links between the different communities.

In late November 2024, an opposition coalition seized Aleppo and toppled the Assad regime. What is life like in the newly liberated city?

Syria: Aleppo After Assad

As wildfires in California become more widespread and fierce every year, the state fire department is adapting its strategy: deliberately setting fire to sections of bush as they fight fire with fire.

California Wildfires: How can they be prevented?

Climate change is making the weather increasingly unpredictable and volatile. Extreme weather events are on the increase: In a matter of minutes, hailstorms can destroy an entire year's harvests and flash floods can take lives and destroy homes. What are the causes of these extreme phenomena? And how bad could they become in future?

Thunderstorms, Hail and Heavy Rain

Hail, thunderstorms, flash floods: Why are these extreme weather events happening?

Extreme Weather Events

The village of Sapanta in Romania is famous worldwide for its very special graveyard: The "Merry Cemetery " with its colourful crosses and sometimes humorous epitaphs receives many visitors who marvel at this unique site and boost the local economy.

The village of Sapanta is famous worldwide for its unique graveyard with colourful crosses and sometimes humorous epitaphs.

Re: Romania's Merry Cemetery

Across Europe, the far right is embedding itself into the political landscape and daily life. But behind an increasingly smooth and respectable façade lies an ideology that remains fundamentally racist and violent. An in-depth focus into an ecosystem of extreme ideology in France, Germany, and Belgium.

Inside Europe's Far-Right Movement

Across Europe, the far right is embedding itself into politics and daily life, but remains fundamentally violent and racist. 

White Power

Together with Panama and Suriname, Bhutan is one of only three countries in the world with a negative carbon footprint. Its strictly protected forests, which cover 70% of the country, absorb three times as much carbon as it emits. But now the glacial lakes in the mountainous nation are threatening to overflow as a result of climate change.

Bhutan: Green Paradise in Danger

Together with Panama and Suriname, Bhutan is one of only three countries in the world with a negative carbon footprint.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is struggling to contain Mpox with a new and deadly variant causing havoc.

DRC: The Mpox Epidemic

South Korea has managed to build a modern economy with a highly educated workforce, leading the world in many sectors. How did it achieve this feat after the devastating war with the North in the 1950s?

South Korea's Economic Miracle

South Korea has managed to build a modern economy with a highly educated workforce, leading the world in many sectors. 

Mapping the World

When she was young, Norma dreamed of a career as a dancer, but she had to give it up. Now that she's 67, she'll finally be able to fulfil her dream as part of an Edinburgh troupe exclusively for senior citizens; rehearsing a work for the Edinburgh Festival.

An Edinburgh based dance troupe’s intake is exclusively senior citizens.

Re: Never Too Old to Dance

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Iceland’s healthcare system is amongst the best in Europe where doctors and other healthcare professionals work together on an equal footing. Elisa Johannsdottir wants to introduce ways of working from her native Iceland into the German healthcare system.

Elisa Johannsdottir wants to introduce working practices from her native Iceland into the German healthcare system.

Re: Iceland's Health Care Model

 It's hard to beat Cappadocia as a photo backdrop. This region of Turkey is known for its rock formations and ancient dwellings built into the rock, which attract four million tourists every year, many in search of selfies to post on Instagram. The tourism boom has brought prosperity to the region, but the unique heritage of the area is a fragile gift.

Instagram tourism is threatening the heritage of this stunning region of Eastern Turkey..

Re: Turkey - Heritage and Selfies in Cappadocia

Over the last ten years, the number of young farmers has risen by 13% in Italy, more than anywhere else in Europe. Many of these new farmers do not come from farming backgrounds and with enthusiasm and energy, they are making an impact on agriculture in their country.

Over the last ten years, the number of young farmers has risen by 13% in Italy, more than anywhere else in Europe.

Re: Italy's New Farmers

Mallorca is a dream destination for many holidaymakers in Europe, but tourist flat rentals and rising property prices are forcing more and more locals out of their neighbourhoods. Car park attendant Begona now lives in a caravan, while medical student Christofer lives in a basement.

Mallorca is a dream destination for many holidaymakers in Europe, but rising rents are making life hell for locals.

Re: The Housing Crisis in Mallorca

"Korida" is the name given to the traditional bullfight in Bosnia-Herzegovina. But there is no Spanish matador here, but two bulls fighting for dominance. Mirjana Franković is one of the few women to have made a name for herself as a bull trainer here. But the road to the top is anything but easy ...

Mirjana Franković is one of the few women to have made a name for herself as a trainer in Bosnian bullfighting. 

Re: Bosnian Bullfighting

In 2019, when a pianist was filmed on a jetty in the beautiful lakeside village of Iseltwald for a South Korean Netflix series, locals had no idea what awaited them. Now the hugely successful series has led to fans visiting the location in the Swiss Alps from around the world. Locals are not entirely happy that their peace and quiet has been disturbed by a mass influx of tourists.

Since a romantic piano scene on Netflix became world-famous, a picturesque village has been overrun by visitors.

Re: Netflix Overtourism in Switzerland

Every summer, some very special visitors come to Romania: Transylvanian Saxons, part of the German-speaking minority whose roots in this region date back to the Middle Ages. Most of them left the country during the Communist dictatorship but for several years now, they have been returning regularly to their former homeland, some even settling their permanently.

Every summer, some very special visitors come to Romania: Transylvanian Saxons, a German-speaking minority whose roots in this region date back to the Middle Ages.

Re: German-Romanians Return to Transylvania

Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers have become amputees due to the war with Russia. The Berlin-based humanitarian organisation Life Bridge Ukraine specialises in prostheses and is training up staff to work in a future orthopaedic centre in Kyiv.

 Berlin-based Life Bridge Ukraine specialises in prostheses and is training up staff to work in a future orthopaedic centre in Kyiv.

Re: Protheses for Ukraine

Ireland has a severe shortage of homes with hundreds of thousands needing to be built. With rents in Dublin spiralling, many families are homeless. Jordyn, Jonathan and their daughter Delilah have no fixed address and have to look for somewhere to spend the night every day.

Since the financial crisis, Ireland has had a severe housing crisis with many families left homeless.

Re: Ireland's Housing Crisis

Their fathers were American airmen shot down during the Second World War and taken prisoner by the Nazis. Many spoke very little about their traumatic experiences of captivity. Nearly 80 years later, five of their children travel to Germany and Poland to see for themselves the places that are inextricably linked to their family history.

Nearly 80 years later, five of children of American airmen taken captive by the Nazis visit Germany and Poland.

Re: On the Trail of Prisoner-of-War Fathers

Volodymyr Yugalenko and six of his fellow Ukrainians are bargemen on an Austrian ship that carries thousands of tonnes of goods down the Danube. With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Black Sea has become an uncertain transit route, so the Danube has emerged as an alternative..

Volodymyr Yugalenko and six of his fellow Ukrainians are bargemen on an Austrian ship that carries thousands of tonnes of goods down the Danube

Re: Ukrainian Mariners on the Danube

 From Brighton to Berlin, we meet the urban foragers who are making tasty and nutritious meals out of what they find in the streets.

In eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus, the Bialowieza Forest is at the heart of an intense migratory and geopolitical crisis. Despite the change of government last year, the whole area and its inhabitants are in turmoil as the Polish authorities try to militarise the border and stop migrant crossings.

In eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus, the Bialowieza Forest is at the heart of an intense migratory and geopolitical crisis. 

Re: Migration Crisis on the Polish Border

With a shortage of doctors in rural Ireland, the country is recruiting practitioners from outside of the European Union. Sara Malik Is from Sudan and Yasin Rhemtula is from South Africa. These two GPs will have to adapt to the rainy climate of the Emerald Isle as well as undergo additional training to be able to practice

With a shortage of doctors in rural areas, Ireland is recruiting practitioners from outside of the European Union. 

Re: African Doctors in Ireland

In the Transylvanian village of Cristian, Miruna Gritu has been running a clinic for storks as a volunteer for 17 years. A veritable refuge for these migratory birds, the surrounding area offers unspoilt nature for these migratory birds, but there are also dangers.

In the Transylvanian village of Cristian, Miruna Gritu has been running a clinic for storks as a volunteer for 17 years

Re: A Stork Clinic in Transylvania

The eastern mediterranean island is a top tourist destination but also, due to its proximity to the Middle East, welcomes refugees from Israel and Palestine and acts as a base for humanitarian operations.

Cyprus welcomes refugees from the war in Gaza and acts as a base for humanitarian missions.

Re: Cyprus and the War in Gaza

Spain's LGBT+ senior citizens fought discrimination under Franco, when homosexuality was illegal, and fought to stay alive during the AIDS epidemic. But today they are tackling a new battle: living a happy old age in good health and good company.

Spain’s LGBT+ senior citizens are fighting to live a happy and secure retirement.

Re: LGBT+ Seniors in Spain

Living out your old age in a nursing home? In Pescueza, it is unthinkable. Here, the 150 residents are unanimous: the elderly should grow old in the village where they were born, grew up and feel at home. In this small settlement in the province of Caceres, halfway between Madrid and Lisbon, a cooperative is working to ensure that every senior citizen can access the help they need.

In the Spanish village of Pescueza, a cooperative is working to ensure that senior citizens can access the help they need.

Re: A Spanish Village Looks After Senior Residents

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What do we need to live a happy life? Follow Ronja von Rönne, author and self-proclaimed sceptic, as she explores this age-old question by meeting people with fascinating or surprising answers. A unique insight into the different mindsets and strategies that people employ to find happiness.

Find happiness in 2025

What do we need to live a happy life? A unique insight into the quest for happiness with author Ronja von Rönne.

Unhappy

Disintegration - ZONE EVENT

In 1972, in Germersheim, West Germany, the second edition of the British Rock Meeting saw some of the most prestigious bands of the day take to the stage, including Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Rory Gallagher and Status Quo at an enormous gathering of the hippie generation.

The German Woodstock - Focus on the counter culture event in Germany

The 1972 British Rock Meeting was an important cultural event for the hippie generation in Germany.

The German Woodstock - Germersheim '72

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, citizens of East Germany had to get used to a new way of consuming, working, and living. New-found freedoms were a breath of fresh air for many but in the chaos leading up to reunification with West Germany, the experience was also disconcerting.

Freedom and Anarchy

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germans had to get used to a new way of consuming, working, and living. 

The Last Summer of the GDR

In recent years, works by photographers who lived in the GDR before the fall of the Berlin Wall have been rediscovered and reappraised.  An exclusive look at a world that no longer exists.

Propaganda and Daily Life

An exclusive look at photography from the GDR, a world that no longer exists.

GDR Photo Shoot

Enclaves, loaned territories, disputed areas and microstates: This is the series that looks at places with absurd borders.

More absurd geopolitics: A new season of Crazy Borders

The series that looks at 10 places with complicated and absurd borders.

Crazy Borders

Rowing, and the eight in particular, has a long tradition that is not just about sport: political influence, relationships and women's fight for equal rights have also played a major role. This documentary follows the German men's eight as it prepares for Paris 2024 as well as the historic Boat Race between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

With all eyes on the Olympic Games in Paris, the documentary sheds light on the myth of the eight-man rowing team.

Eight on Board: A History of Rowing

In April 1974, left-wing factions in the Portuguese military staged a coup against the authoritarian regime which had been in power for half a century. The uprising was largely peaceful and went down in history as the Carnation Revolution. But the path to a democratic Portugal was not easy and not without obstacles.

Carnations against Dictatorship

On the night of 24 April 1974, a peaceful uprising put an end to the Salazar dictatorship, paving the way for a democratic Portugal.