Gymnastics

Does the name Ifi Ude mean anything to you? If not, it's because you're not Polish... or Nigerian.

In a country with a conservative government, Kim Lee was an icon for the Polish queer community.

Featuring masks, faceless faces, and truncated bodies, Aneta Grzeszykowska creates unsettling imagery.

The Polish author Stanislaw Lem created science fiction masterpieces and envisioned the Internet ahead of his time.

Kraków has a hidden side, quite literally "underground": its cellars. 

To compete with the glamourous cities of the West, Warsaw commissioned inventive neon lighting across the city. 

It was during the Communist era that Polish fantasy emerged, reflecting a desire to escape to a better world.

In a country with a conservative government, Kim Lee was an icon for the Polish queer community.

Since the end of the Cold War, Romania has seen its population decline with millions emigrating to work in Western Europe. 

The tankas have been part of the cultural landscape in southern China for centuries. But today their distinctive way of life is under threat.

 Twist meets the singular people who dive into dange,r be they artists, scientists, climbers or photojournalists.

A Russian soldier contacts the sister of a missing Ukrainian soldier. He says he killed him. Data Sources investigates. .

Spanish JASSS (Silvia Jiménez Álvarez) and Venezuelan Hyperaktivist celebrate in Berlin the 16th birthday of the Ostgut Ton label.

Masha Borzunova meets a Russian deserter who tells how he went from being a war hero to an ostracised traitor of his country.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

Vanessa Wagner performs Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes with dancers from the Accrorap company.

They are reclaiming their bodies and freely expressing their sexuality: A focus on sex positive popstars in contemporary culture.

Bach’s St John Passion from Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie with the NDR vocal ensemble and Concerto Köln conducted by Klaas Stok.

Paris city hall is pursuing a green traffic policy: Less cars, more bicycles. But not everybody is pleased.

White sand, white citrus blossom, white houses – Spain’s Costa Blanca is aptly named.

An encounter between piano and dance in a former foundry.

Using the latest technology, researchers are discovering the bright colours of ancient Greek art and architecture.  

A complex feeling that is both problematic and useful, the latest research on boredom.

How can we age well? Ronja von Rönne trys to find out by talking to chimney sweep Norbert Skrobek, who is close to retirement and Monika Gutte who defies age with a zest for life