Crazy Borders

Welcome to the Hotel Arbez, it’s a lovely place straddling the Franco-Swiss border.

The former military base Camp Zeist in the Netherlands was once lent to Scotland for the Lockerbie bombing trial

Did you know that the last war between France and Spain took place in the 1970s?

 Artists Satch Hoyt and Juan Covelli challenge colonial narratives and spark debate about the restitution of cultural artefacts.

How can architects build spaces where people coexist peacefully and feel good? This episode focuses on schools.

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

New prisons in Switzerland and Germany provided light, welcoming spaces which aide the rehabilitation process.

Citizens of North Korea trying to flee the country risk their lives as China hunts them down.

In 1959, at the height of the cold war, the Americans set up a military base in the far north of Greenland. 

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

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

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

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.

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

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

An encounter between piano and dance in a former foundry.

A look back at the Jeffrey Epstein's life and how the Epstein Files are exposing corruption at the highest level.