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The Italian island of Stromboli is home to just 300 people, mainly farmers and fishermen. They fish using sustainable, traditional methods that generates little profit, but empowers this small community to live outside of mainstream capitalism.

Stromboli - Land of Fire

The Italian island of Stromboli is home to fishermen who live using sustainable, traditional methods

GEO Reportage

For one of Europe’s smallest countries, Slovakia has a lot to offer: Unspoilt nature, a host of castles, a unique inland delta on the Danube and countless hot springs. An invitation to discover a beautiful land in the heart of Europe.

For one of Europe’s smallest countries, Slovakia has a lot to offer: Unspoilt nature, a host of castles, a unique inland delta on the Danube and countless hot springs.

Surprising Slovakia

Off the Caribbean coast of Columbia lies the tiny island of Santa Cruz del Islote. Life on possibly the most densely populated island on Earth is beauiful but complicated.

A Unique Island

Off the Caribbean coast of Columbia lies the tiny island of Santa Cruz del Islote, a complicated paradise.

360° Geo: Santa Cruz del Islote

In southern Thailand, the Koh Panyee village sits on stilts and even has a floating football field, built in the 1990s by a group of children. But over time, the ad hoc field has fallen into disrepair. But now the village is about to hold its first tournament in years and the field needs a major overhaul.

Thailand's Football Mad Island

In southern Thailand, the Koh Panyee village sits on stilts and even has a floating football field

When Massimo Vacchetta discovered little Ninna, he immediately adopted her and saved her from certain death. The veterinarian, whose specialty was caring for cattle, had found his vocation: he opened a hedgehog refuge, now a local institution partly run by volunteers.

When Massimo Vacchetta discovered little Ninna, he immediately adopted her and saved her from certain death

360° Geo: A Hedgehog Shelter in Italy

An hour drive from Berlin, the Spreewald region is a small green paradise, crossed by countless rivers and canals. Some villages are accessible only by boat. This place is frozen in time, with its traditions still a part of local life.

The Secret Forest of Spree

Crossed by countless waterways, the Spreewald is a small green paradise in Germany, frozen in time.

360° GEO

In the Amazon region, indigenous communities have often adopted a Western lifestyle and farming techniques. But faced with failing crops, disease, and poverty, attitudes are changing. In a growing number of villages, locals are returning to their old way of life, growing indigenous species in the old way.

Brazilian Rainforest: Back to the Future

In the Amazon, indigenous communities facing poverty and disease are returning to the ancestral way of life.

360° Reportage

Food trucks are everywhere in New York, especially in Astoria, Queens, a district that symbolises the American melting pot more than any other: Nowhere else is there such linguistic and cultural diversity. The result is a rich food culture with culinary specialities from all over the world.

New York Food Trucks

Food trucks have taken New York by storm, with a dizzying array of world cuisines available.

The Scottish island of Rum is a remote paradise with only 35 residents. In this real island community we find Dave, the guitar-playing harbour master, Kim who runs the island’s tea shop, and Fergus, who is making rum on the island for the first time with local ingredients

Welcome to the Scottish island of Rum, a remote paradise with only 35 residents. 

The Isle of Rum

The platypus is a very strange species in a country with many unusual animals. Equipped with their characteristic beaks and thick fur, they are a fascinating hybrid which lay eggs  like birds or reptiles, and yet nurse their young like mammals. In the last few hundred years they have become increasingly endangered but new protection and resettlement schemes are ensuring a comeback.

Australia: Mission Platypus

 In the last few hundred years they have become increasingly endangered but new protection and resettlement schemes are ensuring a comeback.

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The Secret Forest of Spree

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