Cologne, Autumn 1944: In the bombed-out city, a small group of young people put up armed resistance against the Nazi regime

Major disasters throughout history have helped to lower inequality. Is this still the case today?

From the frontiers of the Roman Empire to the European Schengen area, a fascinating trip through the origins of borders.

A technical feat and the pride of Ukraine, this is the story of a giant of aviation history, the Antonov AN-225 Mriya.

Participative democracy existed in ancient Athens, but not everyone could take part. But did the Greeks really have the first democratic government?

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

A small island in the Rio de la Plata is shared by Argentina and Uruguay. But why does this binational island have two different names?

How did a Belgian cycle lane come to exist within Germany?

Why did French President Jacques Chirac chase Israeli police from a church in Jerusalem? 

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