Episode 1
Chongqing - the largest city in the world
2024-01-02 • 44 min
This megacity is growing relentlessly and is not for the faint of heart. Anyone wanting to experience China simply cannot miss Chongqing – the largest city in the world.
TV season
2024-01-02
Episode 1
2024-01-02 • 44 min
This megacity is growing relentlessly and is not for the faint of heart. Anyone wanting to experience China simply cannot miss Chongqing – the largest city in the world.
Episode 2
2024-01-03 • 43 min
Mexico City was once feared; today, the megacity is a tourist hotspot. The city has retained its fighting spirit – in some places for the sake of spectacle, in others for survival.
Episode 3
2024-01-04 • 44 min
Lagos is growing faster than any other city in the world. A megacity of extremes: while many of its 25 million inhabitants live in poverty, money is no object in its clubs.
Episode 4
2024-03-31 • 45 min
Extraordinary people, touching stories and mysterious places.
Episode 5
2024-12-30 • 45 min
As night falls over the Thames, those sharp contrasts emerge that make London arguably the most interesting and international metropolis in Europe.
Episode 6
2025-01-02 • 45 min
Rio de Janeiro is Sugarloaf Mountain, the Christ the Redeemer statue, and Copacabana. When night falls, culture and music pulsate – but it's also hard work in the "engine room" of the metropolis.
Episode 7
2025-05-01 • 45 min
Between tradition, chaos, and constant upheaval: How does beleaguered Istanbul, with its 16 million inhabitants, manage to survive as a modern global city despite all the tensions?
Episode 8
2025-07-31 • 45 min
Episode 9
2025-08-07 • 45 min
Vienna is beautiful. Framed by the facades of the Austro-Hungarian era, people enjoy culture and coffee, clattering past St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Sisi Museum in horse-drawn carriages. Until night falls.
Episode 10
2025-12-29 • 44 min
When pilot Ky sees the Toronto skyline during her evening approach, it's the happiest moment of her day. The financial metropolis transforms into a vibrant, dazzling melting pot.
Episode 11
2026-05-25 • 54 min
City of love, fashion metropolis, place of longing for millions of people – that is Paris, often described as the most beautiful city in the world.