Episodes List

Ep.1 Chongqing - the largest city in the world

Air Date: 2024-01-02

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.

Ep.2 Mexico City - creative and combative

Air Date: 2024-01-03

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.

Ep.3 Lagos - Metropolis of Extremes

Air Date: 2024-01-04

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.

Ep.4 Rome - Journey to the heart of the city

Air Date: 2024-03-31

Extraordinary people, touching stories and mysterious places.

Ep.5 London

Air Date: 2024-12-30

As night falls over the Thames, those sharp contrasts emerge that make London arguably the most interesting and international metropolis in Europe.

Ep.6 Rio de Janeiro

Air Date: 2025-01-02

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.

Ep.7 Istanbul

Air Date: 2025-05-01

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?

Ep.8 Mumbai

Air Date: 2025-07-31

Ep.9 Vienna

Air Date: 2025-08-07

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.

Ep.10 Toronto

Air Date: 2025-12-29

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.

Ep.11 Paris

Air Date: 2026-05-25

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.