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2024•45m•Documentary
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Glittering facades, vibrant life, and people facing the daily struggle for survival. ZDF correspondents each profile a megacity within their reporting area. How do people celebrate, laugh, and love in such a city? How are problems like housing shortages, food supply, transportation, and climate change solved – in metropolises with over ten million inhabitants?

StatusReturning Series
Runtime45m
LanguageDE
First Air DateJan 2, 2024

Episodes

Episode 1 - Chongqing - the largest city in the worldE144m

Chongqing - the largest city in the world

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.

Jan 2, 2024

Episode 2 - Mexico City - creative and combativeE243m

Mexico City - creative and combative

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.

Jan 3, 2024

Episode 3 - Lagos - Metropolis of ExtremesE344m

Lagos - Metropolis of Extremes

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.

Jan 4, 2024

Episode 4 - Rome - Journey to the heart of the cityE445m

Rome - Journey to the heart of the city

Extraordinary people, touching stories and mysterious places.

Mar 31, 2024

Episode 5 - LondonE545m

London

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

Dec 30, 2024

Episode 6 - Rio de JaneiroE645m

Rio de Janeiro

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.

Jan 2, 2025

Episode 7 - IstanbulE745m

Istanbul

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?

May 1, 2025

Episode 8 - MumbaiE845m

Mumbai

Jul 31, 2025

Episode 9 - ViennaE945m

Vienna

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.

Aug 7, 2025

Episode 10 - TorontoE1044m

Toronto

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.

Dec 29, 2025

Episode 11 - ParisE1154m

Paris

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.

May 25, 2026

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