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Megacitys - Wenn es Nacht wird in ...

  • 2024 – 2025
  • Returning Series
  • Documentary
  • ~45m / ep
  • 2 seasons

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?

Latest: Season 1 · 2024

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  1. E1. Chongqing - the largest city in the world

    Jan 2, 2024 · 44m

    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.

  2. E2. Mexico City - creative and combative

    Jan 3, 2024 · 43m

    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.

  3. E3. Lagos - Metropolis of Extremes

    Jan 4, 2024 · 44m

    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.

  4. E4. Rome - Journey to the heart of the city

    Mar 31, 2024 · 45m

    Extraordinary people, touching stories and mysterious places.

  5. E5. London

    Dec 30, 2024 · 45m

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

  6. E6. Rio de Janeiro

    Jan 2, 2025 · 45m

    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.

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