
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
View all seasonsE1. 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.
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.
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.
E4. Rome - Journey to the heart of the city
Mar 31, 2024 · 45m
Extraordinary people, touching stories and mysterious places.
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.
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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