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Megacitys - Wenn es Nacht wird in ...

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First Aired:January 2, 2024
Seasons:2 seasons
Episodes:12
Status:Returning Series

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?

Seasons

Chongqing - the largest city in the world

E1Chongqing - the largest city in the world

44m

Jan 2, 2024

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.

Mexico City - creative and combative

E2Mexico City - creative and combative

43m

Jan 3, 2024

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.

Lagos - Metropolis of Extremes

E3Lagos - Metropolis of Extremes

44m

Jan 4, 2024

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.

Rome - Journey to the heart of the city

E4Rome - Journey to the heart of the city

45m

Mar 31, 2024

Extraordinary people, touching stories and mysterious places.

London

E5London

45m

Dec 30, 2024

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

Rio de Janeiro

E6Rio de Janeiro

45m

Jan 2, 2025

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.

Istanbul

E7Istanbul

45m

May 1, 2025

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?

Mumbai

E8Mumbai

45m

Jul 31, 2025

Vienna

E9Vienna

45m

Aug 7, 2025

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.

Toronto

E10Toronto

44m

Dec 29, 2025

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.

Paris

E11Paris

54m

May 25, 2026

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.

E1Episode 1

45m

Dec 30, 2024

E2Episode 2

45m

Jan 2, 2025

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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?

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