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Barcelona is beautiful not least because it is the city of Gaudi. Today, the rooftops of the capital of Catalonia reconnect with their primary vocation: sociability, but with the added plus of culture and biodiversity.

Barcelona is beautiful not least because it is the city of Gaudi

On the Rooftops: Barcelona

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In Myanmar the veneration of the Buddha is a popular practice which takes many forms. In the second city of Mandalay, craftspeople make thousands of statues of Buddha in the local white marble to satisfy the demand coming from temples and monasteries throughout Asia.

GEO Reportage


In Myanmar city of Mandalay, making Buddha statues is big business.


Mandalay's Buddha Statues

Dhows can still be seen along the UAE coast of Oman and Iran. In the small emirate of Ras al-Khaimah, they are still being built. The shipyard of the Al-Mansouri family has been going for three generations. Headed by Abdallah, it employs twenty-five shipwrights. But does this ancient craft have a future?

Does the ancient Omani art of traditional shipbuilding have a future?

Oman's Legendary Vessels

Since 1963, a unique railway line has traversed Mauritania and its oceans of sand. The 2.5-kilometre-long desert train, with more than 100 wagons, was built to transport iron ore to the Atlantic coast and has become a vital means of transport for the desert inhabitants.

The 2.5-kilometre-long desert train, with more than 100 wagons, was built to transport iron ore to the Atlantic coast and has become a vital means of transport for the desert inhabitants.

Mauritania: The Desert Train

A popular destination for holidaymakers, the Canaries are far from a paradise for locals, who had been struggling long before the Covid-19 pandemic. After decades of mass tourism, questions around equality and sustainable development are urgent.

A popular destination for holidaymakers, the Canaries are far from a paradise for locals

Re: Tourism Monoculture on the Canary Islands

In his small apartment in Masuria, Juliusz, 91, dreams of summer. All he wants is to escape to his cabin in the Carpathians, on the shores of Lake Solina, where he lives a simple, rustic life. Krzysztof, at 77, is a youngster by comparison. He came to the forest in 1981 to escape political repression and never left. He believes his life in the countryside is the key to happiness.

Meet the aging hippies who embrace a simple life in the Carpathians, on the shores of Lake Solina

The Vagabonds of the Carpathians

Designer Erik Spiekermann explains how he created the map for Berlin's newly unified public transport network, just after reunification and the fall of the Berlin wall.

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Designer Erik Spiekermann explains how he created the map for Berlin's newly unified public transport network

How a Map Healed Berlin

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When Massimo Vacchetta discovered little Ninna, he immediately adopted her and saved her from certain death. The veterinarian, whose specialty was caring for cattle, had found his vocation: he opened a hedgehog refuge, now a local institution partly run by volunteers.

When Massimo Vacchetta discovered little Ninna, he immediately adopted her and saved her from certain death

360° Geo: A Hedgehog Shelter in Italy

The kea is a large native bird of New Zealand, a mountain parrot that calls the Southern Alps of the South Island home. Reputedly extremely clever and mischievous, they have earned the nickname, the clown of the alps.

The Keas of New Zealand

Pasta made from worm flour, grass-hopper salads or muesli bars with cricket… Insect food products could be appearing on our plates soon if Laetitia Giroud and Julien Foucher get their way. 360° Geo visited the couple at their insect farm in Spain.

Insect food products could be appearing on our plates soon if insect farmers Laetitia Giroud and Julien Foucher get their way.

360° Geo: Insects - the Food of the Future

The Italian island of Stromboli is home to just 300 people, mainly farmers and fishermen. They fish using sustainable, traditional methods that generates little profit, but empowers this small community to live outside of mainstream capitalism.

The Italian island of Stromboli is home to fishermen who live using sustainable, traditional methods

Stromboli - Land of Fire

Infamous drug baron Pablo Escobar had four hippos flown over from Africa to populate his very own zoo on his private estate in Columbia. After his death in 1993, the hippos escaped and have been colonising local waterways ever since. Conservationists are now waging a war against this invasive species which is harmful to the local ecosystem and highly dangerous to humans.

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Infamous drug baron Pablo Escobar had four hippos flown over from Africa to populate his very own zoo on his private estate in Columbia. But then they escaped.

Pablo Escobar's Hippos

Exploring the rooftops of cities across the world. In Rome the skyline is characterised by the domes and cupolas of churches as well as the omnipresent Roman tiles.

Exploring the rooftops of cities. In Rome the skyline is characterised by the domes and cupolas of churches. 

On the Rooftops: Rome

Wild or domesticated, the elephant symbolises the magic of the forest. The mythical white elephant is thought to have supernatural powers. Because of their longevity, intelligence and incredible ability to communicate, in Laos they are considered the equals of man. 

Wild or domesticated, the elephant symbolises the magic of the forest

The Country of a Million Elephants

Exploring the rooftops of cities across the world and their diverse and surprising uses. London was long dominated by the iconic St Paul’s Cathedral but today skyscrapers are transforming the skyline whilst creative minded Londoners bring life to once neglected rooftops.

London was long dominated by the iconic St Paul’s Cathedral but today skyscrapers are transforming the skyline. 

On the Rooftops: London

Exploring the rooftops of cities across the world. Bangkok, a teeming and ever-growing metropolis is home to temples and skyscrapers that reach for the sky.

The Thai capital is home to temples and skyscrapers that reach for the sky.

On the Rooftops: Bangkok

Exploring the rooftops of cities across the world and their diverse and surprising uses. The inhabitants of Berlin have reinvented their city from the top down.

Berlin has put its rooftops to various uses and by doing so has reinvented itself from the top down.

On the Rooftops: Berlin

Viewing world cities from a new perspective, from above. In Los Angeles, the sprawling urban conurbation’s rooftop spaces are used for landing helicopters, holding parties and even bird watching.  

Exploring world cities from a new perspective, from above. In this episode: Los Angeles,

On the Rooftops: Los Angeles

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Originally imported from France, these organs are called "oriental organs" in Cuba, because it is here in the south-east of the island that they are the most popular. 

Cuba's Traditional Organ Music

Isabel Menzi's main job is a pilot for a Swiss airline. But she’s undergoing grueling training to achieve her dream of becoming a glacier pilot. These pilots are a vital lifeline to anyone who gets stranded in these traitorous mountains, but the flights themselves are death-defying.

Isabel dreams of becoming a glacier pilot, saving people in the Alps. But the training alone is death-defying

Switzerland: Glacier Pilots

With little money in his pocket, Eloi emigrated from Tarragona to Mallorca to breathe new life into a deserted vineyard. Here he grows almost forgotten, native grape varieties. And to protect its all natural process, Eloi refuses to add the acidity that would put this wine into a superior category of wines from Mallorca. Instead, he's happy to produce humble table wine, all natural and made from, and in, the earth. Bear in mind that too much alcohol harms your health.

The Pirate of Mallorca

With little money in his pocket, Eloi emigrated from Tarragona to Mallorca to breathe new life into a deserted vineyard

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In the Mexican state of Oaxaca, it's difficult to play football in the middle of pine forests. Fifty years ago, missionaries imported another sport to Triqui, now very popular: basketball. Today, all children practice, including girls.

The Barefoot Basketball Players

What these kids lack in money, they make up for with passion

360° GEO: Mexico

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In southern Thailand, the Koh Panyee village sits on stilts and even has a floating football field, built in the 1990s by a group of children. But over time, the ad hoc field has fallen into disrepair. But now the village is about to hold its first tournament in years and the field needs a major overhaul.

In southern Thailand, the Koh Panyee village sits on stilts and even has a floating football field

Thailand's Football Mad Island

Ski jumping is not just for men anymore. Since 2014 women’s ski jumping has been included in the Winter Olympics. Stams, a special ski high school in Austria, is training a new generation of young athletes with nerves of steel

Ski jumping is not just for men anymore. Since 2014 women’s ski jumping has been included in the Winter Olympics. Stams, a special ski high school in Austria, is training a new generation of young athletes with nerves of steel.