RE: European Stories Season 9 Episode release dates & where to watch

1. Episode 1

2. Episode 2

3. Episode 3

4. Episode 4

5. Episode 5

6. Episode 6

7. Episode 7

8. Episode 8

9. Episode 9

10. Episode 10

11. Episode 11

12. Episode 12

13. Episode 13

14. Episode 14

15. Episode 15

16. Episode 16

17. Episode 17

18. Episode 18

19. Inside Germany’s Jehovah’s Witnesses

They lead strict lives, like to stay within their community, and are convinced that a new and better world is coming. Critics of Jehovah's Witnesses call them a sect, but they see themselves differently. ARTE has been allowed the rare opportunity to film in their German administrative headquarters in the town of Selters.

20. Episode 20

21. Episode 21

22. Episode 22

23. Episode 23

24. Episode 24

25. Episode 25

26. Episode 26

27. Episode 27

28. Episode 28

29. Episode 29

30. Episode 30

31. Episode 31

32. Episode 32

33. Episode 33

34. Episode 34

35. Episode 35

36. Episode 36

37. Episode 37

38. Episode 38

39. Episode 39

40. Episode 40

41. Episode 41

42. Episode 42

43. Episode 43

44. Episode 44

45. Episode 45

46. Episode 46

47. Episode 47

48. Episode 48

49. Episode 49

50. Episode 50

51. Episode 51

52. Episode 52

53. Episode 53

54. Episode 54

55. Episode 55

56. Episode 56

57. Episode 57

58. Episode 58

59. Episode 59

60. Episode 60

61. Episode 61

62. Episode 62

63. Episode 63

64. Episode 64

65. Episode 65

66. Episode 66

67. Episode 67

68. Episode 68

69. Episode 69

70. Episode 70

71. Episode 71

72. Episode 72

73. Episode 73

74. Episode 74

75. Episode 75

76. Episode 76

77. Episode 77

78. Episode 78

79. Episode 79

80. Episode 80

81. Episode 81

82. Episode 82

83. Episode 83

84. Episode 84

85. Episode 85

86. Episode 86

87. Episode 87

88. Episode 88

89. Episode 89

90. Episode 90

91. Episode 91

92. Episode 92

93. Episode 93

94. Episode 94

95. Episode 95

96. Episode 96

97. Episode 97

98. Episode 98

99. Episode 99

100. Episode 100

101. Episode 101

102. Episode 102

103. Episode 103

104. Episode 104

105. Episode 105

106. Episode 106

107. Episode 107

108. Episode 108

109. Episode 109

110. Episode 110

111. Episode 111

112. Episode 112

113. Episode 113

114. Episode 114

115. Episode 115 Mid-season finale

116. The drone warriors of Ukraine

117. Episode 117

118. Episode 118

119. Episode 119

120. Episode 120

121. Episode 121

122. Episode 122

123. Episode 123

124. Episode 124

125. Episode 125

126. Episode 126

127. Episode 127

128. Episode 128

129. Episode 129

130. Episode 130

131. Naturism - On the Way Out?

132. Little China in der Toskana

133. Episode 133

134. Episode 134

135. Episode 135

136. Episode 136

137. Episode 137

138. Episode 138

139. Episode 139

140. Episode 140

141. Episode 141

142. Episode 142

143. Episode 143

144. Episode 144

145. Episode 145

146. Episode 146

147. Episode 147

148. Episode 148

149. Episode 149

150. Episode 150

151. Episode 151

152. Episode 152

153. Episode 153

154. Episode 154

155. Rocket launches in the Scottish island paradise

156. Episode 156

157. Episode 157

158. Episode 158

159. Episode 159

160. Holland's women fight back

161. The seagrass rescuers from the Balearic Islands

162. My right to die

163. Croatian sailors – trapped on board

164. Belgium's microbrewers with heart and full risk

165. Trace seekers in Nazi bunkers in the middle of Poland

166. Monteviasco, Italy's forgotten mountain village

167. Homeland Security – Soldiers from the middle of society

168. With bell ringing to inner peace

169. Queer in Orbán's Hungary

170. The return of hemp fiber

171. Sweden's cult of Ami sleds

Chrome, exhaust clouds, tail fins: Hardly any other country outside the USA has as many American classic cars as Sweden. The highlight of the year: the „Classic Car Week“. Thousands of people celebrate and cruise here, many from the working class. The lovingly rocked finery is often their only luxury - and a piece of self-assertion.

172. Spain's mothers against violent fathers

173. A mayor's fight for his global village

174. When the bankruptcy wave rolls

If large employers go bankrupt, this often affects entire regions. In Saxony-Anhalt, 580 employees of an automotive supplier feared for their future and their hometown. In central England, an entire industry is in crisis with the stumbling porcelain industry, and people have been witnessing the decline of their cities for years.

175. High-altitude work on the rope

Attached to only one rope at a dizzying height: industrial climbers practice one of the most dangerous professions in France. The formerly freelance graphic designer Ella Freeman, like many other high-altitude workers, only discovered the profession indirectly. Grégory Molina co-founded a union due to numerous accidents and precarious employment conditions.

176. Revival of Spain's dictator Franco?

177. Kiruna, a city is moving

A church that moves „migrates“ several kilometers to a new location was the spectacular highlight of the move of the northern Swedish city of Kiruna. Because iron ore mining is getting closer, large parts of the city have to make way. Many buildings are being demolished, and the new center consists largely of new buildings. This is causing resentment among the residents of Kiruna.

178. Turkish pensioners on a trip to Germany

179. Greenland between Denmark and Trump

180. Elk alert, the forest giants are back

181. Romania attracts medical students

182. Dream job stuntwoman

183. Living with hoarder syndrome

184. Queer and persecuted in Turkey

185. Fishermen against seals

186. Gymnasts, drilled to success?

Romania was once a leading nation in gymnastics. But behind the successes of the numerous world and Olympic champions lay not only flexibility and iron discipline, but also psychological pressure, humiliation or even physical violence. Former and active athletes break their silence, as questionable training methods still apply to this day.

187. Restart in Syria

The new beginning in Syria is proving difficult. A year after the fall of the Assad regime, many who fled to Germany during the civil war are gradually returning – also out of responsibility to their country.

188. A Romanian village between NATO and fear of war

„I'm not afraid of the soldiers here, but of crazy Putin!“ says Dorin Todoruţ. The Romanian lives in Cincu, a village that has increasingly become a military-strategic hub on NATO's eastern flank in recent years. Around one thousand soldiers from various NATO countries are currently stationed on the outskirts of the village. And there are to be more.

189. My own island

An island of its own – a dream for many! But not all island owners are super-rich, reclusive and under palm trees in the sun. From an uninhabited island off Scotland to the Finnish holiday island, most private islands require extensive management and protection. What does it mean to own an island in Europe?

190. Vienna's baking grandmas and their recipe for old-age poverty

Women and men who would have been retired long ago bake at Vienna's Café Vollpension. They improve their slim pension and stay in contact with the youth – according to the concept of the Café Vollpension. The young organizers now want to spread this idea and are going on tour to Bad Ischl – a big risk.

191. Hungary: A high school for Roma

Roma are in a difficult position in Hungary: 40 percent of them live below the poverty threshold, mostly away from city centers. This has a very strong impact on their education: 99 percent of young Roma never attend university. Given the situation, the Ambedkar Gymnasium seems like a hotbed of resistance, as it only teaches Roma.

192. Spain jails women and men together

Only six per cent of prisoners in EU prisons are women. They are usually housed in women's correctional facilities or wards isolated from men. In Spain, however, they have long been setting up mixed wards in prisons, and France is now also considering this.

193. The last lighthouse keepers of Croatia

In the middle of the Adriatic Sea lies Palagruža, a lonely rock with a lighthouse that has been inhabited since 1875. Vojo Šain has worked here for 26 years as one of Croatia's last lighthouse keepers. For him, Palagruža is more than just a workplace; the island is his second home. For weeks he lives far from comfort and civilization.

194. A village that heals children

Peace Village International staff regularly fly to the world's crisis areas. There they take children who are so sick or injured that they would die in their home countries. Currently, mainly two- to ten-year-olds from Afghanistan, Tajikistan or Angola come to Oberhausen, where they are treated by volunteer doctors and helpers.

195. Safe Christmas markets?

Since the attacks on the Christmas markets in Berlin in 2016, Strasbourg in 2018 and Magdeburg in 2024, police, authorities and organizers have been providing increasingly massive protective measures every year. But can such major events even be fully protected against terrorism?

196. Tenerife's Animal Rescuers - Doing Good Together

197. Palermo's Palace Saviors

More than 100 magnificent old palaces dominate the cityscape in Palermo. The owners try to save the old houses over time on their own. The state imposes costly requirements for monument protection, but does not help with the preservation of the buildings. They are part of Palermo's identity and an important economic factor.

198. The hype about alpaca

Alpacas are sweet, fluffy and move people's hearts. Originally from the Andes, the camel species has become a phenomenon in Europe, and alpaca hikes or alpaca yoga are trendy. But the hype surrounding the cute animals also has its downsides: Some hobby breeders underestimate the care of the demanding animals.

199. Las Vegas in the Czech province Finale

The Czech village of Rozvadov – in the middle of no man's land on the German-Czech border has only 800 inhabitants, but a large casino – and millions in the game. Where once a border fence separated two worlds, Europe is now coming together. Europe's largest poker resort makes the community rich. How is life between the village idyll and the poker palace?