Waterfront Cities of the World Season 1 Episode release dates & where to watch

1. San Francisco

A city with a history of the trend and counter trend, San Francisco is home to living a greener and simpler life.

2. Cape Town

With more than 50 percent of its population under the age of 24, change is being ushered in by Cape Town's youth; optimism, hope and resilience pit themselves against the lingering wounds of apartheid.

3. Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv is the international capital of Bauhaus architecture and an example of tolerant co-existence.

4. Bangkok

Bangkok is a city in motion; traffic is impossibly dense: cars, boats, overcrowded streets; beneath the culture of chaos, this Buddhist city possesses a deep and permanent respect for well-being.

5. Helsinki

Helsinki, a leader in social policy, innovator in telecommunications and the sauna capital of the world, is composed of 150 islands.

6. Melbourne

More than 80 languages are spoken on the streets of the Australian city of Melbourne.

7. Houston

Having been defined by NASA, petroleum and cowboy ways, Houston is surprisingly liberal.

8. Reykjavik

Hot water geysers dominate Reykjavik's landscape.

9. Havana

Frozen in time, Havana reveals some of its secrets; meet the photographers of the Cuban revolution and learn about the reality and role of socialism, baseball and salsa dancing, and visit the rooftop gardens that feed 90 percent of the local population.

10. Moscow

Moscow is located between five rivers and seven seas and is known as the global capital of the outrageous.

11. Marseilles

The oldest city in France is a city of contradictions.

12. Buenos Aires

The people of Buenos Aires, known as the Paris of the Americas, live life to the fullest.

13. Lisbon Finale

Lisbon has been transformed over the past 20 years into Europe's most cosmopolitan city.