THE PLASTIC SEA
In southern Spain, there is the highest concentration of greenhouses in the world — a laboratory of development and innovation visible from space, producing vegetables for all of Europe
THE MOTOR LAB
An Italian valley has always been home to the world's most iconic sports cars. A district of excellence that combines style, craftsmanship, and innovation. But today, the challenge is different: adapting to a changing future and rethinking the concept of speed
FLOATING FUTURES
After centuries of reshaping the land, the Dutch are embracing the philosophy of meebewegen — learning to live with water rather than against it. Will graceful, sustainable floating neighbourhoods offer a way forward as the sea continues to rise?
RESILIENT DELTA
Threatened by human activity, climate change and the war in Ukraine, Romania's Danube Delta is home to a wonderful and fragile water labyrinth that must be defended at all way
THE GATE
Ten years ago, El Hierro staked everything on sustainability and renewable energy. Today the small Canary Island faces another epochal challenge: migration from Africa, a phenomenon that is turning it into the Lampedusa of the Atlantic
THE FORGOTTEN ITALY
The "inland areas" cover half of the national territory, and are inhabited by a quarter of the population. But neither transportation nor schools nor health care reach them.
PUSZTA IN TRANSITION
In Hungary, the last steppe of Europe is an exceptional habitat rich in biodiversity and tradition. But advancing modernity, intensive agriculture and severe water shortages are seriously threatening it
TIDELAND
The fragile Wadden Sea is one of the last wilderness areas in Europe. Threateded by climate change, it has become a laboratory of innovative eco-sustainable practices
THE YOUNG KOSOVO
How youth, technology and investment are transforming Europe’s youngest republic into the excellence of the Balkans
DIVES MARMORIBUS TELLUS
The world’s most valuable marble has been quarried in Carrara for two thousand years. But is it still sustainable?
TERRA INSTABILIS
Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields: the world’s most fearsome super-volcano is a potential time bomb
THE UGLY CROATIAN DUCKLING
Little considered in the past, Zagreb proves to be a fascinating crossroads of styles and cultures. But the adoption of the Euro in 2023 raised the cost of living and drove rents through the roof
PLASTIC BEACH
Hundreds of thousands of tons of plastic end up in the Mediterranean (and oceans around the world) every year. To see this for yourself, just take a walk along any beach after a storm
ROMA REVOLUTION
In Belgrade, with music and a thirst for empowerment, six talented women are on a mission to change the gypsy world
THE SMARTEST PORT IN THE WORLD
A genuine gateway into Europe, today Rotterdam is focusing on sustainability and innovation
THE CONCORDIA PROJECT
It’s ten years since the Costa Concordia disaster, and the ship no longer exists. And yet objects from that tragedy can be found all over Italy. They are relics that tell stories
THE BALTIC QUESTION
Along the border between Russia and NATO, where Russian speakers don’t always feel European
AILING LAND: JOURNEY THROUGH THE EDGE OF HEALTHCARE
Calabria in Southern Italy has some of Europe's worst hospitals. A story of the mafia and an inefficient health service
AGRICULTURE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
Climate change in the Mediterranean, new crops, damaged farmland and super technologies
LIFE IS NOW
Giving birth during the pandemic. Managing childbirth amidst fear, loneliness and uncertainty
NO ONE EVER CONQUERED US
A journey through the lives of the well-to-do in Malta, the EU’s smallest country
SILENCE
Admired and scorned, desired and damned, the absence of sound is a mystery humanity has always sought to unravel
STANDOUTS & POORS
What really separates the richest town from the poorest one of the European Union?
THE NEW IRON CURTAIN
For a long time part of the Soviet Union, Estonia it’s in the middle of the new Cold War