Megacitys - Wenn es Nacht wird in ...

2024•45m

Documentary

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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ZDF

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Status

Returning Series

First Aired

January 2, 2024

Last Aired

December 29, 2025

Networks

ZDF

Where to Watch

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Season

Chongqing - the largest city in the world

Air date: 2024-01-02

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

Air date: 2024-01-03

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

Air date: 2024-01-04

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

Air date: 2024-03-31

Extraordinary people, touching stories and mysterious places.

London

Air date: 2024-12-30

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

Air date: 2025-01-02

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

Air date: 2025-05-01

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

Air date: 2025-07-31

Vienna

Air date: 2025-08-07

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.

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Toronto

Air date: 2025-12-29

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.