This episode of Europe by Train takes us to Switzerland. Watch as DW reporter Axel Primavesi rides the Rigi Railway, Europe’s oldest mountain railroad!

Many mountain towns in the Alps are dying out – life there is too inconvenient. But they make beautiful places to stay for a few days. In Corippo, located in Ticino, tourists are now moving into the abandoned buildings.

What do Germans eat for breakfast and what do they do on a Sunday evening? DW reporter Rachel Stewart proposes that these are the questions that show whether you really know the Germans.

Persian-style rugs from Bulgaria are a luxury product that’s popular even among British royalty. The tradition of weaving rugs by hand is on the verge of dying out in Europe.

At first glance, it doesn’t look all that hard: just climbing stairs. But these are 4444 wooden steps. Euromaxx reporter Axel Primavesi takes on the challenge and ascends Norway’s Flørli staircase.

Two young students from Staffordshire, England, have a vision: They want to help save Britain's endangered frogs, turtles and snakes. It is not an easy task in an area full of modern intensive agriculture.

Sara James is living her dream. The young singer from a small Polish town has made it onto one of the world's top casting shows. Later this summer, she'll be competing for the America's Got Talent grand prize in the USA.

The glass cubes designed by Austrian artist Thomas Medicus really turn heads — they show a different image from each side. By turning the cube, one image disappears and a new one takes its place.

In Spain, tortillas are served for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And even if this national dish may be made of just potatoes, onions, and eggs, it's no easy feat making a good tortilla.

Green spaces are often pushed out of cities. The International Horticulture Exhibition Floriade in the Netherlands is exhibiting concepts from across the world on how to bring nature back into cities.