German media libraries

You can find many wonderful documentaries about Romania in the media libraries of ARD, ZDF, 3sat, and ARTE. I have put together a small selection for you here.

The only downside is that if you don't live in Germany, you'll need a VPNi.e. a German IP address, as the media libraries don't accept foreign IP addresses (Geoblocking).

Das Schloss von Graf Dracula in Transsylvanien, wilde Bären und die majestätischen Karpaten: Die Filmemacher Nina Heins und Jens Benner reisen einmal quer durch Rumänien. Von Transsylvanien geht ihre Entdeckungstour über die Walachei an die Schwarzmeerküste und endet in der Hauptstadt Bukarest. Sie wandern auf der Via Transilvanica, Rumäniens längstem Fernwanderweg, der den Tourismus in ländlichen Regionen fördern soll. Unterwegs probieren die landestypische Küche und lernen die Gastfreundschaft des Rumäniens kennen. In Siebenbürgern lüften sie das Geheimnis einer ganz besonderen Paartherapie. Früher wurden verstrittene Ehepaare in Biertan in der Kirchburg wochenlang in ein kleines Zimmer eingesperrt. Dort mussten sie ein Bett, einen Stuhl, einen Teller und ein Besteck teilen, in der Hoffnung, dass sie ihre Streitigkeiten so beilegen. Ob das funktioniert hat?  Im Donaudelta wartet auf Nina und Jens eine unglaubliche Artenvielfalt. Das größte Süßwasserschutzgebiet Europas ist die Heimat der größten Pelikankolonie des Kontinents. In den unzähligen Kanälen des Deltas entdecken sie Eisvögel und wilde Pferde.  Ein Film von Nina Heins und Jens Benner
 
Video verfügbar: bis 21.05.2028 ∙ 21:15

Christoph Promberger knows firsthand how the Bavarian Forest National Park has improved the quality of life for the entire region. They have settled at the foot of the Fagaras Mountains and are pushing ahead with one of the most ambitious European nature conservation projects: the establishment of a national park in the Southern Carpathians, which is to cover 250,000 hectares, ten times the size of the Bavarian Forest National Park.

We take the Wassertalbahn railway in northeastern Romania, starting from Viseu de Sus. It is the only forest railway still in operation in the Carpathian region. In northeastern Romania, there are forests where wolves howl, bears snort, and steam engines let deafening whistles echo through the green solitude. In Viseu de Sus, also known as Oberwischau, the only forest railway in Europe that still runs on steam is in operation. The Wassertalbahn.

In Sighisoara, a small town in the Kokel Valley, almost everything is still as it was around 1200, when mainly German settlers settled here. The castle complex they built, with seven defensive towers and around 150 residential buildings, is the only surviving ensemble of its kind in Transylvania. What countless wars, devastation, and looting failed to achieve throughout history, a demolition-happy dictatorship almost succeeded in doing.

Video available:
until December 29, 2026 ∙ 8:04 p.m.

The view from the high banks is breathtaking: flat lagoons and wild forests of swaying reeds as far as the eye can see, crisscrossed by a labyrinth of countless sparkling waterways. Gnarled white willows line the banks, then there are clear, herb-rich lakes with colorful carpets of flowers and a loud chorus of frogs. It is a seemingly endless wilderness of water and land. Not a single road leads to the Danube Delta. The region is one of the most remote in Europe.

Video available:
until December 29, 2026 ∙ 8:04 p.m.

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Karpatenkalle

I was born and grew up in 1965 in the Raabestadt Eschershausen / Germany until I moved to Nuremberg (Bavaria) in 1995. After years in steady jobs and a stable life, I decided to take a new direction. Since fall 2023, I have been living in Transylvania in the beautiful city of Sighisoara and, so to speak, again
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