On the margins GDR garage courts: the legacy of the ‘Typ I Dresden’. On the edges of eastern German towns they stand in their thousands – once a simple parking space, today a contested piece of everyday culture.
On the margins ‘People here knock on a lot of doors’. In eastern Malmö, a neighbourhood is struggling with its reputation – and with the hope that doors will open for the people who live there.
On the margins ‘Why would he need a raincoat? He’s got a car’. How tunnels and roads shape life on the Faroe Islands – sometimes with surprisingly dry logic.
On the margins Do friendships last longer in the countryside? A visit to Hettenkirchen. A self-built party hut, fixed rituals, the same faces: on a closeness that in rural areas sometimes lasts a lifetime. Your browser does not support the video tag.
On the margins The war that stays invisible: exploring Poland and Moldova. How the Russian invasion shows itself in the border regions – and at the same time stays hidden. Pictures from the threshold of Europe.
On the margins ‘It was raining ice, and our feet were frozen’. A personal visit to the memorial: a survivor’s voice guides us through the history of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp – between grief and new beginnings.
On the margins Nordhorn Range: ‘There’s nothing we can do about it, in court or otherwise’. For years, residents have been protesting against low-flying jets and bombing practice – and keep coming up against limits.
On the margins Fleeing the GDR in a car boot: ‘Inside, I was still on the run’. Veronika Schneider fled the GDR as a young woman – and only realised decades later how long the fear had kept its grip on her.
On the margins Camping with a heart: an unusual idea to help Ukraine. One woman, one campsite, a whole village: how spontaneous solidarity turned into lasting support.
On the margins Sunday morning on the city’s edge: a walk along Hannover’s fringes. Quiet streets, empty squares, early light: a photographic approach to the fringes of a city.
On the margins Magic on the edge of town: what remains of a childhood on the fringes. Our author returns to the playgrounds and woods of his childhood – and discovers how sobering reality can be.
On the margins Bird warden in the Wadden Sea: seven months alone on an island. What months of isolation do to a person – and why the rising sea level becomes a daily worry.
On the margins ‘I can shop whenever I want’. Open around the clock, almost without staff: how a self-service shop makes village life more relaxed.
