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.

15.10.2023 Video by Felix Kaspar Rosić, Fabian Niebauer, Philip Jackwerth

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