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Longer stories about daily life, past and future.
- Båden kommer ind Polly lands at Stromness off the morning boat and works out, one question at a time, how a place with no... ? Quiz included Audio
- Dyret, der laver terninger Wombats make cube shaped poop, and now we know why. Audio
- Denne fugl sover, mens den flyver Frigatebirds fly for many days and sleep only a little. Audio
- Frokosten hele et land spiser In the Dominican Republic, everyone eats the same lunch at the same time. Audio
- Middag lavet af en vulkan In the Azores, people cook food inside a hot volcano. Audio
- Det sidste tog Tomas misses the last train in Tokyo and sleeps in a tiny room. Audio
- Den tomme kop On his first day, Pedro drinks from a cup that is not his. Audio
- Nummer syvogfyrre Carla waits a long time at the clinic for a small cut. Audio
- Fortabt i Lissabon Sofía gets lost in Lisbon and a woman helps her with a map. Audio
- Værelset med altan Marcos gets a hotel room with a nice balcony. Audio
- Et bord til én Mia eats alone in a small restaurant, and the waiter helps her choose. Audio
- Krydderiet der engang kostede lige så meget som guld Saffron comes from tiny flower threads picked by hand, and for most of history a pound of it cost about the... Audio
- Søen der forsvinder hver sommer In Slovenia, a huge lake fills a valley in winter and then vanishes underground every summer, leaving... Audio
- Parken ved siden af mit hus A squirrel describes the small park next to its tree: the pigeons by the benches, Mr. Badger and his bread,... Audio
- Byen der lægger guld på is Kanazawa in Japan makes almost all of the country's gold leaf, and wraps whole sheets of it around soft ice... Audio
- Flyveturen der varer halvfems sekunder A tiny plane hops between two Orkney islands in Scotland on the shortest scheduled flight in the world. Audio
- Råb, ellers går du glip af dit stop A shared minibus with no bell and no screen, where the only way off is to say so out loud, early and twice. Audio
- Frokosten der aldrig slutter In Spain, the best part of lunch starts when the food is finished. It even has its own name. Audio
- Bestil aldrig en latte i Italien In Italy, the word latte does not mean coffee. One small word can bring you a big surprise. Audio
- Hvor kaffe kommer fra Coffee begins as a red fruit on a green plant and travels far before it fills a cup. Audio
- At sove på et nattog Night trains in Europe carry travelers between cities while they sleep in cozy beds. Audio
- Hvordan bier laver honning Honeybees turn sweet flower nectar into golden honey through hard teamwork in the hive. Audio
- Den lange silkevej The Silk Road was a famous trade route that linked China with Europe for many centuries. Audio
- Amazonfloden, den største flod The Amazon is the river that carries the most water in the world. Audio
- Blæksprutten og dens tre hjerter The octopus is a clever sea animal with three hearts and blue blood. Audio
- Kablerne under havet Long cables under the ocean carry almost all of the information that travels between countries. Audio
- Det lange løb, der hedder maraton The marathon is a very long running race with a curious and surprising history. Audio
- Det første lys i landsbyen While the whole village sleeps, one window glows: the baker lights the oven so fresh bread will be ready by... Audio
- Den lille fugl i uret In Germany's Black Forest, carved wooden cuckoo clocks call out every hour while children wait and laugh. Audio
- Byen, hvor det var forbudt at dø When a small Italian town ran out of space in its cemetery, the mayor signed an order telling people not to... Audio
- Katten, der tager bussen Every morning a cat climbs onto the same city bus, watches the streets go by, and gets off at his own stop. Audio
- Fisken, der klatrer op ad vandfald In Hawaii, a fish smaller than your finger climbs up waterfalls taller than buildings, using its mouth as a... Audio
- Damp og små tallerkener A first night at a Taipei night market, where pointing, smiling, and one brave question buy a very good... Audio
- Slurp højlydt, det er høfligt In Japan, slurping your noodles loudly is not rude, it is a sign that you are enjoying the meal. Audio
- Vandfaldet der falder opad On very windy days, strong gusts can blow a Norwegian waterfall's spray back up into the sky. Audio
- Cirklen og morgenbåden The Ring of Brodgar at dusk, then the small practical business of leaving an island, done in four sentences... Audio
- Kornet på halvfems dage In a bar in Kirkwall, a flat dark bannock turns out to be the reason the islands were farmable at all. Audio
- Forsamlingen på skærene Grey seals are hauling out on the low rocks before the pupping season, and the questions Polly has been... Audio
- Bygget af det, de havde On Lamb Holm, two army huts hold a chapel that prisoners of war made out of scrap, and the only honest... Audio
- Landsbyen under stormen At the Bay of Skaill, a guide with a carrying voice explains a village that a storm returned to the light... Audio
- Stolen ved ilden A guesthouse above the harbour, an argument about what counts as a quiet room, and a chair whose whole... Audio
- Lyserød findes ikke Pink has no wavelength of its own; it is a color the brain invents when the eyes see red and blue light... Audio
- Du lyser lige nu The human body constantly emits an extremely faint light, invisible to the eye but detectable with a... Audio
- Tågen lukker sig bag hende On her last afternoon, Polly flies high over the island before fog rolls in and hides it behind her. Audio
- En landsby koblet til en vulkan Polly learns that the same volcano heat that cooked lunch also warms a big public pool and heats homes in... Audio
- Aftensmad gravet ned ved daggry Polly watches a cook bury pots of food in the ground, where the volcano's heat cooks dinner with no fire. Audio
- Ét krater, to farver Polly finds a huge old crater with two lakes, one blue and one green, joined together under a strip of land. Audio
- Fuglen man opgav to gange Polly looks for the priolo, a tiny grey and pink bird that lives only in one forest and was once thought to... Audio
- De sidste to haver i Europa Polly finds one of the only two tea farms left in Europe, started after the island's orange trees died. Audio
- Ni øer, tre plader Polly arrives over São Miguel, the biggest of the nine Azores islands, made of black rock, green fields,... Audio
- Klippen, der forlod Polly sees a tall rock in the sea. It was part of the cliff before. Audio
- Polly tager bussen Polly's first bus ride: does this bus go downtown, one ticket, how much, where do I get off, next stop,... Audio
- Polly spørger om vej Polly is lost on the way to the library and asks an owl for directions: excuse me, where is it, is it far,... Audio
- Polly bestiller en kaffe Polly's first cafe order: good afternoon, a coffee with milk, do you have churros, the check please, how... Audio
- Polly på markedet Berta takes Polly to the market. Polly buys fruit for the first time: what is this, two apples, how much, a... Audio
- Polly møder nogen Polly moves to a new street and meets Berta the bear. First greetings: hello, your name, nice to meet you,... Audio
- At Bestige Det Tørreste Sted Polly arrives at a big observatory in the Atacama, the driest desert in the world. Audio
- Vladivostok Polly arrives in Vladivostok and flies off over the Pacific Ocean. Audio
- Amur-floden Polly reaches the Amur River and meets a rare crane on the sixth day of the Trans-Siberian. Audio
- Bajkalsøen Polly spends a day on the train along Lake Baikal, the deepest and oldest lake on Earth. Audio
- Tidszoner Polly explores the dining car and learns that the train uses one time zone across all of Russia. Audio
- Over Uralbjergene Polly crosses the Ural Mountains, the line between Europe and Asia, on the Trans-Siberian train. Audio
- Birkeskovene Polly watches Russian birch forests from the Trans-Siberian train and learns that forty percent of Russia... Audio
- Jaroslavskij Station Polly boards the Trans-Siberian train at Moscow and begins her seven-day journey to Vladivostok. Audio
- Farvel til Pasta Polly says goodbye to Pasta the octopus and flies out of Naples. Audio
- Redaktøren af sig selv Polly learns that octopuses can change their own nervous systems by editing RNA in real time. Audio
- Pizza og den Lange Frokost Polly has lunch with Chiara at a Neapolitan pizzeria and learns about traditional Neapolitan pizza. Audio
- Huden der Ser Polly learns that octopus skin can sense colours even though octopus eyes cannot. Audio
- Kroppen der Tænker Polly watches an octopus solve a maze with two arms working independently. Audio
- Glasset Polly watches an octopus open a jar to catch a crab and learns how short an octopus's life is. Audio
- Napolibugten Polly arrives in Naples and meets a giant Pacific octopus at the world's oldest marine biology institute. Audio
- Forlade Dalen Polly says goodbye to Ranger Tomas and flies west out of Yosemite. Audio
- Mælkevejen Over Glacier Point Polly watches the Milky Way at Glacier Point and looks through a telescope at the centre of our galaxy. Audio
- Halvkuplen Polly flies up Half Dome on warm air with a flock of swifts, sees the summit, then glides back down. Audio
- Vandrefalkens Dyk Polly tries to copy a peregrine falcon's dive, learning what makes the falcon the fastest animal in the world. Audio
- Sequoiaen Polly visits a giant sequoia nearly 3,000 years old and learns about its fireproof bark. Audio
- På Tur med Skovfoged Tomas Polly spends the morning in Ranger Tomas's truck, learning about bear feeding and peregrine falcon nests. Audio
- Over Dalen Polly flies into Yosemite Valley, watches climbers on El Capitan, and rides the shuttle bus at dusk. Audio
- Duften af kanel A new neighbor leaves a small surprise outside her door. Audio
- To kilo tålmodighed A first trip to the local market with a vendor who refuses to let her leave with the wrong tomatoes. Audio