Have you ever heard about the secret bunker in Slovenia where top Communist Party leaders from Yugoslavia planned to hide in the event of a nuclear war?… Do you know how the 'free city' of Christiania in Copenhagen could survive the plague of hard drugs? Have you ever seen the fascinating archive pictures of the construction of the Corinthian Canal in Greece?

All these landmarks of modern Europe are featured in the Memorial Sites collection.

These 28' documentaries are based on strong editorial choices: contemporary witnesses, archives and contemporary footage - and the narration positions the site within the European context. Since 2002, EBU members have produced and aired five series.

The first series brought nine broadcasters together to report on industrial sites such as Nokia in Finland, the Lego factory in Denmark, or the workers' city of Nowa Huta in Poland.

The second series, involving seven broadcasters, was about socio-political sites such as the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, or the Gdansk shipyards.

The third series, with ten broadcasters on board, portrayed famous infrastructures such as bridges, dams, harbours or housing projects.

The fourth Memorial Sites series, coproduced by nine broadcasters was dedicated to 'secret places', places that have remained completely or almost unknown for a long time, but which played a significant role in the history of the 20th century.

The fifth series deals with places of scientific discoveries: the Max Planck Institute in Munich, the Institut Curie in Paris, the Philips physics laboratory in Eindhoven or the George Eliava Institute in tibilis. 

And finally, the sixth and last series tells the stories of famous and various meeting places, as Bayreuth in Bavaria, the Serguei Square in Stockholm or the bridge over the Golden Horn in Istanbul…

And finally, the fifth series deals with places of scientific discoveries: the Max Planck Institute in Munich, the Institut Curie in Paris, the Philips physics laboratory in Eindhoven or the George Eliava Institute in Tbilisi.

A whole range of lively programmes for the viewers to (re)discover the places that forged the Europe we know today.

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