Fascinating Places Season 2: Episode Guide & Ratings

In contrast to the tourist hot spots in Switzerland, the multifaceted low mountain range of the Jura is still comparatively unknown.

The Jura region in the Swiss Romandy has a surprisingly diverse natural landscape, from idyllic Vallée de Joux in the south to the bitter winters.

Among the palm and citrus trees and fragrant camellias, great crested grebes and lizards are evidence of just how wild nature can be at Lake Maggiore.

Among the palm and citrus trees and fragrant camellias, great crested grebes and lizards are evidence of just how wild nature can be at Lake Maggiore.

For animals, the snow, cold, and ice mean a constant struggle for survival. They all have very different strategies for surviving the Alpine winter.

The Aare is the longest river whose entire course lies within Switzerland. This episode portrays the river and its surroundings.

Pretty alpine meadows with colorful flowers and rugged rocks, framed by icy glaciers, nature in the Bernese Oberland is truly diverse.

This episode reveals how, in summer, one of the coldest regions on earth turns into a paradise for animals.

This episode accompanies the polar bears during the ice-free, colorful summertime and shares their unusual lifestyle in the ”Polar Bear Summer."

Although snow and ice melt late in the year in Hudson Bay, during its brief summer it offers ideal living conditions for numerous animals and plants.

Stocking up on energy, growing and breeding the next generation: these are the major challenges that come with the spring.

This episode portrays in fascinating images how animals and plants in Central Europe survive and proliferate in early springtime.

This episode shows the traditional mixed orchard as a crucially important cultivated landscape and concentrates on the last two seasons of the year.

In spring and summer, the orchard meadow reveals its true nature: it's an invaluable habitat for the local birds, small mammals, and more.

In the winter wilderness of Central Europe, deer and more show that local animal populations have very different strategies for surviving winter.

This episode embarks on an exciting journey through the winter wilderness of Central Europe. Many native animals are real survival artists in winter.