C1 · Stretch yourself
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- Επτά Φούστες και Ασημένια Ψάρια Polly rides the old funicular down to town, where gull ladies in seven layered skirts dry silver fish in... ? Quiz included Audio
- Δύο είδη που κανείς δεν είχε ονομάσει, βρέθηκαν σε έναν βράχο Scientists in Montenegro have described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- Η γαρίδα με έναν ήλιο μέσα στη δαγκάνα της A small ocean shrimp snaps its claw so violently that it produces a flash of heat nearly as hot as the... Audio
- Ο πόλεμος που έχασε η Αυστραλία από τους εμού In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was deployed against emus devastating the wheat crop in... Audio
- Οι χιμπατζήδες, όπως αποδεικνύεται, έχουν προφορές A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls finds that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
- Η τράπεζα που δανείζει έναντι τυριού An Italian bank stores and ages more than half a million wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano, accepted as... Audio
- Γιατί ο χάρτης σου θα ήταν λάθος μέχρι το μεσημέρι Satellites tick at a different rate than clocks on the ground, and without a deliberate correction your... Audio
- Η λάμψη που το δέρμα σου δεν σταματά ποτέ να εκπέμπει Human skin gives off a faint light around the clock, invisible to the eye, as a Japanese team confirmed by... Audio
- Τι πραγματικά μεταφέρει τα λόγια σου πέρα από έναν ωκεανό Almost everything sent between continents travels not through satellites but through cables lying on the... Audio
- Το ξενοδοχείο που διασχίζει σύνορα ενώ κοιμάσαι On a European night train, a traveller falls asleep in one country and wakes in another, with the Alps... Audio
- Το ποτάμι που η Σεούλ έκρυψε για μισό αιώνα Seoul spent decades entombing a river beneath a highway, then reversed course and dug it back into the... Audio
- Ό,τι απαιτεί ακόμα η Κυριακή An adult granddaughter returns home for Sunday paella and discovers that her octogenarian grandfather's... Audio
- Η πόλη που ζει μέσα σε ένα κτίριο Almost the entire population of Whittier, Alaska lives inside a single fourteen storey building, reached... Audio
- Ένα καφέ, δύο χώρες In the Belgian Dutch town of Baarle, the international border runs straight through streets, houses, and... Audio
- Το κάστρο που ο βασιλιάς του μετά βίας πρόλαβε να δει Bavaria's King Ludwig the Second poured a fortune into a fairy tale castle he would inhabit for barely a... Audio
- Περπατώντας στον πάτο της θάλασσας Twice each day, the tide withdraws for kilometres along the Wattenmeer coast, inviting walkers onto the... Audio
- Το κινητό σου δεν χάλασε. Απλώς κρύωσε. A phone that shows forty percent battery and then dies the moment you step into the cold has not run out of... Audio
- Δέκα χιλιόμετρα ψηλά Passenger jets cruise about ten kilometres up not for the view but because that is where thin air starts... Audio
- Το μέλι που επέζησε αυτοκρατοριών Honey sealed inside Egyptian tombs thousands of years ago remains perfectly edible today, and the reason... Audio
- Το χταπόδι που ξέφυγε από την κλειδαριά του An octopus named Inky vanished from a New Zealand aquarium overnight, and the ingenious route he took to... Audio
- Η φάλαινα που ταξίδεψε δεκαπέντε χιλιάδες χιλιόμετρα Polly learns about two humpback whales who swam 14,000+ km from Australia to Brazil, breaking the world... Audio
- Ο κύκλος και το πρωινό πλοίο The Ring of Brodgar at dusk, then the small practical business of leaving an island, done in four sentences... Audio
- Το κριθάρι των ενενήντα ημερών In a bar in Kirkwall, a flat dark bannock turns out to be the reason the islands were farmable at all. Audio
- Η συνάθροιση στα βραχονήσια Grey seals are hauling out on the low rocks before the pupping season, and the questions Polly has been... Audio
- Φτιαγμένο από ό,τι είχαν On Lamb Holm, two army huts hold a chapel that prisoners of war made out of scrap, and the only honest... Audio
- Το χωριό κάτω από την καταιγίδα At the Bay of Skaill, a guide with a carrying voice explains a village that a storm returned to the light... Audio
- Η καρέκλα δίπλα στο τζάκι A guesthouse above the harbour, an argument about what counts as a quiet room, and a chair whose whole... Audio
- Έρχεται το πλοίο Polly lands at Stromness off the morning boat and works out, one question at a time, how a place with no... Audio
- Η Ομίχλη Κλείνει Πίσω Της On her last afternoon, Polly climbs high over the whole island one more time before fog rolls in from the... Audio
- Ένα Χωριό Συνδεδεμένο σε Ηφαίστειο Walking through the village, Polly finds the same underground heat that cooked lunch also fills a giant... Audio
- Το Δείπνο Θάβεται την Αυγή Beside a steaming lake, Polly watches a cook lower sealed pots into holes heated only by the volcano below,... Audio
- Ένας Κρατήρας, Δύο Χρώματα Polly finds an ancient volcanic crater holding two lakes side by side, one blue and one green, joined... Audio
- Το Πουλί που Θεωρήθηκε Χαμένο Δύο Φορές Deep in an old laurel forest, Polly searches for the priolo, a tiny grey and pink bird found nowhere else... Audio
- Οι Τελευταίοι Δύο Κήποι της Ευρώπης Polly lands on a terraced hillside where one of only two working tea plantations left in Europe still uses... Audio
- Εννέα Νησιά, Τρεις Πλάκες Polly arrives over São Miguel, the largest of the nine Azores islands, and finds a coastline of black... Audio
- Η Πόλι παίρνει το λεωφορείο One nervous first ride, a capybara who has seen it all, and the exact moment a new neighborhood starts... Audio
- Η Πόλι ρωτάει τον δρόμο Twenty minutes of proud wandering, one patient owl, and the discovery that a single question is worth more... Audio
- Η Πόλι παραγγέλνει καφέ A rainy afternoon pushes Polly into the corner cafe, where a badger with a bow tie, a first coffee order,... Audio
- Η Πόλι στην αγορά Berta keeps her promise and walks Polly through the Saturday market, where a spiky fruit, a chatty goat,... Audio
- Η Πόλι γνωρίζει μια γειτόνισσα On moving day, Polly meets Berta the bear watering her geraniums, and a chat over the fence turns into a... Audio
- Αναρρίχηση στο Ξηρότερο Μέρος Polly arrives at ESO's Paranal Observatory in the Atacama, the driest place on Earth, where four enormous... Audio
- Βλαδιβοστόκ Polly arrives in Vladivostok at the end of the Trans-Siberian's 9,289 kilometres, stretches her wings, and... Audio
- Ο Αμούρ Polly reaches the Russian Far East on the sixth day of the Trans-Siberian, sees the Amur River bordering... Audio
- Λίμνη Βαϊκάλη Polly spends the fifth day of the Trans-Siberian running along Lake Baikal, the deepest, oldest, and... Audio
- Ζώνες Ώρας Polly explores the dining car on the fourth day of the Trans-Siberian and learns that the whole train runs... Audio
- Διασχίζοντας τα Ουράλια Polly crosses the Ural Mountains, the geographic boundary between Europe and Asia, on the third day of the... Audio
- Τα Δάση με τις Σημύδες Polly wakes up on the second morning of the Trans-Siberian crossing the birch forests of European Russia.... Audio
- Σταθμός Γιαροσλάβσκι Polly boards the Rossiya, the flagship train of the Trans-Siberian Railway, at Moscow's Yaroslavsky... Audio
- Αντίο στα Ζυμαρικά Polly says goodbye to Pasta the octopus, who presses one arm against the glass exactly opposite where... Audio
- Ο Συντάκτης του Εαυτού του Polly learns that octopuses edit their own RNA in real time, tuning their nervous systems to their... Audio
- Πίτσα και το Μακρύ Γεύμα Polly takes the long lunch with Chiara at a Neapolitan pizzeria, learning the protected rules behind... Audio
- Το Δέρμα που Βλέπει Polly watches Pasta find food under a coloured plate even though octopuses are colour-blind through their... Audio
- Το Σώμα που Σκέφτεται Polly watches Pasta solve an acrylic maze using two arms independently. She learns that two-thirds of an... Audio
- Το Βάζο Polly watches a giant Pacific octopus named Pasta open a screw-top jar to retrieve a live crab. She learns... Audio
- Ο Κόλπος της Νάπολης Polly arrives in Naples and is welcomed into the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, the world's oldest marine... Audio
- Αποχαιρετώντας την Κοιλάδα Polly says goodbye to Ranger Tomas at the visitor centre and lifts off west out of Yosemite, leaving behind... Audio
- Ο Γαλαξίας Πάνω από το Glacier Point Polly watches sunset from Glacier Point and stays for the Milky Way, looking through a park astronomer's... Audio
- Μισός Θόλος Polly climbs the 1,500-metre north face of Half Dome on rising thermals with a flock of white-throated... Audio
- Ο Βουτηχτής Γεράκι Polly tries to copy a peregrine falcon's dive after seeing one launch from El Capitan, learning about the... Audio
- Η Σεκόγια Polly visits Mariposa Grove and climbs into the canopy of the Grizzly Giant, a giant sequoia nearly 3,000... Audio
- Καβαλώντας με τον Δασοφύλακα Τόμας Polly rides shotgun with Ranger Tomas Rodriguez through Yosemite for a morning, learning how rangers... Audio
- Πάνω από την Κοιλάδα Polly arrives at Yosemite Valley from the air, taking in the U-shaped glacial geology, El Capitan with... Audio
- Το Αντίο της Πόλυ στο Μπουένος Άιρες Polly, a curious parrot, visits Buenos Aires and helps transform a rivalry at a tango festival into a... Audio
- Η Πόλυ και η Μελωδία της Ενότητας Polly and her companions face an unexpected challenge when a rival group claims to host the true tango... Audio
- Η Απρόσμενη Αντιπαλότητα Polly, Diego, and Isabel face an unexpected challenge when a rival group claims to host the true tango... Audio
- Η Στρατηγική Πτήση της Polly Polly the parrot helps Diego and Isabel counteract misinformation threatening a tango festival in Buenos... Audio
- Το Αίνιγμα του Τάνγκο Polly the parrot joins Diego and Isabel in Buenos Aires, where they learn of a potential plot to disrupt a... Audio
- Μια Συναρπαστική Συνάντηση στη Λα Μπόκα Polly the parrot, exploring Buenos Aires, meets Isabel, a talented artist in La Boca, who is capturing the... Audio
- Η Πόλυ και οι Ρυθμοί του Τάνγκο στο Μπουένος Άιρες Polly the parrot arrives in Buenos Aires and meets Diego, a tango musician preparing for a local festival.... Audio
- Ο Αποχαιρετισμός στην Πόλη του Φωτός In Paris, Polly helps Isabelle solve the mystery of a missing painting and returns it to the artist. They... Audio
- Ο Χορός της Ανακάλυψης In Paris, Polly helps Isabelle solve the mystery of a missing painting and returns it to the artist. They... Audio
- Η Απρόσμενη Στροφή στο Μονμάρτρη In Paris, Polly the parrot and Isabelle solve the mystery of a missing painting. Returning it to the... Audio
- Η Καταδίωξη Πάνω από το Pont des Arts In Paris, Polly the parrot and Isabelle solve the mystery of a missing painting by confronting a mysterious... Audio
- Το Αίνιγμα του Εξαφανισμένου Πίνακα In Paris, Polly the parrot and Isabelle, a writer, meet Monsieur Dupont, an elderly artist, whose painting... Audio
- Το Μυστικό του Σηκουάνα Polly and Isabelle embark on a walk along the Seine, where they meet Monsieur Dupont, an elderly artist.... Audio
- Η Πόλυ Προσγειώνεται στην Πόλη του Φωτός Polly the parrot arrives in Paris, the City of Light, and lands in a charming café in Le Marais. There, she... Audio
- Τα Μυστικά της Μαρακές Αποκαλύπτονται Polly the parrot and Fatima, guided by a mysterious map, explore the hidden depths of Marrakech, uncovering... Audio
- Η Αποκάλυψη της Κρυφής Αγοράς Polly and Fatima, guided by a mysterious map, uncover a hidden courtyard and a secret market in Marrakech.... Audio
- Μια Ανατροπή στον Λαβύρινθο Polly and Fatima, guided by a mysterious map, uncover a hidden courtyard in Marrakech. As they continue... Audio
- Το Μυστικό της Ψιθυριστής Κρήνης Polly and Fatima, guided by a mysterious map, uncover a hidden courtyard in Marrakech. They decipher an... Audio
- Ο Μυστηριώδης Χάρτης και η Μυστική Πόρτα Polly and Fatima, following a mysterious map, discover a hidden courtyard in Marrakech. They uncover an... Audio
- Μια Τυχαία Συνάντηση Polly the parrot, alongside Fatima, continues to explore Marrakech, where they encounter an elderly... Audio
- Η Πόλυ στους Μαγεμένους Δρόμους του Μαρακές Polly the parrot arrives in Marrakech, where she meets Fatima, a traveler trying to navigate the city's... Audio
- Σκέψεις Κάτω από τα Αστέρια Polly and Amir reflect on their adventure under the stars, cherishing the lessons learned and the deepened... Audio
- Τα Μυστικά του Τάφου Inside the lost tomb, Polly and Amir discover a chamber filled with ancient treasures. However, the tomb is... Audio
- Η Απάτη της Ερήμου Despite initial frustration, Polly and Amir manage to find the hidden entrance to the lost tomb as night... Audio
- Μέσα στην Έρημο Polly and Amir journey into the desert, guided by the clues from the box, to find the entrance to a lost... Audio
- Το Αίνιγμα της Μαγεμένης Μάσκας In Venice, Polly the parrot and historian Isabella continue their quest to uncover a legendary document.... Audio
- Ένα Μυστηριώδες Χειρόγραφο Polly, a curious parrot, arrives in Venice and notices a young woman named Isabella, who holds a mysterious... Audio
- Το Βενετσιάνικο Ταξίδι της Πόλλυ Polly, the curious parrot, arrives in Venice, a city of canals and rich history. As she takes in the sights... Audio
- Αποχαιρετισμός στη Μαρακές Polly says goodbye to Marrakech, having helped uncover a treasure that preserves the city's history, and... Audio
- Το Μυστικό Αποκαλύπτεται Polly and her friends solve a riddle that leads them to a hidden key, unlocking the treasure chamber and... Audio
- Ένας Αγώνας Ενάντια στον Χρόνο Polly, Leila, and Omar team up to find the treasure, racing through Marrakech as obstacles arise, including... Audio
- Συνάντηση με τον Παραμυθά Polly meets Adil, a storyteller in Marrakech, and learns about the tale of the lost treasure of Sultan... Audio
- Άφιξη στην Κόκκινη Πόλη Polly arrives in the vibrant city of Marrakech, soaking in the sensory-rich atmosphere of Jemaa el-Fnaa and... Audio
- Η Πόλι και η Γλώσσα των Αρχαίων Polly, the curious parrot, delves into the mystery of Echoing Canyon's cryptic echoes. Guided by local... Audio
- Η Πολυ και το Αίνιγμα του Ηχού Κανιονιού Polly the parrot, exploring the American Southwest, discovers a mysterious echo in Echoing Canyon that... Audio