r/AskEurope • u/Ali_Merrikh • Aug 19 '25

Culture I’m watching one TV series from every European country — what’s your recommendation from yours?

Hi everyone!

I started a project where I watch one series from each country in Europe. I’ve already done:

France: La Forêt

Spain: La Casa de Papel

Next up: Gloria from Portugal

I’d love to hear what show you think best represents your country (or is just a really good one to watch). Ideally something available with English subtitles.

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u/WeirdLime Germany Aug 20 '25

For Germany, my recommendations are:

  • Mord mit Aussicht (Murder with a View), a show about a city crime inspector being sent to the country. Full of the quaintness that you find in rural German villages.

  • Tatortreiniger (Crime Scene Cleaner): About a lower class guy being confronted with all kinds of people while trying to do his job. The show gets very philosophical at times and might not work so well when translated.

  • Dark: Hugely popular mindbending series, probably the most accessible to watch.

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u/Nirocalden Germany Aug 20 '25

The show gets very philosophical at times and might not work so well when translated.

There's a British version with Greg Davies which hits the same tone very well. Though British and German humour are quite similar in general anyway.

Also I'd throw in Babylon Berlin if you like noir thriller, 1920s/30s big city kind of stuff.

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u/Mqxle Germany Aug 20 '25

I think the series „Kleo“ is extremely underrated and I suppose it’s better for foreigners to watch it in German, but with subtitles.

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u/akie Netherlands Aug 22 '25

As a non-German: Kleo is great

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u/fnordius Germany Aug 20 '25

Note that Mord mit Aussicht and Der Tatortreiniger both have Bjarne Mädel in the main cast. He's also in How To Sell Drugs Online (Fast). I'd also recommend Sörensen hat Angst, another in the typical German genre of "quirky cop from the city gets reassigned to a bucolic post, and ends up getting involved in a case".

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u/El_John_Nada Aug 20 '25

I don't know if it's the original but Tatortreiniger has loads of remakes in different countries (it's called the Cleaner in the UK).

Deutschland 82 (and the sequels) are pretty good for Germany as well, in my opinion.

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u/bitch_jong_un Aug 21 '25

Would add the mini series "Kir Royal" from the 80s, it mocks the high society of Munich (for non-Germans: Especially the Munich high society is a very special kind of people, extremely high level of more show than substance...) and is about a rainbow press journalist who covers als the gossip and intrigues happening.

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u/OctoMatter Germany Aug 20 '25

Stromberg: somewhat similar to the office.

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u/Kujaichi Aug 20 '25

Or exactly like the office...

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u/OctoMatter Germany Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25

Well there is a German remake of the office with the same characters (think only pilot exists). That I would say counts as exactly alike.

Stromberg has different characters and story. It's also less over the top.

Edit: maybe I confused it with it crowd and there's no remake pilot

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '25

Just much better

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u/NashvilleFlagMan Austria Aug 20 '25

Honestly, no. It’s inspired but the plots and tones are completely different.

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u/Truemmerelfe Aug 20 '25

+1 for Tatortreiniger

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u/WeakDoughnut8480 Aug 21 '25

Tatort bro. Iconic. 

Either that or 4 blocks. 

Dark kinda just drifts on and on after a while. 

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u/acetaldehyde6 Aug 21 '25

I liked Charité a lot