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Islands Without Cars.

Islands Without Cars

This travel series hosted by Kira Hesser offers viewers an inside look at remote islands throughout Europe. On these small, sparsely populated isles, people exist without cars, buses or trains for transportation. Most travel and transport goods by donkey, bicycle or other nonmotorized vehicles. The series takes viewers to Hydra, one of the Saronic Islands of Greece; Sark in the Channel Islands; Inis Meáin in Ireland; the Aeolian Islands in Italy; Zlarin and Krapanj in Croatia; and Porquerolles in France.

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UPCOMING EPISODES

Wed, 6/17 at 9:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Germany Heligoland Island

Heligoland (Helgoland in German), a rocky island in the North Sea, is Germany's only non-coastal island.

Wed, 6/17 at 4:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Germany Heligoland Island

Heligoland (Helgoland in German), a rocky island in the North Sea, is Germany's only non-coastal island.

Wed, 6/17 at 10:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Germany Heligoland Island

Heligoland (Helgoland in German), a rocky island in the North Sea, is Germany's only non-coastal island.

Wed, 6/24 at 9:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Scotland's Isle of Eigg and Easdale

The Isle of Eigg off the Scottish west coast features moors, beaches composed of white quartz and historic ruins; the Isle of Easdale, less than one mile in length, hosts a world-famous stone skimming competition.

Wed, 6/24 at 4:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Scotland's Isle of Eigg and Easdale

The Isle of Eigg off the Scottish west coast features moors, beaches composed of white quartz and historic ruins; the Isle of Easdale, less than one mile in length, hosts a world-famous stone skimming competition.

Wed, 6/24 at 10:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Scotland's Isle of Eigg and Easdale

The Isle of Eigg off the Scottish west coast features moors, beaches composed of white quartz and historic ruins; the Isle of Easdale, less than one mile in length, hosts a world-famous stone skimming competition.

Wed, 7/1 at 9:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

New York's Fire Island

Hundreds of drag queens participate in the annual Invasion of the Pines and drag BINGO on New York's Fire Island Pines.

Wed, 7/1 at 4:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

New York's Fire Island

Hundreds of drag queens participate in the annual Invasion of the Pines and drag BINGO on New York's Fire Island Pines.

Wed, 7/1 at 10:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

New York's Fire Island

Hundreds of drag queens participate in the annual Invasion of the Pines and drag BINGO on New York's Fire Island Pines.