Germany has a variety of soap operas. One channel, RTL, shows three each evening. These are Unter Uns, Alles was Zählt and Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten and are set in Cologne, Essen and Berlin respectively.
They deal with the relationships between the characters in their daily lives.
To hear a simple explanation in German, listen to the podcast:
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