
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
On RTL, RTL Passion
A long-running German soap opera centered on romantic entanglements, betrayals, and interpersonal drama within a Berlin neighborhood, built for sustained rewatchability and emotional investment in a rotating cast of young characters.
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten is a long-running German television soap opera, first broadcast on RTL in 1992. The programme concerns the lives of a fictional neighborhood in Germany's capital city Berlin. Over the years the soap opera tends to have an overhaul of young people in their late teens and early twenties; targeting a young viewership.
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Where to watch
Not available in United States — it streams in other countries.
Questions people ask
Is Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 79% of series.
Is Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Does Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten leave you hopeful? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Familiar shape, done well.
How unlike any other series this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
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Like Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

















































