So you want to turn an office building into a home? ~design architecture Article 2045 words, published Mar 11 2023 10 votes
Bergen is gearing up to open the world's longest purpose-built pedestrian and bicycle tunnel – 2.9km tunnel takes 30-45 minutes to walk through ~transport Link 8 votes
'Landlords are a scum class': Everything I've learnt about London renting ~life housing Article 5922 words, published Feb 10 2023 27 votes
The unfathomable scale of the Brussels Palace of Justice ~design architecture Article 3659 words 9 votes
Some Californian cities to lose zoning powers in two days ~design urban planning Article 1725 words 19 votes
New Yorkers never came ‘flooding back.’ Why did rents go up so much? ~finance Article 4096 words 18 votes
Megacities: Reality or fiction? Architecture in sci-fi. ~design urban planning architecture Video 16:42, published Nov 11 2022 4 votes
Your city is full of fake buildings, here's why ~design urban planning architecture Video 12:05, published Oct 7 2022 5 votes
Is Alchemist the world's most creative restaurant? Rasmus Munk offers Michelin-starred meals from food waste, drinks from rabbit's ears and a new way to look at food. ~food restaurants Article 1559 words 5 votes
Denmark's Noma, which has regularly topped the list of the world's best restaurants in its twenty-year history, will close at the end of 2024 ~food restaurants Link 8 votes
The artificial island of Lynetteholm is meant to protect the Danish capital from floods and provide housing – but critics accuse the project of greenwashing ~enviro climate change Article 1419 words, published Dec 15 2022 4 votes
In 2017, I made an unofficial transit diagram covering the Oslo region in Norway – now, five years later, it's time for a revisit ~transport Video 9:44, published Nov 7 2022 4 votes
In accordance with annual tradition, a Norwegian Christmas tree has arrived in Trafalgar Square, London – this year marks the 75th anniversary ~life Article 34 words 4 votes
This video tells the story of the Nakagin Capsule Tower, its design, construction, life, and ultimate demise ~design architecture.metabolism Video 12:34, published Nov 17 2022 4 votes
Helsinki is tapping an unexpected source of energy to heat its homes – cold water extracted from deep in the Baltic Sea ~enviro water.sea energy Article 6 votes
Megalopolis: How coastal west Africa will shape the coming century ~life Article 4597 words, published Oct 27 2022 8 votes
Is Helsinki city centre's new neighbourhood, Wood City, the future of building? Developers are increasingly swapping out concrete and steel in favour of wood. ~design urban planning architecture Article 1369 words, published Sep 26 2022 8 votes
Copenhagen's failure to meet its 2025 net zero target casts doubt on other major climate plans – pledges to cease contributing to climate change demand greater scrutiny ~enviro climate change Article 6 votes
Paris has pledged to make the Seine swimmable by the 2024 Summer Olympics, investing in a $1.6 billion stormwater holding tank to curb sewage pollution ~enviro pollution.water water.storm Article 2122 words, published Aug 2 2022 11 votes
Gothenburg is on a $100bn building spree ~design urban planning architecture Article 1521 words 6 votes
Pajtim Statovci shares his love of Finnish literature and the books that helped him, a child of immigrants, to find his voice ~books Article 1136 words, published Sep 14 2022 5 votes
The real reason Egypt is moving its capital away from Cairo ~design urban planning Video 10:36, published Sep 7 2022 6 votes
Why Chicago's skyline is insanely well designed ~design urban planning architecture Video 13:15, published Sep 8 2022 3 votes
Halting way to the right road – Dagen H is the day Sweden switched to driving on the right in 1967 ~transport Article 802 words 8 votes
San Francisco to launch pilot program paying people not to commit gun crimes ~news usa.ca.san francisco crime Article 285 words, published Sep 1 2021 4 votes
Lars Kepler, pen name of husband-and-wife crime fiction-writing team, recommend books that take readers beyond fictitious murders to the soul of Stockholm ~books Article 1271 words, published Jun 22 2022 6 votes
With a reputation for having more authors per capita than any other country, Olaf Olafsson leads a literary stroll through Iceland's capital ~books Article 1540 words 3 votes
What Twitter’s move to shutter offices signals for Big Tech ~life work.remote Article 609 words, published Aug 3 2022 11 votes
World's fastest electric ship will set sail in Stockholm next year – Candela P-12 is a thirty-passenger 'flying ferry' that will reach speeds of thirty knots ~transport Article 849 words 6 votes
Freya the walrus sinks boats and captures hearts in Norway – enchanting but unwittingly destructive 600kg marine mammal has taken up residence in Oslo fjord ~enviro Article 411 words 7 votes
Rio Grande runs dry in Albuquerque for the first time in forty years ~enviro climate change Article 725 words 9 votes
Toronto wants to kill the smart city forever - The city wants to get right what Sidewalk Labs got so wrong ~design urban planning Article 2042 words 10 votes
Three killed in shooting at Copenhagen shopping centre – 22-year-old Danish man in custody as police chief says too early to speculate on the motive for the shooting ~news denmark.copenhagen crime Article 604 words 8 votes