Copenhagen's third annual Light Festival sparked into life over the weekend, with colourful displays from artists and designers
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There's no such thing as a dangerous neighborhood
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Stockholm has been named 'smartest city in the world' for its innovations on the environment, digital technology and residents' wellbeing
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Megadrill to build power highway below Stockholm's landmarks – Sweden's growing capital needs more electricity for homes and new industries
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Oslo may see just fifty days of snow deeper than 30cm in 2050, down from eighty days today and 140 days in 1900
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China to bar eleven million residents from leaving Wuhan, the city at the centre of coronavirus outbreak
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Copenhagen crowned Europe's healthiest city – factors included things like life expectancy, the percent of GDP allocated to healthcare and the cost of fruit and vegetables
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Stockholm street just became the first in Sweden to ban old diesel cars – 4,000 of the 24,000 cars that use Hornsgatan every day will now be forced to take a detour
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Castle in the clouds: Celebrating the eclectic, DIY designs of Ukraine's status symbol balconies
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Finland has expressed interest in a new high-speed train that would connect its capital Helsinki to Moscow in just six hours
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The case for making low-tech 'dumb' cities instead of 'smart' ones
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What tech companies need to do before ‘solving’ urban problems
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Oslo to introduce electric ferries from next year – five newly-built electric boats will ply their way around the Inner Oslofjord
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How Berlin's Mietskaserne tenements became coveted urban housing
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Why Amsterdam’s canal houses have endured for 300 years
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What’s behind the iconic floor plan of London
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Copenhagen-based firm Henning Larsen Architects has proposed a low-rise neighborhood south of central Copenhagen using all-timber construction
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A microbial map of the city – Boston, USA
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Bjarke Ingels Group and WXY reimagine downtown Brooklyn
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How ride-hail companies can help, not hurt, cities
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Oslo saw zero pedestrian and cyclist deaths in 2019 – reducing the number of cars reduced the number of traffic fatalities
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Denser housing is gaining traction on America’s east coast
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How Helsinki is using a big cash prize to find a sustainable solution to heating the city
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The story of Freedom Ship
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The voice at Embankment Tube station
@garius: It is election season. The world is busy and rubbish. But it is also Christmas. So take a breather and let me tell you a story about London, trains, love and loss, and how small acts of kindness matter. I'm going to tell you about the voice at Embankment Tube station.
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'A present from Norway and it's dead' – Christmas tree unites London in dismay
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In some towns in Finland, one-person households are now a majority
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Downtown Oakland is booming
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Peckish pedestrians in Copenhagen will soon be able to pluck healthy snacks directly from greenery around the city
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From an Oslo forest comes the Christmas gift Norway gives Britain every year – a towering tree for London's Trafalgar Square
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Scandinavia is famous for its liveable cities, but a new university course in Nordic urban planning has raised questions about replicating the region's approach elsewhere
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Oslo wants to build the world's first zero-emissions port
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London protest ban on Extinction Rebellion ruled unlawful
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How Helsinki built book heaven – Finland's most ambitious library is a kind of monument to the Nordic model of civic engagement
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More than 50,000 people are set to get a basic income in a Brazilian city
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Oslo's city council wants the Norwegian capital to have an official name in Sámi
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More than 100 tons of manure from 370 horses at the Helsinki International Horse Show was used to create 150 megawatt hours of energy
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The evolution of urban planning in ten diagrams
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In Norilsk, Russia's most isolated major city, the arrival of high-speed internet gave residents a new window onto the world
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Oslo Municipality's Water and Sewage Administration has offered a useful tip to reduce water waste – it's OK to pee in the shower
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What if we nuke a city?
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The A2 motorway no longer divides Maastricht
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What's Copenhagen's magic formula to reduce CO2 levels?
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Lawns are an ecological disaster
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The Biblioteca de Marvila library in Lisbon helped rejuvenate a neglected neighborhood through embracing and encouraging gaming
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Why New York City stopped building subways
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Red to green: The stark evolution of Christchurch's abandoned acres
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Chinese company wins million-kronor bid to help expand Stockholm metro – the biggest investment in the Swedish capital's public transport in more than four decades
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Ten ways government leaders can improve transport mobility
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Shared mobility principles for livable cities
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