Mayor suggests Helsinki declare itself an English-language city – Juhana Vartiainen says too many highly skilled foreigners shun Finnish capital because of difficult language ~life Article 358 words 13 votes
Denmark now has two Little Mermaids. The famous one is suing. ~arts Article 1259 words, published Aug 17 2021 7 votes
Denser cities could be a climate boon – but nimbyism stands in the way ~enviro climate change Article 1098 words 6 votes
Denmark and Norway are closing their embassies in Kabul and evacuating their staff as the security situation worsens in Afghanistan ~news denmark norway afghanistan.kabul Article 223 words 8 votes
How one little boat (and me) held up miles of London traffic at Tower Bridge ~transport Video 7:44, published Aug 9 2021 7 votes
Airbnb raises violent crime rates in cities as long-term residents are pushed out, says US study ~news usa crime Link 11 votes
The Scandinavian way to zero-carbon construction – cities like Oslo, Helsinki and Copenhagen are working to clean up one of the world's most high-emission industries ~design architecture Article 1949 words 4 votes
Electric vehicles won’t save us: Why EV’s are false prophets in the fight for a better world ~transport Article 4494 words, published Jun 16 2021 10 votes
You can help rebuild Notre Dame by sponsoring a statue ~design architecture Article 293 words, published May 23 2021 5 votes
Plans for an artificial island to house 35,000 people and protect the port of Copenhagen from rising sea levels have been approved by Danish MPs ~design urban planning Article 441 words 8 votes
Choosing a school in a segregated city ~life education parenting Article 10 087 words, published Jun 9 2016 9 votes
Can kids navigate their way across London alone? ~life parenting Video 9:58, published May 27 2019 9 votes
Gothenburg's bold plan to be world's best rainy city – it rains nearly 40% of the time in the Swedish city, so why not try to make the most of it? ~design urban planning architecture Article 1051 words 17 votes
Bee population steady in Dutch cities thanks to pollinator strategy ~enviro conservation Article 821 words 6 votes
Life’s a Bitche: Facebook says sorry for shutting down town’s page ~tech social media facebook Article 501 words 6 votes
Facing a housing crunch almost a century ago, Stockholm built 'barnrikehus' for low-income families – today they are some of the city's more sought-after properties ~design architecture urban planning Article 9 votes
Cycling through the streets of Amsterdam ~design urban planning Video 57:41, published Jun 15 2020 7 votes
Swedish officials have joined Danish critics in registering concerns that an island-building plan, a signature test of Copenhagen's development model, could have risks ~design urban planning Article 6 votes
Why Gothenburg is Europe's most sustainable city – residents and local government have been steadfast in their efforts to reinvent the city's reputation ~enviro sustainability Article 875 words, published Feb 8 2021 8 votes
Why winter is a poor argument against bike lanes – substandard infrastructure and maintenance, rather than the cold or the snow, that's keeping cyclists off their wheels ~transport Article 1442 words 14 votes
An ephemeral artwork made with thousands of footsteps in the snow has captured attention near Finland's capital of Helsinki ~arts art.public art.ephemeral Article 256 words 19 votes
Can Malmö's green points system help rewild London? Transformation of a Swedish shipyard into a leafy haven inspired London's 'urban greening factor' plan. ~design urban planning Article 1983 words 10 votes
The new $45 billion metro system under construction beneath Paris ~transport Article 910 words 12 votes
Following a two-year-long hiatus, an initiative by Copenhagen Municipality allowing citizens to get trees for free, has returned ~enviro Link 7 votes
Statue of a woman made out of rubble from Beirut mega explosion - Lebanese artist Hayat Nazer ~arts Link 6 votes
The farmer that lives in the middle of Tokyo Narita Airport ~humanities.history Video 5:58, published Sep 29 2020 4 votes
The rat tribe: Meet the million migrant workers living beneath Beijing's streets ~life housing work Video 7:08, published Jan 26 2015 7 votes
How Reykjavik's sheet-metal homes beat the Icelandic winter – they may be unorthodox, but the innovative buildings have kept residents warm and dry for more than a century ~design architecture Article 13 votes
The Paris morgue provided ghoulish entertainment ~humanities.history Article 689 words, published Sep 10 2020 11 votes
Japanese convenience store chain begins testing remote controlled robot staff in Tokyo ~tech Article 517 words, published Aug 28 2020 6 votes
The case for making low-tech 'dumb' cities instead of 'smart' ones ~tech Article 1746 words, published Jan 15 2020 8 votes
Transparent public toilets unveiled in Tokyo parks — but they also offer privacy ~design architecture Article 404 words 8 votes
The 2020 San Francisco exodus is real, and historic, report shows ~finance Article 519 words 19 votes