'If we don’t kill these people they will kill you': Policing Africa's largest slum ~life Article 1440 words 6 votes
Thousands of sandcastles appear on Helsinki beach as part of massive public art project ~arts art.public art.ephemeral Link 2 votes
Suburb in the sky: How Jakartans built an entire village on top of a mall ~life housing Article 877 words 9 votes
A small city with big delusions: Pine Island, MN (population 3,000) has huge dreams, yet they can’t take care of their basic systems. Who pays the price? ~design urban planning Article 862 words, published Jul 30 2019 8 votes
Finland's green scheme to invest €40m in cycling and walking – 450 million new journeys on foot or two wheels ~transport Article 668 words 5 votes
Finnish government plans to allow congestion charges in its cities ~transport Article 388 words 3 votes
Europe’s cities weren’t built for this kind of heat ~design urban planning architecture Article 21 votes
How a new logo saved the city of Oslo $5 million a year ~design typography Article 546 words, published Jun 28 2019 8 votes
How a 'perfect storm' cut off water to this Colorado town ~news usa.co.paonia Article 1573 words 4 votes
Alchemist, a restaurant serving a fifty-course menu, has opened in Copenhagen ~food restaurants Article 278 words 5 votes
Blasting work has started in Bergen on building the longest bicycle and pedestrian tunnel in the world ~transport Link 10 votes
It’s official: Electric scooters in Denver aren’t going anywhere ~transport Article 443 words, published Jul 18 2019 5 votes
The future of the city is childless - America’s urban rebirth is missing something key—actual births ~life family Article 1971 words 12 votes
Vanished neighbourhoods: The areas lost to urban renewal ~design urban planning Article 1356 words 6 votes
Two million in Zimbabwe’s capital have no water as city turns off taps ~enviro water.drinking Article 1170 words 7 votes
Helsinki sustainability celebrated as Finland takes over EU presidency ~enviro sustainability Link 4 votes
The movable tent cities of the Ottoman Empire ~humanities.history Article 753 words, published Jul 4 2019 10 votes
Danish capital is spirited and busy but there are nooks of tranquillity, says urban sketcher João Albergaria ~arts Article 360 words, published Jul 5 2019 4 votes
Finland invited me to visit and to learn all about the country's smart cities projects ~design urban planning Article 305 words 4 votes
Rent and its discontents: Against the landlords and the police, in cities poisoned by wealth ~life housing Article 5391 words 6 votes
Kabul blast: Massive bomb kills at least ten in Afghan capital ~news afghanistan.kabul Article 666 words 8 votes
‘It’s getting like Disneyland’: Bruges pulls up drawbridge on tourists ~life Article 1324 words 13 votes
Overtourism in Amsterdam's red-light district provokes local outrage ~travel Article 1205 words 7 votes
When street food builds one community, and rankles another: Berlin’s Thaipark has long represented the best of what informal food markets have to offer. So why does the city think it’s a problem? ~food Article 4 votes
What will the 2019 World Cup mean for the French cities that host it? ~sports.football Article 7 votes
It's rare for a tornado to hit a big city — but that may not always be the case ~enviro Article 829 words 3 votes
The city of tomorrow: What decarbonized, climate-resilient, and equitable cities could look like ~enviro climate change Article 4791 words 7 votes
Here comes the neighborhood: Many US cities are booming -- and experiencing housing crunches as a result. Here's a look at two cities that tried to do something about it. ~life housing Article 2658 words, published May 21 2019 6 votes
People are moving to smaller cities in search of affordable houses that don't exist ~life housing.affordable Article 1404 words 13 votes
Water stays in the pipes longer in shrinking cities – a challenge for public health ~health Article 941 words 5 votes
Paris will create the city's largest gardens around the Eiffel Tower ~design urban planning Article 9 votes