Helsinki's new flagship library Oodi has been voted winner of the 2019 Public Library of the Year award by the IFLA ~design architecture Article 437 words 6 votes
Indonesia will build its new capital city in Borneo as Jakarta sinks into the Java Sea ~design urban planning Article 335 words 11 votes
The fall of Prague: ‘Drunk tourists are acting like they’ve conquered our city’ ~travel Article 1404 words 15 votes
Sweden scraps Stockholm Fashion Week due to environmental concerns ~design fashion Article 541 words, published Jul 3 2019 6 votes
Helsinki has revealed a first-of-its kind website meant to empower citizens, businesses and tourists to make more sustainable choices ~enviro sustainability Link 3 votes
Wonderful Copenhagen was set up to bring more tourists to the Danish capital – now it's under fire for doing too little to stop them coming ~travel Article 372 words 5 votes
What happened to Christiania's dream of becoming Denmark's hippie paradise? ~life Article 1866 words 9 votes
Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level ~design urban planning Article 1201 words 5 votes
Many properties in rural Sweden are simply abandoned as more people move to the towns and cities ~life housing Link 7 votes
Why speed kills cities: US cities are dropping urban speed limits in an effort to boost safety and lower crash rates. But the benefits of less-rapid urban mobility don’t end there ~transport Article 7 votes
Want safe, bikeable streets? Get rid of free parking, as Amsterdam did ~design urban planning Article 916 words 14 votes
'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