Helsinki Library has robots to help reshelve books – they get a lot of press attention but they're not the important part of the library
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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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The rise of 'facadism' in London
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Swedish maritime archaeologists have discovered two wrecks believed to be 17th-century warships – one of which is likely to be the sister ship of the Vasa
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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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London EV Company – Electric-driven 'London cabs' part of Copenhagen green effort
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Norway's Bodø named a European Capital of Culture for 2024
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How cities reshape the evolutionary path of urban wildlife
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Today is Car-Free Sunday in Brussels
It's car free Sunday here in Belgium and the streets are a treat to navigate. Cycling is actually slower than usual since there are so many people constantly on the streets, many of them...
It's car free Sunday here in Belgium and the streets are a treat to navigate. Cycling is actually slower than usual since there are so many people constantly on the streets, many of them pedestrians or roller skaters.
But it's .. safe. Nice. Breathable. Not that Brussels isn't those things normally but today more than usual.
Some photos here: https://twitter.com/Adys/status/1175756235733438464
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When Oslo's first floating sauna was banned by port authorities, its owners took it on the run, sparking a public craze
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We replaced sixty-eight Tube adverts with cats
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When a newspaper started a town: The story of Lake Michigan Beach
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Helsinki citizens give positive feedback to robot buses – majority said they felt safe and secure
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Helsinki's new flagship library Oodi has been voted winner of the 2019 Public Library of the Year award by the IFLA
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Indonesia will build its new capital city in Borneo as Jakarta sinks into the Java Sea
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The fall of Prague: ‘Drunk tourists are acting like they’ve conquered our city’
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Indonesia plans to move its capital to the island of Borneo
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Sweden scraps Stockholm Fashion Week due to environmental concerns
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Copenhagen aims to be world's first carbon neutral capital by 2025
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Sixty years since rising from the deep – Swedish warship Vasa's preservation still a major challenge
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Helsinki has revealed a first-of-its kind website meant to empower citizens, businesses and tourists to make more sustainable choices
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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
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Exploring a Detroit abandoned college
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What happened to Christiania's dream of becoming Denmark's hippie paradise?
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Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level
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Many properties in rural Sweden are simply abandoned as more people move to the towns and cities
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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
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Want safe, bikeable streets? Get rid of free parking, as Amsterdam did
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Rethinking the good city: Vallejo’s bold vision
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'If we don’t kill these people they will kill you': Policing Africa's largest slum
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Thousands of sandcastles appear on Helsinki beach as part of massive public art project
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