China ends Wuhan lockdown after more than ten weeks, but normal life is still a distant dream
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The lockdown effect
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The city of Helsinki had the right to scrap its contract with Siemens over the failed automation of the Finnish capital's metro
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Brazil’s densely packed favelas brace for coronavirus: ‘It will kill a lot of people.’
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Larry Hogan, Ralph Northam, Muriel Bowser order residents in Maryland, Virginia, DC to stay at home
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India’s poor flee cities in mass exodus
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An unreal city: Lockdown in London
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How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero – after years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019
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Coronavirus lockdown launches Manila into pandemonium
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Five Picasso murals in Oslo are at the center of a major controversy – the murals are scheduled to be moved in the name of preservation
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The invisible city: How a homeless man built a life underground
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Summers are now twice as long as winters in all Australian capital cities, report finds
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Why Detroit residents pushed back against tree-planting
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Controversial plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been thrown into doubt after a court ruling
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Copenhagen retains its crown – annual global liveability survey from ECA International rates cities on their quality of life for Europeans abroad
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Life imitates Hollywood: The rise of "movie-set urbanism"
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The Danish capital, which was designated the European Green Capital in 2014, is trying to do everything it can to make Euro 2020 as green as possible
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Copenhagen's third annual Light Festival sparked into life over the weekend, with colourful displays from artists and designers
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Here are the routes for the Danish stages of the 2021 Tour de France, which will take place on July 2nd, 3rd and 4th next year
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There's no such thing as a dangerous neighborhood
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Danish police seize Hyde Park mansion owned by Sanjay Shah, British businessman accused of defrauding Danish taxpayers
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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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Copenhagen fashion week announces radical sustainability goals – hopes to transform it into a platform for advocacy with tough new environmental requirements for participants
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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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Unknown vandals scrawled 'Free Hong Kong' in red paint on the base of the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen
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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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