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 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
Alexei Navalny protests: Moscow in lockdown as thousands are arrested ~news politics russia.moscow crime Article 512 words 15 votes
The new $45 billion metro system under construction beneath Paris ~transport Article 910 words 12 votes
Belgium has expelled five Danish far-right activists and banned them for a year over their plans to burn a Quran in a mainly-Muslim area of Brussels ~society politics Article 33 words 10 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
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
The Tokyo Toilet - Public toilets in seventeen locations in Shibuya will be given unique redesigns by renowned designers and architects ~design architecture Link 11 votes
To see how a city embraces remote work, just look to Helsinki – a deeply rooted culture of trust is crucial to the success of remote working ~life work.remote Article 1183 words 6 votes
Explaining the urban-rural political divide: Why do Democrats so often concentrate in cities? ~society politics Article 7911 words, published Jul 17 2019 6 votes
Amid protests, Norway's government has begun tearing down a landmark building adorned with giant murals by Pablo Picasso ~design architecture Article 435 words 5 votes
London Tube map made from a working circuit board ~transport Article 412 words, published Jun 23 2020 8 votes
Greek demonstrators hurl firebombs towards US embassy in Athens ~society Article 97 words, published Jun 3 2020 13 votes
One of Copenhagen Zoo's giant pandas escaped from its enclosure early on Monday and roamed the park before staff were able to sedate it and bring it back ~news denmark.copenhagen Article 236 words 4 votes
South Korea re-imposes some coronavirus restrictions after spike in new cases ~health Article 760 words 8 votes
A group of Copenhagen residents sued the Danish government Wednesday over legislation that authorized dismantling neighborhoods designated as ghettos ~society Article 363 words 5 votes
In Helsinki's climate plan, community comes before bureaucracy ~enviro climate change Article 782 words 5 votes
Nurses have quit en masse from Russia’s top coronavirus hospital in Moscow over poor working conditions and low wages ~health healthcare Article 351 words 10 votes
A handful of US cities have passed soda taxes, but are they working? ~health Article 665 words, published Feb 26 2020 5 votes
Amsterdam to embrace 'doughnut' model to mend post-coronavirus economy ~finance economics.doughnut Article 1038 words 11 votes
China ends Wuhan lockdown after more than ten weeks, but normal life is still a distant dream ~health Article 1476 words 8 votes
The city of Helsinki had the right to scrap its contract with Siemens over the failed automation of the Finnish capital's metro ~transport Article 332 words 6 votes
How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero – after years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019 ~transport Article 906 words 6 votes
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 ~design architecture Article 674 words 5 votes
The invisible city: How a homeless man built a life underground ~life housing Article 5287 words 10 votes
Summers are now twice as long as winters in all Australian capital cities, report finds ~enviro climate change Article 447 words 8 votes
Controversial plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been thrown into doubt after a court ruling ~transport Article 611 words 8 votes
Copenhagen retains its crown – annual global liveability survey from ECA International rates cities on their quality of life for Europeans abroad ~life Article 509 words 6 votes
Life imitates Hollywood: The rise of "movie-set urbanism" ~design urban planning architecture Article 273 words, published Feb 6 2020 7 votes
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 ~sports.football Article 619 words 5 votes
Copenhagen's third annual Light Festival sparked into life over the weekend, with colourful displays from artists and designers ~arts art.installation Link 4 votes