Turku is called “Finland’s Christmas city”, with a history dating back to the 14th century. This year, it is all a bit different.
1 minute readPeople prefer car sharing, where you drive a car alone but share it with others, to ride sharing, where you drive together with other people. “You feel obliged to interact with other people. With ride sharing, you feel like you have to give something back. This is social indebtedness, and people generally don’t want that in everyday life.”
6 minutes readWe take the occasion of Digital Day to dig deeper into London’s plans for the digital transition.
5 minutes readOne year after lockdowns first cleaned up air in major European cities, new data shows pollution can drop to these levels again through green policies.
2 minutes readTourism will provide a necessary boost to vibrant urban life, when travel can once again open up – but it must also be sustainable, and add to quality of life for a city’s residents.
2 minutes read1,000 pedestrians and cyclists die in truck collisions every year in Europe. Many accidents are caused by truck blind spots. Cities call for better safety standards.
3 minutes readNew funds will encourage innovative design and solutions to contribute to the city’s recovery.
2 minutes readWhile the results of Brexit, the UK’s exit from the EU, are counted in gains and losses, city leaders in Europe look for common ground for future cooperation.
2 minutes readA new report reveals the huge impact of the pandemic on the UK capitals’ economy, with the culture sector under acute threat.
2 minutes readOn day one of Brexit, British cities commit to European cooperation. “Our country might have left the European Union – but we are certainly not leaving Europe,” mayors from the network Eurocities state in a joint message.
1 minute readA new £750,000 fund for grassroots organisations hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic will help protect community-led spaces that are supporting the most vulnerable people.
1 minute readAfter taking an economic hit from the coronavirus pandemic, the British capital is embarking on a quest with nine missions to build the city back better.
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