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Gothenburg’s Jubilee: rain takes the spotlight

Gothenburg turns 400 today and aims to become the best city in the world… when it rains.
6 minutes read

Burner phones and hotel rooms: Glasgow’s new approach to homelessness

Handing out prepaid mobile phones to homeless people has been one of the success factors in the Scottish city’s strategy to fight homelessness.
5 minutes read

Culture up for adoption

Found a hidden gem in the city that you want to rescue? This programme puts the keys in your hand.
7 minutes read

In the footsteps of migrants

How a unique museum of personal migration stories from the past and the present is helping a city of 170 nationalities build a sense of belonging.
7 minutes read

Paris, on s’aime?

When tent encampments started popping up around Paris, the city knew it had to act – so it built a tent of its own.
8 minutes read

Giving is never a one way stream

With a history of welcoming migrants Turin is a source of inspiration that keeps on giving. Yet, volunteers are the ones that come out the richer for it.
6 minutes read

From cradle to new community

From the early years to adulthood, Toulouse is working to help migrants and refugees find their place in the city, and volunteering can give a boost to this effort.
7 minutes read

What it is to be free

In Latvian the word for volunteer is linked to the idea of free-will and its spirit is alive in what volunteering means to the people of Riga, not just in theory but in practice.
6 minutes read

Across the Universe

We are all migrants – in Terrassa, Spain, this universal truth is the base for the city’s integration work.
8 minutes read

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