This bench stores water and irrigates plants while you rest
The innovative project received funding from the participatory budget in Lille, France
France / Development / Public Spaces
Hungary / Budapest / Public Spaces
Protected plants have started to appear in Budapest’s wildflower areas
These special zones were created last year with the aim of boosting biodiversity in the city
Sweden / Helsingborg / Public Spaces
Helsingborg will cover scaffolding of town hall with storm-proof banner
The building has been undergoing a major renovation since the start of 2021
Czechia / Prague / Public Spaces / Welfare and Health
Prague wants to ban consumption of alcohol in over 1,000 public places
In this way, it will reduce the levels of noise and pollution
Luxembourg / Luxembourg / Public Spaces
Luxembourg City’s largest park will open next year
The €16-million-euro project in Gasperich will include sports facilities, a huge lake and a river with fish
Portugal / Public Spaces
Portuguese town employs sheep and donkeys in greenery maintenance
Countryside depopulation has forced the local government to get creative
Spain / Energy efficiency / Public Spaces
This totem charges phones with solar energy
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria adds new type of urban furniture to the landscape
Sweden / Public Spaces / Welfare and Health
Swedes find a way to climb Mount Everest without leaving their hometowns
The successful challenge that lets people discover a new purpose for local hills is back
Greece / Athens / Public Spaces
Athens unveils open-air exhibition, portraying life in Ukraine
“The war that should have never happened” will run until 13 June
Sweden / Helsingborg / Innovation and Research / Public Spaces
Here’s a look at some of the urban design marvels on show at H22 City Expo
Helsingborg shows the creative power of architecture
Slovakia / Public Spaces
Banská Bystrica to install 171 semi-underground waste containers
One such container has the collection capacity of 6 conventional bins
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Germany / Berlin / Mobility
Berlin wants to favour e-cars over scooters in new ride-sharing regulations
Austria / Innsbruck / Social City
Innsbruck introduces a 2.3-million-euro inflation relief package
Sweden / Education and Sport / Green City
Linköping gets a weather-sensitive air dome
Spain / Green City / Social City
Valencia introduces an option for climate-neutral burial
Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation
The EU’s Cultural Heritage Cloud to digitalise all niches of the sector
Spain / Barcelona / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces
Barcelona limits the sizes of tourist groups
Ireland / Dublin / Digital transformation / Public Spaces
Dublin rolls out free public Wi-Fi system
Belgium / Antwerp / Energy efficiency
Antwerp will offer citizens heat without emitting a single gram of CO2
Italy / Milan / Mobility / Social City
Milan brings subsidized taxi vouchers back
Austria / Energy efficiency / Politics and Reforms