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- Salzburg offers free cargo bikes to boost sustainable mobility
- After COVID-19, Vienna is back as the world’s most liveable city
- Austria backtracking on 2020 coal exit because of Gazprom
- Salzburg airport becomes a bottleneck for vacation travel
- Vienna’s cooling concept is wrapped up in one convenient app
- Vienna - great beaches, 500 km away from the sea
Austria / Salzburg / Mobility
Salzburg offers free cargo bikes to boost sustainable mobility
The city will provide the first 14 bikes, but private citizens will have the chance to volunteer their own two-wheelers to grow the urban cargo fleet
Austria / Amsterdam / Copenhagen / Vienna / Development / Welfare and Health
After COVID-19, Vienna is back as the world’s most liveable city
Europe is on the rebound in terms of livability, but the Russian invasion is the prime suspect behind the dropping quality of life around the world
Austria / Innsbruck / Social City
Innsbruck introduces a 2.3-million-euro inflation relief package
The city’s income has grown by 13% since the sudden rise of prices and local officials want to give back to the most vulnerable in society
Austria / Energy efficiency / Politics and Reforms
Austria backtracking on 2020 coal exit because of Gazprom
As Russia disrupts gas supplies to EU countries, many are getting ready to meet demand by using coal
Austria / Germany / Salzburg / Culture and Tourism / Mobility
Salzburg airport becomes a bottleneck for vacation travel
Staff shortages in Lufthansa are already causing unexpected flight cancellations, apart from the 900 cancelled flights for July
Austria / Vienna / Green City / Smart City
Vienna’s cooling concept is wrapped up in one convenient app
Heat waves come to mind when thinking about summer in big cities. Vienna has been doing a lot to cool urban spaces and it all fits together
Austria / Vienna / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces
Vienna - great beaches, 500 km away from the sea
As the days grow hotter, people are looking for ways to cool down and, luckily, the Viennese have got the Danube
Austria / Croatia / Greece / Malta / Green City / Welfare and Health
This is where you can find the cleanest bathing waters in the EU
According to a recent report by the European Environmental Agency, around 85% of bathing spots in the EU are of excellent status, but not all waters were made equal
Austria / Vienna / Green City
Experts on wheels: Vienna’s Climate Tour will spread awareness of climate action
In the next four months, the Viennese will be able to learn about climate change and what they and the city can do from experts on e-cargo bikes
Austria / Estonia / Sweden / Helsingborg / Tallinn / Innovation and Research
Urban Brilliance: See what two cities are up to at the H22 City Expo
Tallinn and Linz will be among the European cities eager to show their innovative side
Austria / Economy and Finance / Energy efficiency
Buy groceries with surplus renewable energy? This Austrian town says yes
The mayor of Stanz im Mürztal is building a renewable energy cooperative and it comes with a whole new economic model
Austria / Vienna / Green City / Welfare and Health
Vienna launches its own line of organic produce
‘Wien Gusto’, as the brand is called, will source its produce from the nearly 2,000 hectares of farm land owned by the city
Austria / Czechia / Prague / Vienna / Mobility
Austrian Climate Minister wants to cut taxes on cross-border rail tickets
The announcement came just as authorities presented their plan for a Vienna-Prague direct train route
Austria / Vienna / Culture and Tourism
4000-square-metre art piece will cover one of the tallest buildings in Vienna
The Ringturm has been used as a giant canvas since 2006. After a two-year break due to COVID-19, it will be wrapped in Hungarian artist Dora Maurer’s artwork called ‘Together’
Austria / Germany / Hamburg / Vienna / Green City / Smart City
Mayors of Hamburg, Vienna and Zurich gather for ‘City Trialogue’
The format is ongoing cooperation aimed at sharing climate, digitalisation and sustainability experiences and good practices
Austria / Vienna / Energy efficiency
Vienna builds heat recycling system at local natural spa
The renewable energy system at Therme Wien will use wastewater to provide heat for 1,900 homes
Austria / Vienna / Culture and Tourism / Economy and Finance
Start-up festival will turn Vienna into an international business hotspot this spring
ViennaUP’22 will bring people from over 40 countries to the Austrian capital in a business festival fuelled by the unique local atmosphere
Austria / Germany / Innsbruck / Education and Sport / Green City
Can mountain huts become more sustainable?
Researchers from Innsbruck in Austria and the German Alpine Association are working on a guide to sustainable mountaineering
Austria / Innsbruck / Energy efficiency
Innsbruck utility company replaces last oil heater
The IKB explained that this leg of the fight against climate change is over for them
Austria / Vienna / Energy efficiency
Vienna to invest over a billion euros for the natural gas phase-out
Authorities from the local energy company explained that only strong investments in sustainability would get the city out of the crisis
Austria / Vienna / Culture and Tourism
The first Black history museum in the German-speaking world will open in Vienna
The museum will present the careers of black artists from the 1940s until the rise of YouTube
Austria / Vienna / Green City
Vienna opens state-of-the-art bat facility
The flying animals are a vital part of the city’s ecosystem
Austria / Vienna / Energy efficiency / Innovation and Research
Data centre and hospital in Vienna will exchange heat in circular energy scheme
A look at Austria’s bid to produce all the energy that it uses
Austria / Vienna / Mobility
Austria invests billions in Vienna’s urban rail
Currently, only 26% of the Viennese avoid using public transport, cycling or walking and, according to Mayor Ludwig, this will change in the future
Austria / Vienna / Mobility
Vienna offers free cycling courses to 20,000 kids
City Councillor Ulli Sima explained that the initiative aims to build an attitude towards sustainable mobility
Austria / Vienna / Mobility
Vienna to shift entire municipal vehicle fleet to electric mode, starting 2025
The city will stop buying fossil fuel vehicles and start a slow transition to meet its climate neutrality goals by 2040
Austria / Vienna / Energy efficiency / Mobility
Austrian Airlines starts flying with sustainable kerosene made from cooking oil
The new fuel will emit 80% less CO2, as opposed to normal jet fuel
Austria / Dornbirn / Economy and Finance / Energy efficiency
Small-town Austria involves citizens in the energy transition
In Dornbirn, citizens bought up all the municipally-issued shares in a photovoltaic project in just 10 days
Austria / Innsbruck / Digital transformation / Education and Sport
Innsbruck wants to become an e-sports hub in Austria
After acknowledging the importance of the industry, the local council announced a roundtable with developers, academics and businesses
Austria / Vienna / Education and Sport
Vienna offers free swimming lessons for kids to compensate for Covid closures of pools
The city hopes to turn the new swimmers into lifelong practitioners of the sport
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Salzburg offers free cargo bikes to boost sustainable mobility
Austria / Amsterdam / Copenhagen / Vienna / Development / Welfare and Health
After COVID-19, Vienna is back as the world’s most liveable city
Austria / Innsbruck / Social City
Innsbruck introduces a 2.3-million-euro inflation relief package
Austria / Energy efficiency / Politics and Reforms
Austria backtracking on 2020 coal exit because of Gazprom
Austria / Germany / Salzburg / Culture and Tourism / Mobility
Salzburg airport becomes a bottleneck for vacation travel
Austria / Vienna / Green City / Smart City
Vienna’s cooling concept is wrapped up in one convenient app
Austria / Vienna / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces
Vienna - great beaches, 500 km away from the sea
Austria / Croatia / Greece / Malta / Green City / Welfare and Health
This is where you can find the cleanest bathing waters in the EU
Austria / Vienna / Green City
Experts on wheels: Vienna’s Climate Tour will spread awareness of climate action
Austria / Estonia / Sweden / Helsingborg / Tallinn / Innovation and Research