Amsterdam bans creation of new hotels
Another piece in the overall strategy to reduce tourist flows to the city
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Copenhagen mayors call for rebuilding of iconic stock exchange destroyed in fire
The blaze has been dubbed the Danish capital’s own “Notre Dame” tragedy
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Estonian forestry lobby challenges the country's bird non-disturbance policy
Legislators and magnates have to await a preliminary ruling from the European Court of Justice
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These are Europe’s 3 most affordable holiday destinations in 2024
Overall, the continent is getting more expensive for tourism
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Tampere will close its Lenin Museum this year
The building will then serve as the site for a new museum dedicated to Finnish-Russian relations
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Tallinn’s new mayor ends Center Party 19-year rule
The previous mayor was forced out of office following a no-confidence vote in the city council
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Barcelona to employ floating desalination unit in port
The facility will replace the need to have water supplied by tankers from Valencia
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Earn 18,000 euros by lying in bed for 2 months, and help space science
The German Aerospace Center in Cologne is looking for volunteers for its next bed rest study
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Belgium launches national bicycle ownership database
In addition, the federal government has launched the National Week of Action against Bicycle Theft to raise awareness of the issue and the new solution
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Dutch independent supervisor concerned about traffic lights tracking people
Modern traffic lights do more than regulate the flow of vehicles at crossroads, they also collect enormous amounts of data
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From coal ash to solar cash: a webinar shows the hidden wealth of green energy
TheMayor.EU has partnered with EIB and ICLEI to inform European municipalities about the possibilities ahead
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Slovakia shuts down its last coal plant today
Electricity production in that Eastern European country will not release direct CO2 emissions anymore
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29-euro ticket is coming back to Berlin
Experimenting with public transport provision in Germany is clearly in a state of creative fervour
Mobility / Social City
On its way out, EU Parliament approves European disability card
It also set the standards for a better European parking card for people with disabilities
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Champs-Elysees will turn into picnic grounds for a day
Everyone’s invited free of charge, but only after registration
Italy / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces
Cinque Terre introduces one-way hiking path
Italian cities and regions continue experimenting with creative proposals to curb overtourism effects
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Cinque Terre introduces one-way hiking path
Italian cities and regions continue experimenting with creative proposals to curb overtourism effects
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Tampere will close its Lenin Museum this year
The building will then serve as the site for a new museum dedicated to Finnish-Russian relations
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These child-friendly mobility devices are all the rage in Finnish cities
Muksubussi is nature-friendly, too, so they provide 2-in-1 benefit
France / Paris / Education and Sport
3 months before start of Olympic Games, the Seine not ready for swimmers
This can end up being a major embarrassment for the French capital, as cleaning up the river was touted as a major green project
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Smoking marijuana on German train stations to become illegal
The initial legislation didn’t include these public areas as restricted places for smoking pot
France / Innovation and Research / Welfare and Health
Speed radars in Nantes encourage walkers to run
The project aims to urge pedestrians to live even healthier lives
Estonia / Tartu / Interviews
Urmas Klaas: Arts can and must give people the ability and courage to dream of a future
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Online public services as efficient as TikTok: Cluj-Napoca’s Digital Transformation
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Veni Markovski: It's about time the media stopped inviting “experts” who spread false info
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Sharon Dijksma: Without cities, it will be impossible to tackle global warming
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