This Belgian town will pay you to protect your home from burglars
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- Lufthansa cancels further 2,200 flights
- Berlin wants to favour e-cars over scooters in new ride-sharing regulations
- Salzburg airport becomes a bottleneck for vacation travel
- San Sebastian, Munich and Grenoble win big at Eurocities Awards 2022
- Hamburg’s coal phase-out comes with large 'green heat' projects
- Berlin and Brandenburg launch anti-drought measures to protect water and forests
Germany / Munich / Culture and Tourism / Mobility
Lufthansa cancels further 2,200 flights
The cancellation hits in the middle of the travel season and is caused by serious labour shortages coupled with a sudden rise of Covid cases
Germany / Berlin / Mobility
Berlin wants to favour e-cars over scooters in new ride-sharing regulations
Senator for the Environment, Bettina Jarasch, explained the goals for the sector: free sidewalks, more electric vehicles and bringing services out of Berlin’s centre
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
France / Germany / Spain / Grenoble / Munich / San Sebastián / Development
San Sebastian, Munich and Grenoble win big at Eurocities Awards 2022
This year, the prizes honoured the spirit of togetherness as an agent of transformation
Germany / Hamburg / Energy efficiency
Hamburg’s coal phase-out comes with large 'green heat' projects
Once the Tiefstack coal plant is converted into a clean energy park in 2030, this would drop emissions from heat in the city by 70% to 80%
Germany / Berlin / Green City / Social City
Berlin and Brandenburg launch anti-drought measures to protect water and forests
Berlin authorities have said that smoking in or around forests could land citizens a fine between 100 and 50,000 euros
Finland / Germany / Sweden / Espoo / Green City
Three EU cities will scale down the European Green Deal
Espoo, Mannheim and Umeå are cooperating in the ALLIANCE project to create a prototype that makes the grand plan more workable for cities
Stuttgart / Mobility
E-scooter company Bolt to implement drunk driving tests across the EU
Riding an e-scooter under the influence can carry an increased risk of injury and is illegal in many cities
Germany / Freiburg / Education and Sport / Energy efficiency
Green energy in sports: Biggest solar-powered football stadium in Germany is underway
Freiburg’s Europa Stadium should be able to produce almost all the energy it needs with renewable sources on site
Bulgaria / France / Germany / Italy / Netherlands / Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Digital transformation / Social City
Citizens with a disability: digital divide and opportunities. The 4th EUDIGIT e-book is out.
Get inspired by examples from leading European cities and discover innovative ways to make persons with disabilities part of the digital transformation
France / Germany / Poland / Development / Public Spaces
Dry and sunny: How to cool overheated cities?
During the summer, surface temperatures in cities can reach up to 70° C, absorbing heat and feeding it back into the environment for hours, never truly cooling down
Germany / Stuttgart / Green City / Politics and Reforms
Stuttgart’s bid for Net Zero – the benefits will be seen by the mid-2040s
According to a new municipal study, Stuttgart can reach carbon neutrality by 2035, but it will cost around 1.5% of its GDP. And the sooner they start investing, the better.
Germany / Mobility / Social City
Dortmund calls on citizens to celebrate the success of emissions-free initiative
The Emissions-Free Inner City programme is coming to an end, leaving a cleaner and more human-friendly city
Germany / Welfare and Health
German Health Minister planning new Covid rules for autumn
Health authorities cannot predict the future development of the pandemic and past experience shows – autumn is the season of ‘the spread’
Germany / Innovation and Research / Politics and Reforms
10 years of science integration into the regular Dortmund life – 10 more to come
The story of Dortmund’s 2011 Science City Masterplan and how it grew in the new decade
Germany / Economy and Finance / Social City
Survey: Inflation will hurt affordable housing development in Lower Saxony
The demand for affordable housing is still quite high, coupled with rising construction material prices, land purchase prices and a labour shortage
Germany / Digital transformation / Energy efficiency
Dortmund started its Smart City initiative early and is now reaping the rewards
The Smart City Alliance has been quietly building functional tools for both citizens and authorities since 2016
Germany / Mobility / Politics and Reforms
Germany to introduce 9-euro month pass for all public transport
The summer ticket will be valid on local and regional trains, buses, as well as on the U-Bahn and S-Bahn
Germany / Green City
Small town in Germany institutes a cat lockdown
The lockdown will be in effect until August and it aims to protect the crested lark, a bird threatened with extinction
Germany / Berlin / Mobility / Politics and Reforms
Could Berlin become a car-free city in the next four years?
An ambitious draft bill was championed by the Greens in the City’s Senate, but authorities shut it down for being too drastic. What happens now?
Germany / Munich / Mobility
Munich: If you sow cycle highways, you reap cyclists
The Bavarian capital wants to construct a massive, city-wide cycling expressway system by 2025
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
Germany / Development / Mobility
Frankfurt will provide 280 charging stations for electric cars until 2023
The stations have been designed to charge cars in city parking so that the average car owner can then drive home
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
Germany / Stuttgart / Mobility / Politics and Reforms
Stuttgart is introducing regulations for e-scooters
The move was provoked by the increased number of accidents happening with intoxicated riders
Germany / Berlin / Social City
Berlin wants to protect Ukrainian refugees from labour exploitation
They are often the target of job offers with poor working conditions in an unregulated environment
Germany / Education and Sport
A first for Germany - this summer, Göttingen allows topless swimmers in public pools
The decision came after the controversy last year, surrounding two cases of people being kicked out of public pools for having bare chests
Germany / Energy efficiency / Green City
Germany will start exploiting its natural gas deposits
The biggest German gas deposit, located in the North Sea, will contribute to decoupling the country from Russian natural gas imports
Germany / Berlin / Digital transformation / Public Spaces
Berlin’s public toilets – the bedrock of the urban spaces
The German capital has nearly doubled the number of these facilities, and now citizens can find them via an app
Germany / Berlin / Politics and Reforms
Berlin wants to lower voting age to 16
The German capital has tens of thousands of minors, who might have a chance to cast their vote in the 2026 local elections
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Germany / Munich / Culture and Tourism / Mobility
Lufthansa cancels further 2,200 flights
Germany / Berlin / Mobility
Berlin wants to favour e-cars over scooters in new ride-sharing regulations
Austria / Germany / Salzburg / Culture and Tourism / Mobility
Salzburg airport becomes a bottleneck for vacation travel
France / Germany / Spain / Grenoble / Munich / San Sebastián / Development
San Sebastian, Munich and Grenoble win big at Eurocities Awards 2022
Germany / Hamburg / Energy efficiency
Hamburg’s coal phase-out comes with large 'green heat' projects
Germany / Berlin / Green City / Social City
Berlin and Brandenburg launch anti-drought measures to protect water and forests
Finland / Germany / Sweden / Espoo / Green City
Three EU cities will scale down the European Green Deal
Stuttgart / Mobility
E-scooter company Bolt to implement drunk driving tests across the EU
Germany / Freiburg / Education and Sport / Energy efficiency
Green energy in sports: Biggest solar-powered football stadium in Germany is underway
Bulgaria / France / Germany / Italy / Netherlands / Romania / Cluj-Napoca / Digital transformation / Social City