This Belgian town will pay you to protect your home from burglars
And it will also advise you on the right way to do this
Belgium / Development
Spain / Barcelona / Social City
Barcelona designs a board game that fights loneliness
This is just one of many measures that the municipal authorities have taken to tackle this social ailment
Spain / Barcelona / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces
Barcelona limits the sizes of tourist groups
This and other good practices have been set as new standards for the tourism industry with a view to minimizing inconvenience for the locals
Netherlands / Spain / Amsterdam / Barcelona / Culture and Tourism / Social City
Amsterdam and Barcelona make a pact against tourism overcrowding
The two cities stand together for the idea of more sustainable approaches to holiday and travel practices
Spain / Barcelona / Public Spaces
Barcelona’s newest seaside promenade will be ready for sea level rise
Taking into account the volatility of future climate events and integrating resilience into urban design
Spain / Barcelona / Digital transformation / Economy and Finance
Intel and Spain team up to open a microchip design lab in Barcelona
A key investment to tackle the world’s shortage of microelectronics
Spain / Barcelona / Social City
Barcelona social values survey: more feminism, less politics
The Catalonian capital’s society and the trajectory of its attitudes have been studied since 1998
Spain / Barcelona / Energy efficiency / Social City
Low-income Barcelona families will receive solar-generated energy from public pergolas
A positive example of maximizing the utility of urban public space
Spain / Barcelona / Public Spaces / Welfare and Health
Barcelona – the first city in Spain to ban smoking on beaches
A cigarette butt left in the sand takes a decade to degrade
Spain / Barcelona / Mobility
100 years of city buses in Barcelona: From horses to hydrogen
Did you know the city’s first motorized buses were hybrid?
Spain / Barcelona / L’Hospitalet / Politics and Reforms / Social City
Catalan Government’s documents to reflect gender and family diversity
Expanding inclusivity into the administrative realm
Spain / Barcelona / Economy and Finance / Social City
Barcelona aims to ban ghost kitchens and dark markets
Rolling back some of the trends spawned by the COVID pandemic
Spain / Barcelona / Economy and Finance / Social City
Catalonia on war against aesthetic discrimination
The regional authorities are keen to ensure that beauty is not a narrow-minded idea
Spain / Barcelona / Mobility
Barcelona equips municipal vehicles with new “blind spot” signs
The aim is to further increase traffic safety on the city’s streets
Spain / Barcelona / New European Bauhaus
The NEB prize was an important contribution to the ongoing debate on housing policies in Barcelona
A conversation with Javier Burón and Lluís Torrens from the Barcelona City Council, who are behind a project that tackles excessive gentrification
Hungary / Spain / Barcelona / Budapest / Green City / Public Spaces
Reclaiming city streets from cars, Barcelona style
Following the green transformation of several neighbourhoods, the Superilla Barcelona scheme will move on to L’Eixample district, with work starting in June 2022
Spain / Barcelona / Digital transformation / Innovation and Research
Catalonia is already planning for 6G
The regional government want to step up and lead the research in this area
Denmark / Spain / Sweden / Barcelona / Copenhagen / Lund / Mobility
Smart City Mobility Index: European cities rank highest
EasyPark Group has revealed the leaders in mobility innovation
Spain / Barcelona / Mobility / Social City
Barcelona public transport tests strategically placed braille signage
Ongoing efforts to expand the inclusion of visually impaired passengers
Spain / Barcelona / Digital transformation / Economy and Finance
Barcelona will host an incubator for sports tech start-ups
The initiative will call the city’s iconic Olympic Stadium its home
Spain / Barcelona / L’Hospitalet / Digital transformation / Mobility
You can now buy a bus ticket in Barcelona using a bank card onboard
It’s the first city in Spain to implement this
Spain / Barcelona / Politics and Reforms / Social City
Catalonia pardoned hundreds of women executed as “witches”
Historical redemption was not supported by all political sides, however
Spain / Barcelona / L’Hospitalet / Welfare and Health
Catalonia drops Covid health pass today
The same move is undertaken by the regions of Asturias and Cantabria
Spain / Barcelona / L’Hospitalet / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation
Nationalism in the digital age: Catalans demand from Instagram to include their language
Languages with fewer speakers are available on the platform, as the argument goes
Spain / Barcelona / Digital transformation / Innovation and Research
Catalonia has launched its own metaverse
It didn’t cost all that much to build, either
Spain / Barcelona / Welfare and Health
Barcelona launches free psychological counseling for adults
In the six districts with the highest health inequalities in the city
Spain / Barcelona / L’Hospitalet / Digital transformation / Welfare and Health
Catalonian Government goes to Tinder to excite the youth about vaccination
Swipe right for health
Spain / Barcelona / Development / Green City
Road surface with non-recyclable plastic makes its debut in Barcelona
It paves the way to sustainability
Spain / Barcelona / Digital transformation / Economy and Finance
Barcelona markets to feature smart fridge lockers
Taking a page out of the new courier delivery approach
Spain / Barcelona / Innovation and Research
Barcelona to get a ‘frozen zoo’
The project will be the first of its kind in continental Europe
Austria / France / Germany / Spain / Barcelona / Luxembourg / Paris / Vienna / Green City / Mobility
Night trains are coming back to Europe
French Minister Delegate of Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari used the re-launch of the night train route Paris-Vienna to announce even more rail connections within the whole of Europe