How Gothenburg transitioned from shipbuilding decline to R&D hub
Gothenburg has transformed its decaying shipyards into science parks, while making waves in sustainable development.
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Start-up success fuels Stockholm’s FDI story
Stockholm has built on its industrial legacy to become a leading European city for tech start-ups, but will a high…
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Opinion: How to create better cities when the pandemic is over
Slow down and embrace nature. The pandemic recovery offers an opportunity to put green and blue space as the focus…
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What it’s been like living in one of the few places that never locked down
As an American expat living in Stockholm, I was initially angry at Sweden’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Some days…
ByGävle, Sweden: The town where goat-based arson is a Christmas tradition
This is from 2014, but repromoting it every year is now a CityMetric Christmas tradition, so there. The Yule Goat…
ByHere’s what Scandinavia can teach our cities about parks
We do parks all wrong in the UK. For a green and pleasant land, our attitude towards green space in…
ByStockholm claims its entire metro network is an art exhibition
Pub quiz time: what’s the world’s longest art gallery? No need to Google the length of the Louvre: Stockholm claims…
BySome Swedish architects used statistics to design the ideal house
People crowdsource everything these days: tweets to fill news articles, resources to put on events, money to produce crystal bacon. Until…
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