Tag: urbanity
Climate protection: There we have the salad!
City dwellers are considered politically correct if they grow vegetables in the front yard or on the roof. However, your good conscience is unfounded – at least when it comes…
Augsburg: trees for the town hall square – Bavaria
With 7700 hectares, Augsburg is the largest municipal forest owner in Bavaria, but the forest is naturally not in the middle of the city, on the contrary. Augsburg, especially in…
Two urban e-bikes in the test: where is the battery?
BMC from Switzerland and Lekker Bikes from the Netherlands bring two new e-bikes that are not immediately recognizable as such. Which one does better? A comparison. source site
Galeria Kaufhof: It’s time to reinvent inner cities – Opinion
comment by Kia Vahland Nostalgia alone is not an idea that points to the future. Everyone who has campaigned with a lot of money and enthusiasm for the preservation of…
Björn Bicker reads from “Amina’s smile” – Munich
Perhaps one should start with a detail. With the headscarf that the young Muslima Amina kept slipping when she was interrogated at the police station, because the needles needed to…
Administration of the capital: can Berlin be repaired?
Mayor Franziska Giffey discusses with prominent guests what makes a good capital. And also: how she could be governed better. source site
Off to the country: Japan’s multi-minister Okada lures families away from Tokyo – politics
from Thomas Hahn The latest news from Minister Naoki Okada’s area of responsibility was a complete PR success. Media all over the world reported on the new withdrawal bonus, with…
Ben Wilson: Metropolises. World history of mankind in the cities – culture
The chaos appears murderous, in fact it probably is. Every day, an endless line of battered yellow private Danfo minibuses plows through Lagos, Nigeria’s capital and one of the largest…
Leftist intellectual superstar Mike Davis has died
There was hardly an author who, contrary to all the laws of the American book market, rose to become a superstar of intellectual life like Mike Davis, who died on…
Venice, London, New York City: doing sports on the city break – trip
If you want to keep fit during a city trip and are therefore looking for suitable jogging routes in Barcelona, Paris or New York, you will certainly find what you…