metropolitans

Metropolitans zooms in on a given city, taking a look at tourism, the economy, energy issues and much more.

Lorca’s sustainable reconstruction

Last May in Lorca, in the Spanish region of Murcia, a double earthquake left nine people dead and 300 injured, out of a population of…
21/03 12:43 CET
The sustainable spirit of Dunkirk

Dunkirk, an industrial port in northern France, is reshaping its urban centre to cement the city firmly in the 21st century. They are trying…
21/02 17:21 CET
Malmö shows off its green regeneration

Malmö, Scandinavia’s bridge to Europe, is Sweden’s third largest city with 300,000 inhabitants. About a third of them are…
26/01 17:08 CET
Kazakhs invest in new Astana

Thirteen years since the rebirth of Astana, in Kazakhstan, the administrative capital is also becoming a regional business and cultural…
04/07/11 12:24 CET
Vienna, a city of soundscapes

Vienna is a city where the past and the future live side by side. The pulsating metropolis, once centre of the Habsburg empire, has a rich…
12/04/11 14:07 CET
Plovdiv: One day in the city of the arts

Plovdiv in Bulgaria is a little-known jewel, one of the oldest cities in Europe where history, art and culture give city life a vibrant…
13/12/10 20:00 CET
Sofia: A tale of modern city life steeped in history

The capital of Bulgaria has chosen to enhance its assets with new…
13/12/10 14:14 CET
Germany and Poland join hands across the Oder

Its six fifteen a.m. this is Berlin, Bogdan Kazimirek catches the eastbound Eurocity train to Poznan in Poland, the Polish frontier is just 60…
21/10/09 17:51 CET