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Get paid to move to this art-filled Italian city

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What are the most and least ‘over-touristed’ capital cities in Europe?

These are the European capital cities with the most tourists per resident.

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Where to stay, eat and explore in Liverpool, Eurovision 2023’s vibrant host city.

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This UK city will soon tax tourists. But what will it pay for?

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Berlin fails to fast-forward its climate neutrality target to 2030

Residents of the city were asked to decide whether to move the goal 15 years earlier than previously planned.

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This lesser-known European capital is a cheap summer destination

You get a lot more for your money here than in honeypot capitals like Paris or Rome.

Nature

Indonesia’s new capital city could be a ‘massive ecological disaster’

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This Mediterranean city is the Paris of the Middle East

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