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𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠: “𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐋𝐣𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐚?” Because ♻️ green innovation, 🏰 legends, and 🤸 urban joy all live here. The Better-Cities Event is heading to Ljubljana, Europe’s charming green pioneer. 💚 Named European Green Capital back in 2016, this forward-thinking city has reimagined urban living with car-free streets, lush green spaces, and bold sustainability goals — proving that city life can be both vibrant and eco-friendly. But Ljubljana is more than just a green success story. It’s the city of dragons 🐉, where myth and history dance across bridges and Baroque facades, and riverside promenades come alive with cafés, markets, and music. 💃🎶 𝐔𝐅𝟐𝟔 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮?  🩷 Save the date: March 24-27, 2026! 💛 https://urban-future.org 𝐆𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞? - We can’t wait to hear them: 👉 #linkinbio 📸 © @visitljubljana

🩷 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟒–𝟐𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 🩷 Ljubljana, we’ve got a date! Urban Future 2026 is touching down in your green & gorgeous streets. 💚 CityChangers, save it, circle it, shout it! 📣 #UF26 #ljubljana #CityChangers @mestnaobcinaljubljana

𝐋𝐣𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐚, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞! 🩷🇸🇮 The Better-Cities Event is heading to Ljubljana – Europe’s charming, green pioneer. Let’s explore a city where dragons guard bridges, the streets belong to people not cars, and sustainability sparks fresh urban ideas at every corner. 💚🐉🤸🏻‍♂️ Save the date and join us! 🗓️ March 24-27, 2026 🗓️ 👉urban-future.org #linkinbio☝️ Because the future of our cities deserves a magical setting. ✨  #UF26 #CityChangers #ljubljana

What a view! 🏙️   On this UF25 Field Trip, we took a scenic climb to some of Łódź’s best viewpoints.   👀 From the top, participants enjoyed fresh perspectives on the city’s evolving skyline and stunning sights of landmarks like Hotel Andels Łódz, the Red Tower, EC1, YMCA, Manufaktura, and PURO Hotel.   Łódź never stops surprising with its mix of history, creativity & urban energy. 🩷   And a big THANK YOU to Justyna Tomaszewska for all the help organising Urban Future Field trips! @just_lodz_justyna_tomaszewska

Can’t stop, won’t stop! 😎 Day 2 was a vibe More faces, more energy, more of YOU from Urban Future 25 💛 Because behind every big idea & bold session? Real humans. 🫵 The doers, the dreamers, the city-changers who make it all happen. That’s what Urban Future is all about. Huge thanks to everyone who brought the fierce determination to make cities better. 🔥❤️‍🔥 📸 Caught on camera? Snag your portrait from the UF25 gallery — they won’t be up forever! #linkinbio

THE CITIES FUCK UP SHOW 🎤 🌟 A highlight of UF25!    We meet 3 brave CityChangers who who shared not only their biggest career fuck-ups, but more importantly, their key learnings from these experiences. 👉 Ronni Kahn, Jason Roberts & Bob DHaeseleer @ronni.kahn @bobdhaeseleer A big shout out to Dejan Stojanovic for hosting this valuable session! @thisisdejan What a way to close out Day 2 of The Better-Cities Event! 👊

Thank you, friends 🫶 @lodzcreates @google @rockwool_group @veolia @aittomorrow2day @worldresources @acitymadebypeople @kommunal.at @architekturaibiznes.pl @eurotowns @ichoosrglobal @greaterporto25 @iclei @ikea @fundacja_pfr @jpiurbaneurope @legoeducation @offpiotrkowskacenter @denmarkinpoland @bmwfoundation @echoinvestment @archicom.deweloper @govilnius @vilniaus_savivaldybe @velux

Discovering the healing powers of bee products! 🍯🐝   Around 20 guests at an UF25 Field Trip experienced first-hand the soothing benefits of an apitherapy treatment. This immersive experience offered participants insights into the importance of bees in our ecosystem, whether for food-production, health or nature protection.   💛 Thank you, Łódź, for all you had to offer us at The Better-Cities Event! 🩷 Thank you @skn_spatium for leading the field trip “BeeWell: Discover Apitherapy” at UF25! Participants left feeling refreshed & revitalized!

You told us you love our style…and we’re blushing! 💛🫶🩷   So here’s a little tribute to the UF25 vibe — all the colors, shapes & energy that make Urban Future so us. 🙌✨   Big love to Oli Hoerzer, Margit Zettl, KOKO Cardboards, and Sven Siebertz for turning our brand dreams into reality. You make us look goooood! 👚🛍️🪧 @oliver_hoerzer @koko_cardboards @margit_zettl

Let’s transform a primary school and make it resilient 🧩🧱🗂️ At UF25 in Łódź, about 20 participants joined a hands-on Field Trip to reimagine school spaces.   School staff, pupils, LEGO Education experts, and members of the Danish Decarbonization Alliance collaborated to envision how Szkola Podstawowa 166 could become a resilient, healthy, and welcoming place. 💚   They kicked off with a playful @lego Education session, then explored how the school could better address climate, environmental, and social challenges.   A great example of co-creation where play sparked creative thinking & meaningful solutions! 🔆💡

A CityChanger in Action 🙌   At UF25, architect and urbanist Jan Kattein not only inspired us on stage — he made a real difference offstage, too. @jankatteinarch   We had the chance to offer his book “Londoners Making London” at the CityChangers Boutique and Jan generously donated all proceeds — about €200 — to the Neco Foundation in Nepal, where some of the Urban Future team (shout out to Caro, Gerald and Elke!) continuously supports children and communities. 🙏👏 #linkinbio to get involved too   A huge thank you, Jan, for showing how urban change-makers can create impact across the globe. 🌍    👉 Get the book: #linkinbio