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  • From Cars to Community - Cugir's Urban Transformation Journey

    At the Urban Future Conference in Poland, Cugir's Mayor Adrian Teban highlighted the town's transformative "Just Streets" project, shifting from car-centric to people-first urban planning, showcasing a model for sustainable mobility and urban development applicable to Romanian cities and beyond.

  • Urban Future Unveils Inspiring Programme

    Urban Future 2025, set for May 21-23 in Łódź, Poland, will gather 2,000 urbanists and leaders to address city challenges through 250 speakers and dynamic sessions. The event emphasizes action-driven solutions for better, more sustainable urban living.

  • Łódź Prepares To Host The Better-Cities Event

    The vibrant city of Łódź is set to take center stage from May 21-23, 2025, as it hosts Urban Future 2025 (UF25) – Europe’s most prominent gathering of innovators and change-makers dedicated to building sustainable cities. In preparation for the main event, Polish urban innovators are already mobilizing.

  • Urban Future 2024 is a wrap!

    Urban Future 2024 in Rotterdam successfully concluded with a focus on climate adaptation, social inclusion, and bold leadership. The City’s F*ckUp Show featured inspiring stories of failure and resilience from notable figures. Attendees explored sustainable initiatives on field trips. Next stop: Łódź 2025, promising innovation and collaboration for sustainable urban development.

  • Groene Stad Challenge editie 2023 Hoofddorp en Nijeveen kampioen vergroenen

    Hoofddorp and Nijeveen crowned champions of the 2023 Green City Challenge for their successful efforts in urban greening. The analysis revealed a stagnation in overall greening, but highlighted the potential for increased green spaces in cities and towns. The challenge will continue with a new format focusing on climate adaptation, health, and biodiversity.

  • Urban Future in Rotterdam Celebrates Ten Years of Inspiring Sustainable Urban Enthusiasts

    Urban Future 2024 celebrates the tenth anniversary of the conference with 2,000 attendees from 50 countries. City leaders learn from Rotterdam's journey towards sustainability while discussing the crucial role of cities in climate adaptation. The launch of "The CityChangers Cookbook" inspires to make a difference in their own communities.

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Let our past Young Leaders do the talking 👇   💬 “𝘐𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵.” - 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦 💬 “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 – 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦!” - 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢 💬 “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴.” - 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘳𝘰 💬 “𝘐𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 ‘𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨’ 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨!” - 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 💬 “𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘜𝘍𝘴!” - 𝘚𝘢𝘮   Rᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴛᴏ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ɪᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜʀsᴇʟꜰ﹖ 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆!   📍 Ljubljana, Slovenia | March 24–27 2026 📅 Apply by November 4, 2025 🔗 #linkinbio   With only 50 seats available, this is your opportunity to join a network of exceptional young leaders from across the world... 🤯 passionate minds driving change in 45+ countries and 95 cities.   Let’s turn ideas into action. All for better cities, say “AYE!” 🙋🏻‍♂️🌆🙋🏽‍♀️

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🎤 On the hunt for legends. 🎤   We’re currently looking for top speakers to step up for 2 of our most-loved (and most-talked-about) sessions!   💥 The Cities Fuck Up Show: sharing epic fails and even better lessons. 😒 How to Annoy Politicians: pissing off decision-makers with your urban projects   Nominate your favourite, bold, brave CityChanger with a story worth sharing!  Or maybe that’s even you?   Get in touch and tell us more! 🔗 #linkinbio   ................................................................   The Better-Cities Event - UF26 🗓️ March 24-27, 2026 🇸🇮 Ljubljana, Slovenia

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😚 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗻 𝗭 𝗯𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀...   Applications for the 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 are now open!  Only 50 spots. Unlimited inspiration.💫   Join a global squad of 190+ incredible young leaders from 45+ countries and 95 cities — all working toward one dream:  𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲. 🫶   We’ve seen what happens when our up-and-coming urbanists unite  — pure magic.   Are you under 30 years old? Do you care deeply? Act boldly? Lift up your peers? Tʜɪs ɪs ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ sᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ 💎     📍 Ljubljana, Slovenia | March 24–27 2026 📅 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟰 👉 #linkinbio or urban-future.org/young-leaders

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𝟓𝟎 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦: 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥! 🌈 👉 Applications open today 👈   We love what happens when people unite who care deeply, act boldly, and lift each other up.🫀   🔺 Nᴏᴡ ɪᴛ’s ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛᴜʀɴ. 🔺 Jᴏɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ Yᴏᴜɴɢ Lᴇᴀᴅᴇʀs Pʀᴏɢʀᴀᴍᴍᴇ - ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ʙɪɢɢᴇʀ. 🔺 Aᴘᴘʟɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ᴏᴘᴇɴ ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ.   When & Where: Ljubljana, Slovenia | March 24-27, 2026 Apply now: #linkinbio or urban-future.org/young-leaders   Sigrid & Conni are so looking forward to your applications! 😍 @wienimsommerregen Thanks for being on board again, Eurocities! @eurocities.eu 💭 Know someone perfect for this? Tag them in the comments!

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🦄 𝗨𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘆. Being a changemaker in cities sometimes feels like being the 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 one dreaming big. But the truth is — there’s a whole flock out there.   At @marmaraurban in Istanbul, our Chief CityChanger Gerald Babel-Sutter (@gerald9762) shared some thoughts on being an 𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲-𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿:   🌍 Dream big — but celebrate small wins along the way. 🗣️ Choose your words carefully — the story you tell can make or break change. 👀 Shift perspective — see things through the eyes of the people you want to reach.   🤝 Find allies — no need to stay a lone unicorn. From 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 to 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀’𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 and 𝗢𝘀𝗹𝗼’𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 — the message is clear: storytelling matters.   ✨ Let’s be unicorns together.

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👀 Spotted: Our chief CityChanger in transit! 🗺️   You might have seen from Gerald Babel-Sutter’s out of office replies - our CEO & co-founder is currently traveling for work...ALOT.   👉 Ljubljana 👉 Braga (Just Streets) 👉 Ljubljana (UF26) 👉 Milan (DUT, Making PEDs) 👉 Istanbul (MARUF)!  Phew, what a September! 😅    ﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌ NEXT UP!  Gerald will be attending Marmara Urban Forum (MARUF) on October 2! 📅 Join him and other international leaders in shaping the future of urban innovation and collaboration.✨ @gerald9762 📍 International Urban Events in Dialogue session, Room of Possibilities, Haliç Congress Center, from 10:00–11:00!   Don’t miss the chance to connect with him and exchange ideas on making cities better!  👉 Event details: #linkinbio ﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌ @marmaraurban @just_streets_ @istanbul @visitljubljana @mestnaobcinaljubljana @municipio_de_braga @visit_milano

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What a start toward the UF26 adventure ahead! 🩷   Last night, nearly 100 passionate CityChangers came together in Ljubljana – joined by Mayor Zoran Janković – to exchange ideas, stories & visions for better cities.    We are inspired! 🙌 🧠   Huge thanks to everyone who participated, spoke on stage, submitted their ideas, and filled the room with such great spirit.   Ljubljana can’t wait to showcase its expertise in urban transformation and creative city-making during the conference week, while learning from peers across the globe.   Will you be there to experience it? 🇸🇮 Ljubljana, Slovenia 📅 March 24–27   P.S. check your inbox this week for something special coming 💌😉 Not on the list yet? Hurryyyyyy #linkinbio

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You know we don’t do small. 😉 We’re bringing the Urban Future spirit to Ljubljana – and YOU could be there to kick things off. 🫵 If you are based in Slovenia, make sure to get on board. 📅 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝟮𝟯 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝟭𝟱:𝟬𝟬 – 𝟭𝟲:𝟯𝟬 📍 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲: 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝗴, 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗷𝗲𝘃𝗮 𝟳𝟮, 𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗟𝗷𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗷𝗮𝗻𝗮 We can’t wait to welcome you to kick-off the Urban Future 2026, together with the Mayor of Ljubljana, Zoran Janković! Help shape what’s coming, connect with movers and shakers from across Slovenia & set big things in motion. Now is the time to get involved in something BIG. Seize your opportunity to get involved in 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥-𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧! 🩷 Sign up today: #linkinbio

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Hungry for UF26? 🍒 The Flavour Programme is here — your first bite of The Better-Cities Event!   🎯 City Centers The heartbeat of urban life. We’ll explore bold transformations, their ripple effects, and ask: is our obsession with city centers justified?   ⚡ Tactical Urbanism From pop-up to pilot to permanent – we’ll explore how tactical interventions are reshaping cities and citizen engagement.    ♻️ Circularity With Slovenia leading globally and Ljubljana setting the pace, we’ll dig into what makes circular strategies work, the partnerships behind them, and lessons learned.   👉 This is just the first taste. More topics & speakers will be revealed in the coming months.   📖 Flavour Programme | #linkinbio

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