Six of the world’s most sustainable and innovative cities bring their Urban Brilliance to H22 City Expo

Valencia, Oslo, Greater Copenhagen, Tampere, Tallinn, and Linz are kicking off H22 City Expo with four days of groundbreaking innovations – all aimed at improving life in smart and sustainable cities. From 30 May to 2 June, visitors will be able to explore, test, and even help develop the very latest in smart city solutions at the Urban Brilliance exhibition during H22 City Expo in Helsingborg, Sweden.

All six cities will have their own special showcase at Hamntorget square in the heart of Helsingborg. There will also be a packed programme on the big open stage right by the square. The goal is to create a vibrant international arena for cities to share solutions and best practices, co-create, workshop, and inspire future collaborations to make the cities of the world more sustainable.

Highlights from the cities include:

Greater Copenhagen: The largest Nordic metropolitan area, with its four regions, 84 municipalities and 4.4 million citizens, will present the smartest solutions for climate adaptation together with the Climate Adaptation Living Lab, among others. You can also discover the many uses of robotics and AI for the public sector together with the innovative company RobotMinds.

Linz: Experience “Creative Robotics” and stunning projects from “Fashion & Technology”, both departments at the Arts University in Linz. Meet Boston Dynamics’ “Spot”, a robot dog that helps us to visualise the consequences of climate change. Gain insights into Ars Electronica Center and its Futurelab, or send a message to the citizens of Linz by using the interactive “Spot on” installation.

Oslo: The previous European Green Capital winner will showcase the OSLO Dugnad-exhibition. Four models are exhibited that demonstrate different models for more sustainable urban development. Kristians Augusts gate 13 and Recipe for Future Living represent a re-use concept based exclusively on circular economy, sustainable use of resources, and re-use. The assembly building Festivitetenshows an impressive restoration project. WoHo Berlin is a different kind of high rise using the renewable resource timber to significantly reduce the building’s carbon footprint.

Tallinn: The European Green Capital 2023 is concentrating on opportunities to promote green technologies and green thinking, investing in and facilitating the development of technologies that will contribute to a more sustainable and CO2-neutral city environment.

Tampere: The Finnish city will present scalable data-driven solutions in security technologies and IoT solutions. The Smart Urban Security and Event Resilience (SURE) project aims to increase cross-sectoral preparedness to threats against public spaces and other urban security threats in Tampere. The city will also present an IoT platform for outdoor lighting control and monitoring of outdoor areas in the urban environment.

Valencia: In 2020, the city of Valencia launched Valencia Missions 2030, a governance model based on innovative missions promoted by the European Union and aimed at improving people’s lives. Visitors will be able to discover the Valencian quality of life and the city’s projects to improve sustainable consumption, and to recover and expand its green spaces.

For more information and media inquiries, please contact:
Maria Ploberg, Press Officer at H22 City Expo, +46 738-22 43 67, maria.ploberg@helsingborg.se

Facts about Helsingborg:
Focused efforts on innovation and change have resulted in Helsingborg being named one of Europe’s most innovative cities in the European Capital of Innovation Awards 2020 (iCapital). Helsingborg was also recently a finalist in the European Green Capital Award 2023.

Helsingborg has a proud tradition of organising major expos. As early as 1955, the H55 craft and design fair attracted a million visitors. In 1999, H99 became the forerunner of a wave of housing exhibitions around Sweden. HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden is the official patron of H22 City Expo.