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  • The City of Helsingborg requests private sector solutions for a permanent link between Helsingborg and Helsingør

    The City of Helsingborg requests private sector solutions for a permanent link between Helsingborg and Helsingør

    The City of Helsingborg is now issuing an RFI (Request for Information) to examine how the private sector would build a permanent link between Helsingborg and Helsingør.
    An RFI is a formalised way for the City of Helsingborg to ask private sector actors about their interest in the project and what they can offer to move forward with plans to build a permanent link between Helsingborg and Helsin

  • Image by: RecoLab

    Global Water Award winner RecoLab officially opens in Helsingborg

    Thursday, 16 June, marks the official inauguration of RecoLab, Helsingborg’s unique treatment plant for source-separated sewage. The facility – the first of its kind in northern Europe – was recently awarded as ‘wastewater project of the year’ at the Global Water Awards. Here, indispensable resources are being extracted to a greater extent than is possible with conventional sewage treatment.

  • Photo: Felix Gerlach

    Experience Havoteket at H22 City Expo

    H22 City Expo is now up and running and Havoteket has opened in Helsingborg. There, visitors of all ages can get closer to life under the surface and experience the tresaures of the sea with all their senses. The pavilion is the result of a unique collaboration between the City of Helsingborg, Hemsö, Tengbom Architects, Serneke and the Port of Helsingborg.

  • Sweden’s biggest innovation fest H22 City Expo officially launches packed programme

    Sweden’s biggest innovation fest H22 City Expo officially launches packed programme

    Europe’s biggest conference on sustainable cities, the United Nations, Michelin star chefs, world artists, Europe's most innovative cities, and up to 100 official partners from the business sector, academia and civil society will all be in town when Helsingborg invites the world to H22 City Expo – a 35-day international event with over 300 programme features this summer.

  • View over the Öresund strait. Image: David Lundin, City of Helsingborg.

    UNECE and the City of Helsingborg organize H22 +50 Session and Dialogue of Eminent Experts on smart, sustainable, and inclusive cities at H22 City Expo

    Cities have the power to act and push to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. This is the message being communicated when UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe), in collaboration with the City of Helsingborg, invites cities around the world to the H22 +50 Session in Helsingborg during H22 City Expo, 30 May - 3 July.

  • Fuelled by batteries, the ForSea ferries cross the Öresund strait multiple times a day. Image: Studio-e/City of Helsingborg

    Helsingborg invites the world to a 35-day innovation fest with H22 City Expo

    From 30 May to 3 July 2022, Helsingborg invites the world to H22 City Expo – an international event with over 300 programme features highlighting the role of innovation in shaping the smart and sustainable city of the future. H22 City Expo brings together over 70 official partners, innovators, world-leading companies, researchers, city departments, sustainability heroes, and residents.