What changed in the cities · FutureHubs.eu https://futurehubs.eu/cities/latest/ What changed in the cities en Barcelona opens €10.5 million in grants for home renovation and building accessibilityhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/#b-barcelona-housing-renovation-grantshttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/#b-barcelona-housing-renovation-grantsTue, 20 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTBarcelona City Council has opened two grant calls: €6 million for energy and adaptation works inside homes and €4.5 million for lifts and step-free access in shared areas. Copenhagen starts collecting nappy waste for recyclinghttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/copenhagen/#b-copenhagen-nappy-recyclinghttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/copenhagen/#b-copenhagen-nappy-recyclingTue, 20 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTCopenhagen has begun collecting used nappies from blocks of flats with young children and from municipal day-care centres, so that they can be recycled instead of incinerated. Turin approves €861,000 of energy upgrades on three municipal buildingshttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/turin/#b-turin-efficiento-three-buildingshttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/turin/#b-turin-efficiento-three-buildingsTue, 20 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe works, part of the EfficienTO plan for about 850 municipal buildings, are expected to avoid 129 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year. Turin approves phased plan for Ponte Mosca urban campus in the Aurora districthttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/turin/#b-turin-ponte-mosca-urban-campushttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/turin/#b-turin-ponte-mosca-urban-campusTue, 20 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe city executive amended the planning agreement for a private campus at Ponte Mosca, which will now be built in three phases with more green space. Turin reopens historic Boncompagni school after €9.5 million renovationhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/turin/#b-turin-boncompagni-school-renovationhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/turin/#b-turin-boncompagni-school-renovationTue, 20 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe renovation of the primary school in San Donato was paid for by Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan. Valongo hosts FLY! 2026, a European forum on youth participationhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/valongo/#b-valongo-fly-youth-forumhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/valongo/#b-valongo-fly-youth-forumTue, 20 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTValongo co-organised the Forum for Local Youth Impact (FLY!) 2026 with the European Association for Local Democracy (ALDA) on 15 and 16 October. Vienna tightens short-term rental rules with a mandatory register and higher fineshttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/vienna/#b-vienna-short-term-rental-ruleshttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/vienna/#b-vienna-short-term-rental-rulesTue, 20 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTA council committee backed a package that limits converting flats into tourist accommodation across the whole city. Amsterdam wins EU LIFE support to turn green waste into biocharhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/amsterdam/#b-amsterdam-life-biochar-green-wastehttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/amsterdam/#b-amsterdam-life-biochar-green-wasteMon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe European Commission listed the city's LIFE NATURECDR project among its new LIFE awards, with carbon credits tested as a funding source for urban greening. Vienna commissions Europe's most powerful rainwater pump of its type on the Donauinselhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/vienna/#b-vienna-donauinsel-rainwater-pumphttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/vienna/#b-vienna-donauinsel-rainwater-pumpMon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe €18 million upgrade of the Donauinsel pumping station raises flood protection for the 21st and 22nd districts after the September 2024 storm. Vienna adopts plan for green spaces and a roof park at Erdberg under the Tangentehttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/vienna/#b-vienna-erdberg-tangente-planhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/vienna/#b-vienna-erdberg-tangente-planSun, 18 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTA guiding plan for the Erdberg office area foresees new public spaces under the urban motorway, a high-rise and a publicly accessible roof park. EU-funded LIFE VienNATURA restores a 90-hectare former railway yard in Viennahttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/vienna/#b-vienna-life-viennatura-breitenleehttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/vienna/#b-vienna-life-viennatura-breitenleeSat, 17 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe city's largest renaturation project is bringing back Pannonian dry grassland at the unfinished Breitenlee marshalling yard, now a Natura 2000 site. Amsterdam home-rental overnight stays in 2025 were 59% below 2019https://futurehubs.eu/cities/amsterdam/#b-amsterdam-tourism-2025-home-rentals-downhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/amsterdam/#b-amsterdam-tourism-2025-home-rentals-downFri, 16 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe city's annual tourism report shows hotel stays rising while nights booked in private homes through online platforms keep falling. Bonn agreement with the federal government due to be signed on 17 December 2026https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bonn/#b-bonn-berlin-bonn-agreementhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/bonn/#b-bonn-berlin-bonn-agreementFri, 16 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe supplementary agreement to the Berlin/Bonn Act, meant to secure Bonn's role as Germany's second federal political centre and UN city, is close to completion. Cluj-Napoca hosts URBACT URBAN ECHO partners to plan the regeneration of Irishttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/cluj-napoca/#b-cluj-napoca-urban-echo-irishttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/cluj-napoca/#b-cluj-napoca-urban-echo-irisFri, 16 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTFrom 13 to 15 October 2026 Cluj-Napoca hosted the third transnational meeting of URBAN ECHO, which it uses to adapt Ghent's neighbourhood regeneration model to the Iris district. Eindhoven opens 19 temporary studios for formerly homeless residents in De Zuidwesterhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/eindhoven/#b-eindhoven-zuidwester-temporary-homeshttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/eindhoven/#b-eindhoven-zuidwester-temporary-homesFri, 16 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTEindhoven has opened the converted Zuidwester building, with 19 studios as a temporary home for people who were homeless and a neighbourhood room run by local residents. Euroméditerranée appoints UAPS as urban adviser for its next six years in Marseillehttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/marseille/#b-marseille-euromediterranee-urban-adviserhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/marseille/#b-marseille-euromediterranee-urban-adviserFri, 16 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe state development agency has hired a multidisciplinary team led by UAPS to steer the next phase of Marseille's largest regeneration operation. Bucharest opens its draft cultural strategy to feedback from cultural organisationshttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/bucharest/#b-bucharest-cultural-strategy-platformhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/bucharest/#b-bucharest-cultural-strategy-platformThu, 15 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTBucharest has launched the strategiaculturala.pmb.ro platform so cultural organisations can comment on the city's cultural strategy, now being drafted. Paris opens a Campus de la Résilience to prepare residents for criseshttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/paris/#b-paris-campus-de-la-resiliencehttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/paris/#b-paris-campus-de-la-resilienceThu, 15 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe City of Paris has opened a centre in the 15th arrondissement where residents, schools and organisations can train for climate, health, domestic and technological risks. Paris announces €200 million cycling plan for 2027-2032https://futurehubs.eu/cities/paris/#b-paris-cycling-plan-2027-2032https://futurehubs.eu/cities/paris/#b-paris-cycling-plan-2027-2032Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe City of Paris has presented its third cycling plan, worth €200 million, with 140 km of new cycle tracks and 420 more junctions to be made safer by 2032. Amsterdam statisticians forecast 1.08 million residents by 2050https://futurehubs.eu/cities/amsterdam/#b-amsterdam-population-forecast-2050https://futurehubs.eu/cities/amsterdam/#b-amsterdam-population-forecast-2050Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTA new report from the city's research and statistics office tests several scenarios for births and migration and their effect on growth. Turin joins EU social-economy procurement project meeting in Iașihttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/turin/#b-turin-proseco-meeting-iasihttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/turin/#b-turin-proseco-meeting-iasiThu, 08 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe city took part in the third interregional meeting of PROSECO, a European project on using public procurement to support social enterprises. Copenhagen moves to cut waiting times for local development planshttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/copenhagen/#b-copenhagen-faster-local-planshttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/copenhagen/#b-copenhagen-faster-local-plansWed, 07 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTCopenhagen is preparing measures to shorten the time it takes to process local development plans, including letting officials adopt simple plans and, as a trial, letting developers draft proposals. Lyon's first natural swimming site at Confluence confirmed for summer 2027https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lyon/#b-lyon-confluence-swimming-sitehttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/lyon/#b-lyon-confluence-swimming-siteWed, 07 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe Métropole de Lyon has confirmed the Confluence swimming project, allowing the city to work towards opening a supervised river bathing area in summer 2027. Nacka joins ICORN and will host a persecuted artist, writer or journalisthttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/nacka/#b-nacka-icorn-city-of-refugehttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/nacka/#b-nacka-icorn-city-of-refugeWed, 07 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTNacka has joined the International Cities of Refuge Network, becoming one of about 25 Swedish municipalities and regions that give persecuted cultural creators a safe place to work. Copenhagen approves six new resident-led city-life streetshttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/copenhagen/#b-copenhagen-six-city-life-streetshttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/copenhagen/#b-copenhagen-six-city-life-streetsTue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTCopenhagen has approved six more city-life streets, local streets redesigned with planting, seating and traffic calming on the initiative of residents, with work expected to start in spring 2027. Eindhoven hackathon looks for ways to make better use of the full electricity gridhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/eindhoven/#b-eindhoven-grid-congestion-hackathonhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/eindhoven/#b-eindhoven-grid-congestion-hackathonTue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe City of Eindhoven ran the Recharge Eindhoven Hackathon, where 12 teams spent two days on practical answers to grid congestion. Four-party Solnakoalitionen to lead Solna for the 2026-2030 termhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/solna/#b-solna-solnakoalitionen-2026-2030https://futurehubs.eu/cities/solna/#b-solna-solnakoalitionen-2026-2030Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTAfter the September 2026 elections, the Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party and Green Party agreed to keep governing Solna together, with a 90-point programme. Ghent opens new bike-share permits and aims to double trips by 2030https://futurehubs.eu/cities/ghent/#b-ghent-bike-share-permits-2030https://futurehubs.eu/cities/ghent/#b-ghent-bike-share-permits-2030Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTGhent will issue two new bike-share permits from November, with a target of 2.5 million shared-bike trips a year by 2030. Oulu residents pick 12 projects for the city’s €500,000 participatory budgethttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/oulu/#b-oulu-participatory-budget-resultshttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/oulu/#b-oulu-participatory-budget-resultsFri, 02 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTIn a September vote, Oulu residents chose 12 of 94 proposals to be carried out in 2027 with the city’s €500,000 participatory budget. First stone laid for Théodora, a 35,000 m² training and AI campus in northern Marseillehttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/marseille/#b-marseille-theodora-campushttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/marseille/#b-marseille-theodora-campusThu, 01 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTConstruction has begun on the Théodora campus opposite the Gèze transport hub, part of a wider effort to turn the area into a new urban centre.