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Marta Popiolek

It Takes a Village to Shape a City 

April 14, 2026
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Marta Popiolek

Building Belonging — PWE26 Wrocław’s Themes

March 25, 2026
Opinion
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Rosaria Battista

Finding Warmth in Winter: What Fenix Plein Taught Me About Public Space

March 10, 2026
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Placemaking Europe

The metrics and the place: lessons from Mexico City

March 2, 2026
Case Study, Community, Placemaking, Showcase
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Placemaking Europe

A Quiet Rebellion – Berlin’s Kiezblocks

March 2, 2026
Case Study, Cities in Placemaking, Showcase
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Marta Popiolek

Trenčín: The City as a Stage

February 19, 2026
Community, Community Feature
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Jill Roos

Studying Kraków While Living in It as an Urban Life & Placemaking Student

February 10, 2026
Showcase
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Nourhan Bassam

The Feminist Placemaking Program of “The Gendered City”

January 22, 2026
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Placemaking Europe

Placemaking Europe Year in Retrospect – 2025 Edition

January 14, 2026
Community Feature
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Placemaking Europe

Instagram Takeover: Exploring Helsinki with Päivi Raivio – from Rocks to Welcoming Winter Spaces

January 8, 2026
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Lucia Dubačová

Wroclaw opens its story for Placemaking Week Europe 2026

January 6, 2026
Opinion
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Ramon Marrades

Rotterdam, unpolished love

December 9, 2025
Case Study
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Charlot Schans

The Bike-Led Makeover of Paris

December 8, 2025
Case Study, Inclusive City
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Theresa König, Milagros Hurtig, Stephanie Hápp

Inclusive City: Reclaiming Urban Spaces Through Care, Reflection, and Connection

December 3, 2025
Community Feature
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Timo Hämäläinen

Designing Public Life After Dark: Helsinki’s Tactics for the Dark Season

November 21, 2025
Case Study, Inclusive City
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Kim Weger

Public Space and Inclusion in Oslo: The Unseen City Walks

November 4, 2025
News
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Ramon Marrades

Philippe Aghion and the caring city

October 28, 2025
Community Feature
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Khadidja Konate & Arezoo Mohebpour

Design to Connect x Placemaking Europe: A Week of Reflection on Healing and City-Making

October 24, 2025
Cities in Placemaking
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Ramon Marrades

Making change from inside city hall? Join the European partnership reimagining how cities plan, collaborate, and care

October 23, 2025
News
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Ramon Marrades

In memory of Kathy Madden (1947 – 2025)

October 22, 2025
Case Study, Inclusive City
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Gergely Hory, Árpád Szabó

2+4 Days in Népszínház street – Educational Experiments on Inclusion

October 8, 2025
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Placemaking Europe

Reggio Emilia turns local challenges into global lessons

October 3, 2025
Placemaking Week Europe
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Ramon Marrades

Placemaking Week Europe 2025: a symphony in Reggio Emilia

September 18, 2025
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Placemaking Europe

OFF Programme fills Reggio Emilia of side-activites during Placemaking Week Europe 2025

September 17, 2025
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