How will we move through our cities in 2040 and what place will the car have? Where will all these new city dwellers live and how do we keep a home in the city affordable? What are sustainable solutions for our urban waste and the litter on our streets? How can we prevent the flow of tourists from becoming a nuisance that dominates entire neighbourhoods? Last but not least, how should cities deal with the growth of English and dozens of other languages that the increasingly diverse population brings to the city?
In their tour of the two cities, BRUZZ and AT5 look for the lessons that Brussels and Amsterdam, two cities of comparable size, can learn from each other. They do so by talking to residents, policymakers and experts, but also to visionaries who focus on the city of 2040.
Photo: Luuk Koenen
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Journalismfund’s LOCAL pilot grant programme strengthens local cross-border independent and investigative journalism by making citizens more aware of local – and interrelated and global – issues. Today local journalism is more than necessary to empower citizens with an international outlook. This pilot aims to establish a European network of local (investigative) journalists by enhancing them to do more of these types of collaborations in the future.
