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Breathing New Life into Bucharest’s Oldest Tram Depot

Located in central Bucharest, just behind the Government headquarters, Victoria Depot stands as a significant, yet underutilized, landmark of industrial heritage — the oldest tram depot in the city, and a site with considerable potential for urban regeneration. Characterized by its iron framework, spacious halls, and embedded urban history, the depot had gradually receded from public attention — until the GreenPlace network brought it back into focus through a structured participatory initiative.

EU City Lab on Active Mobility

Join Us in Hamburg for the EU City Lab on Active Mobility

28–29 October 2025 | Hamburg, Germany

A Presidência Dinamarquesa da UE 2025: promover a coesão através da habitação e da ação climática

De 1 de julho a 31 de dezembro de 2025, a Dinamarca assume a Presidência do Conselho da União Europeia pela oitava vez na sua história.

Aktivnosti Europske urbane inicijative (EUI) i URBACT-a za jačanje kapaciteta

Zanima vas kako potaknuti pješačenje i bicikliranje u vašem gradu? Želite saznati kako europski gradovi kombiniraju različite izvore financiranja i privlače investicije privatnog sektora? Pridružite se EU City Labu na temu aktivne mobilnosti i/ili Focused Policy Lab na temu financiranja. Prijave su otvorene.

Future STEAM Cities Transferability Study

The Future STEAM Cities Transferability Study explores the potential for adapting Aveiro’s STEAM City model across four European cities—Alytus (Lithuania), Kolding (Denmark), Oulu (Finland), and Płock (Poland). Conducted within the URBACT Innovation Transfer Network framework, the study identifies the key conditions, challenges, and opportunities that shape the successful implementation of STEAM-based urban innovation.

Are we ready to welcome the residents of the future?

By Tiago Ferreira

How can smaller cities compete in an era of global people’s mobility? What makes a place not only livable but appealing enough for someone to choose it again, or for the first time as home?

These are the kinds of questions that Residents of the Future set out to explore. Now, passing midway through our journey, we find ourselves surrounded not by answers, but by possibilities, each one shaped by the local character and aspirations of the nine cities that form this network.