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  • Urbanism
  • Episode 763
  • 28 May 2026
  • 30 min

How Sweden’s ‘fika’ mentality can improve city planning

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  • The Urbanist
  • Urbanism
  • Episode 763
  • 30 min

We learn how one strategist is exporting Swedish fika values to help put city planners on the same page. We also hear about Hungary’s push to revive its urban green commons and how Turku Cathedral locks its doors.

Host
  • Andrew Tuck
Contributors
  • Alexandra Strelcova
  • Petri Burtsoff
Producer
  • David Stevens

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