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What makes Vienna the ‘most liveable city’ in the world?

I’ve been based here for eight years now and can definitely see why it has been chosen as “the most liveable city” in the world. The public transport ... I was constantly on the move. Darren Gleeson: ... read more

The revenge of the suburbs: Why California’s effort to build more in single-family-home neighborhoods failed

“There is a wake-up call that our legislators are not representing people at the grass-roots level,” said Susan Kirsch, an activist from Mill Valley and head of Livable ... the city, to start a ... read more

Is this the world’s most liveable city?

And why not? The southern metropolis has affordable ... “It really is the most liveable city in the world,” said expat Sarah Eke, an advertising manager who moved to Melbourne from Essex, England. “I ... read more

Why Melbourne is the New York of Australia (by a native New Yorker)

This similarity between Melbourne and New York is one of the biggest differences between Melbourne and other Australian cities, which is probably why so many Aussie creatives move here ... was named ... read more

The call of the good life should motivate both mayor and newcomer in Cork

What gets the world’s hardest-working lord mayor, Cllr Mick Finn, out of bed in the morning? How does the Government envisage the Rebel City 20 years hence? Do the thousands of new Corkonians have a ... read more

The Top 10 Most Liveable Cities in Africa

From the moment you step off the plane at OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA), it becomes clear why Johannesburg is considered a world-class city ... has appeared on other lists of the most ... read more

'Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin' comes to Asheville

"Defiant Requiem" has been performed around the world ... way of life livable in as far as we had some kind of goal. No matter how bad the day was, how hungry I was, there was something to look ... read more

Port Fairy: why the world's best small town needs to remain a secret

Sadly the world has caught on. In 2012, Port Fairy was voted the world’s most liveable small ... wanting to work at a big-city newspaper. Friends stayed though, had babies, built businesses, made ... read more

Why Fukuoka is Japan’s most innovative city

Sandwiched between the mountains and the sea in Japan’s far-west corner, Fukuoka is a city trying to reinvent itself ... headquarters of his e-commerce business New World back to his hometown. He’d ... read more

The curse of urban sprawl: how cities grow, and why this has to change

Photograph: Philipus/Alamy I have just spent two days in Barcelona, one of the most densely populated urban settlements in the world ... inner-city land. Johannesburg’s metropolitan government ... read more