Urban Finland

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  • The Pedestrianization of Vaasankatu – City Enlivenment Gone Astray

    The Pedestrianization of Vaasankatu – City Enlivenment Gone Astray

    My intense year of studying around Europe is now officially over. This means a farewell to essays, papers and exams and a resurrection for my blogging activities. Armed with an updated arsenal of perspectives and experiences, I’ll try my best to keep on updating this blog with thoughts on Finnish cities and urban planning. I’ll…

  • A Note on the Finnish Municipality Reform Project

    One of my classes in Brussels dealt with looking into Immanuel Wallerstein’s world-systems approach. The message was to encourage into analyzing Europe and the world without our nation-state glasses on but instead holistically as one giant system. This path ultimately leads to discussions on issues that swirl around the word “globalization”. At the end of…