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Blogger of the week

Profiling bloggers and the cities they live in, from our network around the globe

29 January 2015

  • Some of our Guardian Cities bloggers of the week

    Guardian 'mayors for a day' demand more public spaces in their cities

  • Urbanist guide map

    The urbanist's guide to the world

19 January 2015

  • Stephane Kirkland

    An urbanist's guide to Paris: ‘Our city has known its share of violence and tragedy’

    Stephane Kirkland, author of Paris Reborn, says he was heartened that Parisians reaffirmed their common values by claiming the public space of Place de la République in the aftermath of the recent terror attacks

12 January 2015

  • Lola Akinmade Åkerström

    An urbanist's guide to Stockholm: ‘Find your own secret space and own it'

    Lola Akinmade Åkerström of Slow Travel Stockholm says the Swedish capital is an androgynous eco-paradise

5 January 2015

  • Alec Saelens

    An urbanist's guide to Bristol: 'Graffiti covers the city head to toe'

    Alec Saelens of the Bristol Cable reveals his adopted city’s best cycle rides, top satirical publications and stinkiest place to have a great conversation

10 December 2014

  • David

    An urbanist's guide to Mexico City: ‘Transport is an adventure and often a nightmare’

    David Lida navigates us through the dense, sprawling and uncommonly courteous metropolis that is Mexico City

17 November 2014

  • Alissa Walker

    An urbanist's guide to Los Angeles: ‘The most misunderstood city on the planet’

    Alissa Walker of A Walker in LA argues in favour of an unsung public transit system whilst highlighting the glitz and grit of The Big Orange

3 November 2014

  • Renee Bergere

    An urbanist's guide to Perth: ‘Perth has stripped me of my vagabondism’

    Renee Bergere of Great about Perth talks bad drivers, rainbow lorikeets and the ‘Fremantle Doctor’ - a natural cure for pollution

27 October 2014

  • Mohamed Elshahed

    An urbanist's guide to Cairo: ‘a city weighed down by stereotypes’

    Taxis, trash and street dance parties: Mohamed Elshased of Cairobserver navigates us beyond the sensory overload of the Egyptian capital

20 October 2014

  • Tyler Biard

    An urbanist's guide to Edmonton: 'a bright future for a city shaped by oil'

    Canadian street photographer Tyler Biard of Cities and Citizens tells us why his home city, with its enormous parklands and eccentric approach to architecture, is a city on the up

13 October 2014

  • Eileen

    An urbanist's guide to Tunis: ‘It feels like a different city now’

    Eileen Byrne reveals a post-revolt Tunisian capital grappling with transition yet still steeped in tradition

6 October 2014

  • Tom Rankin on the Renaissance bridge above the Tiber River, Rome’s “forgotten resource”

    An urbanist's guide to Rome: ‘Patience and humour are essential; miracles are a useful optional’

    Tom Rankin of sustainablerome reveals the resilience of the Pantheon and disaster of of the Ostiense Air-terminal.

29 September 2014

  • Nick Gadd

    An urbanist's guide to Melbourne: ‘It’s as hard to find a laneway without street art as a barista without a beard’

    From stunning street art to quixotic road rules Nick Gadd of The Melbourne Circle talks us through Australia’s cultural capital

15 September 2014

  • Hayley Flynn

    An urbanist's guide to Manchester: ‘To make the most of life here you need an open, creative mind’

    From post-war ‘bin angels’ to pioneering Art Deco buildings Hayley Flynn of Skyliner reveals the unusual urban history of Manchester

2 September 2014

  • Gretchen Loves Anchorage

    An urbanist's guide to Anchorage: 'Moose often stroll the streets'

    Gretchen Fauske of GretchenLovesAnchorage takes us on a tour of the former tent city where sea-planes buzz and coffee and campfires are essential

25 August 2014

  • Pete Saunders at Millennium Park, Chicago’s front yard

    An urbanist's guide to Chicago: ‘the most American of American cities’

    Pete Saunders of The Corner Side Yard tells us how to survive political corruption and the brutal winters of the windy city

19 August 2014

  • Ershad Ahmed

    The urbanist's guide to Dhaka, Bangladesh: 'an unplanned sprawl'

    Ershad Ahmed reflects on Dhaka’s transformation from provincial capital to bustling megacity

11 August 2014

  • Sandra Hoj

    An urbanist's guide to Copenhagen: ‘the perfect combination of cosy and sexy’

    The infrastructure is good, the dots are connected, and there is safety in numbers, says Classic Copenhagen blogger Sandra Hoj

4 August 2014

  • Joe Shaldon

    An urbanist guide to Glasgow: ‘Glasgow smokes, Glasgow chews gum, Glasgow eats takeaways’

    Joe Shaldon of Derelict Glasgow shows us the brutalism, the beauty and the Buckfast of Scotland’s largest city

1 August 2014

  • Guardian Cities Amsterdam

    One-minute manifesto: the 'moped menace' in Amsterdam - video

    Urban Observer blogger Jennifer Lenhart shares her love of biking culture in her home city of Amsterdam. But having to share the cycle lanes with the city's 25,000 mopeds is making her worried about their environmental impacts and threat to cyclists' safety

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