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Urban walks – claiming the right to the city or a new form of tourism?

Charleroi – Photo credit: Kätti Rob Lately, Charleroi and Copenhagen propose alternative Urban walks for locals and tourists alike. In Copenhagen Jacob Jacobsen, a local visual artist, activist and organizer, takes visitors and locals on a tour through the traditionally working class neighbourhoods. In Charleroi Nicolas Buissart, Belgian artist and designer, proposes an urban safari […]

The inhabitants of a city are not it’s only users. Tourism is for many large cities an important, for some the main, economic activity. Discovering the needs of the citizens of a city probably receives priority, yet attracting outsiders can mean a livelihood for locals as well. I found that this piece gives a nice […]