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Published more: 2015-04-28 15:22 | SR - SVERIGES RADIO

Swedes feel the pull of the big city

A view of Stockholm. Photo: Guillermo/Wikimedia Commons/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stockholm_old_town_2002.jpg

Lyssna: "Cities offer opportunities"

The most rapid urbanisation in Europe is happening right here in Sweden – a trend that politician and PR consultant Per Schlingmann welcomes but that others call a negative new “urban norm”.

Figures from Eurostat show that, within the EU, Sweden is seeing the fastest growth of urban areas, and as more and more people feel the pull of the big city, everything from social values to geographic patterns are affected. While some Swedes want to challenge what they call the new "urban norm", others believe mega cities are the...