‘Freedom is a city where you can breathe’: four experts on Europe’s most liveable capitals
‘Freedom is a city where you can breathe’: four experts on Europe’s most liveable capitals
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‘Freedom is a city where you can breathe’: four experts on Europe’s most liveable major cities
From Copenhagen’s cycle lanes and Vienna’s shared parks to Barcelona and London’s unfulfilled potential, better living is close at hand

Excellent public transport and walkable neighbourhoods add to the feeling of freedom for Andersen, who moved to Copenhagen from the US midwest in 2001 and feels liberated from the car dependence she saw there. “Freedom is having a choice of different things, not just having one really bad choice,” she says. “Freedom is living in a city like here, where you can breathe clean air and choose your lifestyle.”