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EPISODE · Mar 5, 2026 · 31 MIN

Balancing security and aesthetic appeal in Oslo’s New Government Quarter

from The Urbanist · host Monocle

We visit Oslo to see the New Government Quarter, which has transformed the site of the city’s 2011 terrorist attacks into an open, civic space. Then: we explore the new Louise Tower on Brussels’s iconic Avenue Louise.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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