Henni+Milli #1: Green, Blue & a City for All

In the first episode of the InclusiveCity Podcast we are talking to Sithara Pathirana and Marian Rudhart about green and blue public spaces as the backbone of an inclusive city and how artistic interventions shape the everyday lives in Vienna. The conversation centers on who actually gets to shape and feel welcome in shared urban space, blending Sithara’s arts/culture angle — the 2026 Klima Biennale edition “Unspeakable Worlds” had a focus week on the Danube Canal — with Marian’s grassroots push for public swimming access. Please sign the Sithara'S petition of the Rights for the Danube as a Co-Citizen! (in german)About our guests: Sithara Pathirana is the festival director of the Klima Biennale Wien. The 2026 edition, "Unspeakable Worlds," put art in public space at the centre, with a specific focus week on the Danube Canal.Marian Rudhart is from Schwimmverein Donaukanal, an association and grassroots initiative advocating to make Vienna's Donaukanal a place where people can safely swim and enjoy the water as part of everyday city life, for our conversation about green and blue spaces.Henni+milli is a temporary, consumer-free public "placemaking" project and community testing ground located along the Donaukanal in Vienna, specifically named after the Henriette-Fahrbach-Promenade and Emilie-Turecek-Promenade near the Franzensbrücke. This project was implemented in the framework of the FFG funded DUT InclusiveCity Project and implemented with the funding of the MA45/City of Vienna.This podcast was produced in a cooperation with Placemaking Austria and superwien.Hosts: Vivian Monteiro Malta & Roland Krebs