Three quarters of the population in Europe lives in cities. The proportion is increasing, and like many areas of the western world, we are seeing a return to living in and around our largest cities. European cities are becoming ever more politically and economically dominant, including London, Paris, Madrid, and Berlin, as well as the Randstad in The Netherlands.
Our cities are also strangely both very old as well as very new. Historic city centers can visibly trace back their roots from 500 to 1,000, or even more years.
