Too much sealing, too little shade: In a current heat ranking Offenburg occupies the last place. The city steers against, plants trees - but what helps now?
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The quality of one city is shown in heat waves in an unusual way. While pedestrians are pushing on one side of the street, the other remains empty of people. Who can push themselves along the facades or under trees to escape the sun. Bern is lucky, at least in the city centre, Basel too. Close alleys dominate the historic city cores. There is plenty of shade. A quality not to be underestimated in the summer of 2026, in which so far a heat wave o…
Too much sealing, too little shade: In a current heat ranking Offenburg occupies the last place. The city steers against, plants trees - but what helps now?