IRELAND PORTUGAL SWEDEN

Wood’s good

SWEDISH urban developer Atrium Ljungberg will start building the world’s largest wooden city in Sickla, a former industrial quarter in southern Stockholm next year. Occupying a 250,000-square metre area, the project will provide 2,000 homes, 7,000 office spaces, shops and restaurants, with the first houses completed by 2027.

No change

WITH Sweden hosting next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, fans voted overwhelmingly against suggestions that the four-hour final should be made shorter. Responding to an online poll, 68.4 per cent of the 5,300 respondents said the contest should remain as it is, with only 31.6 per cent favouring a shorter format.