In 1999 the historic district of Pontevedra, a picturesque city of 85,000 residents in northwestern Spain, was clogged with traffic, its air filled with exhaust fumes and the cacophony of automobiles.

See where shade appears so you can survive a scorching summer in the city. The sun is liquifying Madrid. Again. June 2025 ...

According to the city, car trips have fallen 97% since 1999 in the 4.5-square kilometer historic center and 53% across the entire city (at 46 square miles, it’s two-thirds the size of the ...

Malaga Cathedral, Spain. RPress. Malaga is both a city and province in southern Spain, and during 18 months before the year 2022—according to the Spanish National Institute of Statistics—had ...