Urbanistica Podcast

It is Sweden’s first international podcast about

Stories about cities for people

In order to contribute to developing smarter and more livable cities. Mustafa started his own podcast Urbanistica Nov 2019. It is about the making of smarter and more livable cities. Listeners from 140 countries are listening to this Podcast.

All stories matter!

Mustafa invites guests from all around the world to share their stories. He believes that All stories matter and that is why Urbanistica Podcast is an open platform for all people, from different backgrounds, ages, and countries to be part of creating smarter and more livable cities. In Urbanistica Podcast you can listen to interesting urban stories from a small child, an artist, an architect, a dad with a baby stroller, a farmer etc. It is all about stories from the heart of the cities.

Urbanistica has Listeners from 140 countries see the image below. (updated 2022-10-01).

Urbanistica Main Partner

We are very proud of having AFRY Urban Planning and Desing section in Stockholm as the main sponsor for this podcast.

AFRY is an international engineering and design company providing sustainable solutions in the fields of energy, industry, and infrastructure.

Urbanistica collaborations

Placemaking Europe
Placemaking EU is a network for placemaking in Europe, connecting practitioners, academics, community leaders, market actors, and policymakers throughout Europe in the field of placemaking, public space, social life, human scale, and the city at eye level.

They develop and share knowledge; develop test and use tools; exchange ideas, and actively shape projects together. Placemaking EU supports and collaborates with organizations that want to work on placemaking, social life, human scale, and a better eye-level experience.

The collaboration is about recording podcast episodes with Placemaking Europe Leaders, working groups, and partners.


H22 EXPO, Helsingborg City, The making of a smarter city
H22 is a major initiative by Helsingborg to develop future welfare solutions aimed at improving the quality of life in a smarter, more sustainable city. The city of Helsingborg is working in 2 parts:
1. A city-wide innovation initiative. It’s about the journey towards becoming a smarter and more sustainable city.
2. A City Expo – A stop along the way where we shine a light on all that’s been achieved between now and the summer of 2022. During and after the City Expo, the long-term initiative continues.

The collaboration is about recording podcast episodes with H22 team and also H22 partners.

Mustafa Sherif

The Center for the Future of Places at KTH the Royal Institute of Technology
The Center aims to establish and promote sustainable urban development by shifting the urban discourse from the hardware objects of the cities (buildings and infrastructure) to the software spaces of the cities (places and people), in order to advance the importance of creating and maintaining healthy and livable cities on the long run.

The goal is to establish an internationally acknowledged research hub around the concept of public spaces and beyond, within the disciplines of urban planning and urban design, where the main focus is on research and development of an international and inter and multidisciplinary network, transmuting the theory and practice of city-building.

The collaboration is about recording podcast episodes with Professors and PHDs from the Center.


Urban Future 2022
Urban Future is the world’s largest meeting place for CityChangers: people who strive to make their cities more sustainable with passion and commitment. They implement tangible projects, thus vastly improving life in their city. Urban Future brings together our brightest minds, presenting itself as a neutral platform without any political agenda. Co-founded in 2014 by Gerald Babel-Sutter, each conference takes place in a different  European city.  

The collaboration is about recording podcast episodes with speakers who attend Urban Future Global Conference in Helsingborg City 2022.


Sveriges Arkitetker
Architects Sweden is the collective trade union and professional organization for all architects in Sweden. Sveriges Arkitetker’s mission is to develop the architectural practice for our 14,000 members through trade union work and to promote professional and architectural issues through better policymaking. The vision: Architects who meet contemporary and future needs – well-designed, purposeful, and sustainable architecture. The end goal: Architects have a broad and leading role in community building.

They welcome students, employees, leaders, executives and self-employed architects as members. Read more on why you should become a member.

The collaboration is about recording podcast episodes with Sveriges Arkitekter Academies (sections e.g. Landscape, Interior design, etc.).

Mustafa Sherif

Open House Architecture Festival Stockholm
During the event, the public is invited to seminars about, and tours of, unique buildings and places, all for free!
Aligned to the objectives of the Open House concept, the aim of the festival is to involve the public in a discussion about the city’s development and growth, and stimulate interest in good architecture and the built environment. Open House Stockholm is a part of the global network, Open House Worldwide is organized by a not-for-profit organization of the same name, and was founded by the following four organizations.

The collaboration is about recording podcast episodes for Open House organizers, ambassadors, and visitors. The aim is to create storytelling that explains the festival’s aim and welcomes people to visit it.


For collaboration please email us.


Listen to Urbanistica Podcast

You can find Urbanistica Podcast on your favorite podcast application. Or you can listen to the podcast online for free here.

Watch Urbanistica interviews live

You can also subscribe to the Urbanidtica Podcast Youtube Channel to watch the recording of the interviews live on Youtube. Also, you can follow Urbanistica Podcast on Instagram to see the stories behind the scenes of the different guests.


Be the next guest or nominate a story.

Do you have a story to share? or do you want to suggest a topic or nominate a speaker?

Here you go! Keep in mind all stories about cities are good stories to develop the cities. So please feel free to share a project, a book, an app, an event, an initiative, or other interesting things that can inspire us to develop smarter and more livable cities.

Foto Jenny Öhman


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Listen to the latest episodes

372. [Short] How can we make the future even better? Heja Framtiden – Christian von Essen⁠ Urbanistica Podcast – Cities for People

Heja Framtiden (Go Future ) is a podcast and platform for conversations about the future. Heja Framtiden (Go Future ) has been run since January 2018 by ⁠Christian von Essen⁠ in Stockholm. Christian is a Freelance moderator, speaker, content producer, and copywriter. Christian believes that the main question is not necessarily ”what is going to happen in the future?”, but rather ”how can we make the future even better?”. We are talking about: – How did he start his (Go Future ) podcast? – The benefits of starting a podcast – How to start a podcast and make it run for many years? – What is the insight about the future that Christian gets from his interviews with his guests? – What should think about when we plan and design future cities? – How can we make the future even better? Read more and listen to the "Heja Framtiden" (Go Future ) podcast ⁠here⁠. Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️ All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated. Let's connect and talk further about this episode ⁠⁠Mustafa Sherif Linkedin⁠⁠. Visit  ⁠⁠Mustafasherif.com⁠⁠ for collaborations and nominations or email me at ⁠⁠info@mustafasherif.com⁠⁠ Follow Urbanistica on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠Youtube channel⁠⁠. Thanks to Urbanistica Podcast partner AFRY (Urban Planning and Design) AFRY is an international engineering and design company providing sustainable solutions in the fields of energy, industry, and infrastructure. — Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/urbanistica-podcast/message
  1. 372. [Short] How can we make the future even better? Heja Framtiden – Christian von Essen⁠
  2. 371. How can we make the future even better? Heja Framtiden – Christian von Essen⁠
  3. 370. Reflections from Placemaking Europe week 2022 in Pontevedra – Hans Karssenberg and Vivian Doumpa
  4. 369. Women in Urbanism Canada – Sharee Hochman
  5. 368. AR. الفن و المدينة
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