europe Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Fri, 25 Jul 2025 08:33:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png europe Archives - Positive News 32 32 Urban swimming: six European cities that revived river bathing https://www.positive.news/society/urban-swimming-six-european-cities-that-revived-river-bathing/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 07:00:52 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=536910 Parisians are swimming in the Seine again, but the French capital isn't the first European city to bring river bathing back

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]]> Riding the rail revival: how holidays by train are drawing the discerning traveller https://www.positive.news/society/how-holidays-by-train-are-drawing-the-discerning-traveller/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 10:23:28 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=517885 Europe’s train network is undergoing something of a renaissance – and one tour company is climbing on board

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]]> What went right this week: Europe’s ‘historic’ nature law, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-9-of-2024/ Fri, 01 Mar 2024 05:00:41 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=471836 Europe passed a landmark nature law, Finland almost ended homelessness, and a Scottish land deal empowered communities, plus more

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]]> Green travel: the best new rail trips to try this summer in Europe https://www.positive.news/environment/green-travel-rail-trips-summer-in-europe/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 07:27:46 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=438338 A pan-European sleeper train is among the new routes launching this summer. A golden era for rail beckons. Who’s on board?

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]]> UK rivers are too polluted to swim in – but European countries offer solutions https://www.positive.news/environment/uk-rivers-are-too-polluted-to-swim-in-but-european-countries-offer-solutions/ Wed, 19 Apr 2023 10:00:13 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=431444 What can be done about the UK’s deteriorating waters? For answers, look to European countries that have cleared up theirs

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]]> The guerrilla artist filling Europe’s potholes with colourful mosaics https://www.positive.news/society/the-guerrilla-artist-filling-europes-potholes-with-colourful-mosaics/ Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:43:45 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=419476 A Banksy-style street artist is turning urban decay into something beautiful, while making the streets safer for pedestrians

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]]> Green travel: the low-cost rail firms taking on Europe’s airlines https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/travel/meet-the-low-cost-railways-taking-on-europes-airlines/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:42:35 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=408359 Across the continent, low-cost rail firms are launching new routes to tempt passengers out of the skies. Are they winning?

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]]> The underwater sculptures tackling illegal trawling https://www.positive.news/environment/the-underwater-sculptures-tackling-illegal-trawling/ Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:16:33 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=400058 A community in Italy has found a novel solution to illegal trawling: turning the seabed into an underwater museum 

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]]> Europe’s night trains are making a comeback amid concern about the climate https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/travel/europes-night-trains-are-making-a-comeback-amid-concern-about-the-climate/ Fri, 02 Jul 2021 11:49:35 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=363950 Budget airlines pushed them towards extinction, now rising awareness about plane emissions is sparking a night train renaissance

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]]> Eddie Izzard undertakes Europe-wide marathon challenge to promote unity https://www.positive.news/society/eddie-izzard-undertakes-europe-wide-marathon-challenge-to-promote-unity/ Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:39:15 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=301121 The comedian’s bid to run 28 marathons in 28 days is in order to ‘make humanity great again’

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