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Text Box: The Triumph of Cheapness A revolution is taking place in Europe: The European society is re-formatting itself at an unprecedented speed, aiming to become a cultural community. It is a unification process by means of consumerism where the inescapable allurement of cheapness of products grasps the masses of the European population and is leading to the long envisioned trans-national citizen – the European. Along with its citizens, the cities as the places of maximum concentration of the community’s power and culture are changing, as well. This article tries to unveil the tremendous power and influence of Europe’s low-cost companies on decision making, on the Europeans itself and on the appearance of our cities. [more] Adi, Audi, Aldi This essay about the three essential periods of European modernity, with Germany as its case study, should contribute to a better understanding of spatial transformation and planning in Europe. Germany is Europe under a magnifying glass; all triumphs and disasters the continent went through in the last century happened to have their highest peaks and lowest valleys in Germany. The following article shows the unfolding of the mythical stages of Germany’s - and therefore Europe’s - modernization, from Adi’s projective Third Reich to the Wirtschaftswunder to the triumph of cheapness. [more] European Central Park. Europe is a City – The Alps are its Central Park. Today, 82 % of EU Europe is urbanized, which means that 364 million of the 455 million people in the EU live in urban areas. Europe is a city, or better yet: Europe is a modern city with a functional structure. The Alpine arc region (as defined by CIPRA) has proven to be a motor of regeneration in this context and managed, very early on, to define its position as Europe’s retreat. With close to 11.0 million inhabitants, who live in innumerable villages and small towns - only Grenoble and Innsbruck have over 100,000 inhabitants - the Alps stand for the ideal image of country life - an idyll. [more] Politiek (correct) in kaart brengen/Political (correct) mapping According to database specialists, 80 percent of all information has a spatial component. In simple terms, 80 percent of all information is mappable. [more] (M)Adé (in) Germany This article is largely based on my own experience as neighbour. Being grown up in the Austrian alps and confronted with guests form all over Europe there was one group that dominated the scene and therefore my youth, "the Germans". After exchanging the snowy hills of Austria with the sandy dunes of Holland I found myself, to my own surprise, again in the company of this very familiar group again. [more]