Denmark Aarhus Guldborgsund Estonia Elva Haapsalu Pärnu Rakvere Tallinn Tartu Finland Espoo Helsinki Jyväskylä Kemi Kotka Lahti Mariehamn Pori Porvoo Turku Vaasa Germany Greifswald Hamburg Kiel Rostock Latvia Cēsis Jēkabpils Jelgava Liepāja Riga Valmiera Lithuania Gargždai Jonava Kaunas Klaipėda Palanga Panevėžys Tauragé Norway Arendal Kristiansand Poland Darłowo Elbląg Gdańsk Gdynia Kołobrzeg Koszalin Mielno Pruszcz Gdański Reda Rumia Sejny Słupsk Sopot Sweden Gävle Kalmar Karlskrona Luleå Malmö Örebro Region of Gotland Söderhamn Umeå Växjö Ukraine Chernihivka Chernivtsi Kamianets-Podilskyi Kherson Khmelnytskyi Kolomyia Kramatorsk Myrove Pokrovsk Rivne region (partner) Rubizhne Vilnyansk Vyshhorod Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia Turku UBC member city since 1991 The Northern Baltic's most interesting city – Turku is an attractive European city of universities and culture and is boldly renewing itself. Turku is a good place to live and succeed together. More information on ubc.net member page City web site Advisory board members Mr. Risto Veivo (Co-chair) Olli-Pekka Mäki (Advisory Board Member) Full list of the Advisory Board members City related news From Pilot to Practice: How Turku Turns Small Biodiversity Tests into Long-Term Urban Change Leading water experts met in Berlin to sketch the future of the sector Measuring what matters in the Baltic Sea Region mobility transition All city-related news City related events Conference "From Waste to Wisdom: Baltic Quest for Plastic Reduction" (10 December 2025) "A safer tomorrow" - event for Finnish cities (9 December 2025) UBC Sustainable Cities Commission meeting with the Climate Budget Summit (1 October 2025) Upcoming city-related events Projects Enhancing active and efficient urban mobility in the Baltic Sea region Fostering implementation of the ChemClimCircle approach to Green Public Procurement in the Baltic Sea Region Urban Biodiversity Parks as co-creative platforms for enhancing biodiversity, learning and community involvement in urban ecological regeneration All city-related projects Publications Sustainable Cities Bulletin 2/2025 Sustainable Cities Bulletin 1/2025 UBC SCC Annual report 2024 All city-related publications Videos UBC ASKS Elina Rantanen: making cities resilient to different societal challenges Video guide: Up to speed with reporting in CDP-ICLEI Track Baltic Urban Lab - towards integrated and partnership-based planning of brownfield areas All city-related videos UBC TALKS Webinars Webinar: UBC TALKS about monitoring and evaluation for the sustainable urban mobility planning Webinar: UBC TALKS about Urban Biodiversity Parks Webinar: UBC TALKS about sustainable urban mobility planning UBC TALKS Video URL
