Loving the city is partly about knowing it and understanding how today’s cityscape, a complicated collage containing various physical elements from different periods of the past, has come into being. If you grow to love the city and to understand its past, you will want the best for it in the future. This means engaging with the processes of change and coming forward with constructive ideas: how could we make a better impression on newcomers and make a city centre that adds to the quality of life of those who visit, work and live here?