Where is the particulate matter pollution particularly low? A new air quality ranking gives insights. Four German cities also made it into the top 50.
Copenhagen (dpa) – The Swedish Umeå and Tampere in Finland have the cleanest air in Europe, according to the EU environment agency EEA.
In Funchal on the Portuguese island of Madeira, in Estonia's capital Tallinn and in Bergen, Norway, particulate matter pollution has been particularly low in the past two years. This comes from a new air quality ranking with data from more than 320 European cities, which the Copenhagen-based EU authority published on Thursday. The bottom of the list, on the other hand, can be found predominantly in Poland and northern Italy.
For the overview, the EEA assessed the pollution with fine dust (PM2.5) in 323 cities in 26 EU countries as well as Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. 127 of the cities are certified as having good air quality. In 123 the load is considered moderate, in the remaining 73 it is bad or very bad. As the best German city, Göttingen comes in 29th, Freiburg, Darmstadt and Lübeck also make it into the top 50.
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