Citiverse

A digital space where European cities connect, collaborate, and co-create solutions for real-world challenges.

Citiverse

A joint initiative by four EU-funded projects.

What is the Citiverse?

The Citiverse is a new kind of digital space where European cities connect, collaborate, and co-create solutions for real-world challenges. It’s where cities use shared digital tools and data to work smarter, plan better, and involve their citizens more directly in shaping urban life.  At the heart of the Citiverse are technologies like digital twins — real-time virtual models of cities that allow citizens, planners, and policymakers to simulate changes, test ideas, and make informed decisions together. Whether it’s improving traffic flow, redesigning public spaces, or responding to climate risks, the Citiverse helps cities act faster, more transparently, and more effectively.

Four projects, one shared European vision

The European Union is co-funding four pioneering projects that together form the foundation of the Citiverse. While each has its own focus, we actively collaborate to exchange knowledge, align approaches, and maximize collective impact. Together we form a strong and complementary ecosystem and ensure that the Citiverse is not just a concept, but a real, practical and inclusive future for European cities.

SENSE
Strengthening Cities and Enhancing Neighborhood Sense of Belonging

The SENSE project helps cities create interactive, real-time digital twins where citizens and city officials can explore, test, and improve urban spaces together. The project focuses on citizen engagement, data interoperability, and a stronger sense of belonging for people in pilot cities Kiel (Germany) and Cartagena (Spain).   More info: senseverse.eu

European Citiverses Uniting for Inclusiveness

The European Citiverses Uniting for Inclusiveness project focuses on making digital twins more inclusive, accessible and meaningful for people. Through its pilot in Gothenburg (Sweden), the project develops and tests user experiences and methods based on Universal Design, exploring how cities can understand and apply accessible digital twins in practice. Because the cities of the future must be designed for everyone – from the very beginning.   More info: cu-project.eu

3DxVERSE
Harnessing Digital Twins for Sustainable Communities and Economies

The 3DxVERSE project develops advanced interoperable digital twins that support sustainable mobility and smart urban living. The project integrates AI and extended reality (XR/VR) to help cities simulate and optimise eco-friendly transport systems, energy use, and better public and urban services with pilots in Almelo and Aruba (Netherlands), Hamburg (Germany) and Timisoara (Romania).   More info: 3dxverse.eu

x-CITE
Extending CitiVerse Interoperability, Trust and Empowerment

The x-CITE project builds a human-centric CitiVerse framework based on European standards and tests 12 use-cases in the areas of urban planning, social engagement and culture in 3 pilot regions Rotterdam (Netherlands), Tampere (Finland) and Flanders (Belgium). More info: xcitecitiverse.eu