STRAKKS
Strategies for urban development in medium-sized Nordic knowledge towns
is an urban development project between Aalborg, Denmark and Lillestrøm Skedsmo, Norway, their district councils and knowledge environments. The project will establish "urban laboratories" to test new models and concrete interventions in urban development. The aim is to establish networks, strengthen competence and develop models so as to combine a triple-helix (trade, knowledge environments and research) with urban development, and thus promote knowledge-based urban development. Read more
The "urban laboratories" in Aalborg represents the city's complexity and diversity at different levels. Each lab has a strategic position in the city itself, but especially in the context of the other laboratories that may contribute to Aalborg as a knowledge city. 
The "urban laboratories" are located in the city's downtown and in close proximity to each other. This way, they share main challenges and potentials.
See Skedsmo Municipality video presentation of the STRAKKS project at their Urban Development exhibition (in norwegian).
On the 23rd of September 2010 the municipality of Skedsmo – in collaboration with the partner city Aalborg - hosted a big conference, which marked the first phase of the EU funded project STRAKKS. The conference attracted approximately 150 different people (planners, politicians and people from the private sector) across Denmark, Sweden and Norway: Aalborg, Copenhagen, Malmø, Trondheim, Tromsø and the wider Oslo region. The purpose of the conference was to present the very different perspectives related to knowledge city development including understanding the new social context in which this development takes place.