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Europe's First Ad-Free City Replaced Billboards With Trees

Europe's First Ad-Free City Replaced Billboards With Trees
This city of 160,000 people became the first major European city to totally ban outdoor advertising.

The French city of Grenoble became the first European city to totally ban outdoor advertising, replacing over 300 billboards and installments with community notice boards and trees.

The change came as an election promise of Green party mayor Eric Piolle.

The municipality, which plays host to a population of 160,000, first started using outdoor advertising in 1976. By not renewing the outdoor advertising contract, the city stands to lose about $640,000 of income from the exchange.

"The municipality is taking the choice of freeing public space in Grenoble from advertising to develop areas for public expression," said Piolle in a statement.

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