This is where innovative companies, academia and the public sector meet to create the sustainable cities of tomorrow.
Welcome to tomorrow.
Located in Kista Science City, one of the world’s leading ICT-clusters, we are an arena for creating, testing and showing the solutions for tomorrow’s sustainable cities.
Test
We facilitate tests and projects in an actual urban environment. With the help our partners we provide testbeds with a wide array of digital infrastructure available for your applications and devices.
Show
We like to spread the word about the innovative companies we are working with. Kista Science City is a showroom for smart city solutions. Each year, hundreds of delegates come here from all over the world to experience it first-hand.
Collaborate
Collaboration is how we make it happen. We bring together academia, public sector and business to create smart solutions for tomorrow’s cities. Today.

Urban Mobility
How people move in the city is changing through technology, connectivity and AI. We are working strategically with different partners in urban mobility projects.

IoT
Our cities are becoming connected. We can help you test smart city applications in a real urban environment.
The latest
Urban ICT Arena launches new project focusing on effective traffic planning
Traffic congestion is a huge problem in our cities. Our new project SMART focuses on how new technologies can help create more effective traffic planning, with focus on public transport. Our project partners include Savantic, Bumbee Labs, Telenor, Ramboll and RISE. ...
How sensors can make regular waste containers smart
Norrsidans Innovation provides an IoT solution for smart waste management. After working on a prototype at Södertälje Science Park and using the testbed at Urban ICT Arena, they are now ready for the next step. Today waste containers in cities are emptied according to...
Finding common ground for drones in the Nordics
What role will drones play in the Nordic countries? What set of local challenges lays ahead? The work within the Nordic Drone Initiative (NDI) continues. Kista Science City and Urban ICT Arena announced our partnership with other Nordic clusters back in September. The...
Four new partners join Urban ICT Arena
Urban ICT Arena welcomes four new partners – CaCharge, Freelway, MoveAbout and WSI. Our cities need to be more sustainable, and a key part is smart and effective transportation. Three our new partners provide interesting products and solutions for the mobility...
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We like innovative ideas. Our testbed is ideal for testing smart city applications. We can also assist in making the right connections, facilitate and opening doors.