Bogotá is nestled within the Andes mountains, where the sun is strong and the wind is cold. A sprawling metropolis sitting 2,600 meters above sea level, Bogotá is home to around eight million people from every corner of Colombia. It is the bike capital of Latin America and the birthplace of the Ciclovía; it hosts one of the biggest performing arts festivals in the world and boasts vast extensions of acclaimed street art (graffiti). Bogotá is a multifaceted city where inherent Latin American dynamics, mixed with common challenges faced by the Global South, meet the need to make the urbanscape a more livable environment for everyone.

Bogotá is vast and chaotic, and its transportation infrastructure is deficient for the size of its population. It is also a city that dwells between formality and informality. While this poses many problems, it also results in greater flexibility for experimentation. Although far from perfect, Bogotá has approached its difficulties in a unique way and has shown the world that emerging and ever-growing cities can also aim to be livable and enjoyable.