Olga's family home is a one bedroom flat in Mykolaiv, a ship building town in southern Ukraine.

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Average rent for a two-bed flat in an older building costs around 5, 000 Danish kroner per month, while those in new construction can cost double that.

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For many of us, home means a flat in an apartment complex, where the building management often provides an extra layer of security.

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About 17 firefighters tackled the blaze in the ground-floor flat of a two-storey building.

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At the Seinaejoki Civic Center, begun in 1958, where the land is flat, he designed both land and building together as a series of rising grassy platforms ascending to the elevated city hall.

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