Smart City should mean a city which is a liveable and good place to live in for all residents. A smart city ensures opportunities for participation, good and healthy jobs and living conditions, sustainable and social supply structures. Digital tools can help in making cities �smart� in these ways but technological development is neither an end in itself nor a law of nature but a result of human decision-making. Digitalization holds great opportunities and risks. Hence, municipalities must be enabled to become and remain the central designers of both analogue and digital spaces for the benefit of the general public.