European Capital of Culture

Short description: Cities recognized by the European Union as culturally significant for Europe

The logo used by European Commission for European Capital of Culture Chemnitz (Germany), European Capital of Culture for 2025 File:Nova Gorica 0720069 71 retouched.jpgNova Gorica (Slovenia)-Gorizia (Italy), European Capital of Culture for 2025

A European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union (EU) for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong pan-European dimension. Being a European Capital of Culture can be an opportunity for a city to generate considerable cultural, social, and economic benefits, and it can help foster urban regeneration, change the city's image, and raise its visibility and profile on an international scale. Multiple cities can be a European Capital of Culture simultaneously.

In 1985, Melina Mercouri, Greece's Minister of Culture, and her French counterpart Jack Lang came up with the idea of designating an annual City of Culture to bring Europeans closer together by highlighting the richness and diversity of European cultures and raising awareness of their common history and values.

The Commission of the European Union manages the title, and each year the Council of Ministers of the European Union formally designates European Capitals of Culture: more than 60 cities have been designated so far. The current European Capitals of Culture for 2025 are Nova Gorica in Slovenia with Gorizia in Italy, and Chemnitz in Germany.

## Contents

* 1 Selection process
* 2 History
* 3 New Voices in Creative Capitals: A Shift Toward Community-Driven Culture
* 4 List of European Capitals of Culture
* 5 See also
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Selection process

An international panel of cultural experts is in charge of assessing the proposals of cities for the title according to criteria specified by the European Union.

For two of the capitals each year, eligibility is open to cities in EU member states only. From 2021 and every three years thereafter, a third capital will be chosen from cities in countries that are candidates or potential candidates for membership, or in countries that are part of the European Economic Area (EEA)[1][2]– an example of the latter being Stavanger, Norway, which was a European Capital of Culture in 2008.

A 2004 study conducted for the Commission, known as the "Palmer report", demonstrated that the choice of European Capital of Culture served as a catalyst for cultural development and the transformation of the city.[3] Consequently, the beneficial socio-economic development and impact for the chosen city are now also considered in determining the chosen cities.

Bids from five United Kingdom cities to be the 2023 Capital of Culture were disqualified in November 2017, because the UK was planning to leave the EU before 2023.[4]

## History

Melina Mercouri

The European Capital of Culture programme was initially called the European City of Culture and was conceived in 1983, by Melina Mercouri, then serving as minister of culture in Greece. Mercouri believed that at the time, culture was not given the same attention as politics and economics and a project for promoting European cultures within the member states should be pursued.

The European City of Culture programme was launched in the summer of 1985 with Athens being the first title-holder.[5] In 1999, the European City of Culture program was renamed to European Capital of Culture.[6]

## New Voices in Creative Capitals: A Shift Toward Community-Driven Culture

After 35 years of history, the European Capital of Culture (ECOC) initiative has experienced a significant shift in its approach to city branding, moving from a top-down model to a more inclusive, bottom-up strategy. This shift is reflected in the rise of innovative online projects, where a diverse range of participants—from volunteers and community activists to bloggers and interpreters—now play pivotal roles in shaping the creative landscape of the designated cities.

In Galway, Ireland, Polish journalist Malgosia Doczyk launched the platform Blue Tram, inspired by her previous involvement in similar initiatives in Sibiu 2007 (Romania) and Wrocław 2016 (Poland). This platform serves as a catalyst for creative exchange and collaboration among artists and residents.[7]

In Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Tatyana Garkavaya — a Bulgarian-Ukrainian award-winning writer, researcher, and web designer — established a networking platform aimed at connecting creative professionals from various ECOC cities, including Plovdiv 2019, Galway 2020, Kaunas 2022, and Veszprém-Balaton 2023. Through interviews with local artists and designers, the platform fosters new partnerships and collaborations, while offering an in-depth look at their projects and experiences.[8]

The Cultural Insights, Garkavaya’s initiative, extends the findings of her master’s thesis, which focused on Aarhus 2017 and Paphos 2017.[9] Through that academic work at the University of Milan, Garkavaya identified overlooked narratives within the local creative communities and used cultural and environmental advocacy to amplify the voices of musicians, designers, and artists often sidelined in the mainstream dialogue,.[10][11]

This initiative holds particular significance for creative professionals in Bulgaria, where the official program of Plovdiv 2019 faced numerous scandals and a lack of public engagement. The inability of the official channels to adequately promote the event and connect with local participants led to widespread disillusionment.[12] By contrast, Garkavaya’s platform provided a much-needed space for genuine, grassroots collaboration and visibility.

## List of European Capitals of Culture

Year | City | Country | Notes/Links | Candidate cities

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1985 | Athens |  Greece |
1986 | Florence |  Italy |
1987 | Amsterdam |  Netherlands |
1988 | West Berlin | Template:Country data West Berlin | City under Western Allied occupation until 1990; territory was claimed by the Federal Republic of Germany. The name "European City of Culture" was used instead of "Capital" in order to not provoke the East German government.[13][14]
1989 | Paris |  France |
1990 | Glasgow |  United Kingdom | Glasgow Garden Festival
1991 | Dublin |  Ireland |
1992 | Madrid |  Spain |
1993 | Antwerp |  Belgium |
1994 | Lisbon |  Portugal |
1995 | Luxembourg City |  Luxembourg |
1996 | Copenhagen |  Denmark |
1997 | Thessaloniki |  Greece |
1998 | Stockholm |  Sweden |
1999 | Weimar |  Germany |
2000 | Avignon |  France | The year 2000 was called the millennium year and treated in a special way, in order to emphasize the enduring heritage and contribution of European cities to world culture and civilization. Because of that, nine locations were chosen, including two cities of states that were to join the EU on 1 May 2004.[15]
Bergen |  Norway
Bologna |  Italy
Brussels |  Belgium
Helsinki |  Finland
Kraków |  Poland
Prague |  Czech Republic
Reykjavík |  Iceland
Santiago de Compostela |  Spain
2001 | Porto |  Portugal |
Rotterdam |  Netherlands |
2002 | Bruges |  Belgium |
Salamanca |  Spain |
2003 | Graz |  Austria |
2004 | Genoa |  Italy |
Lille |  France |
2005 | Cork |  Ireland | Cork Caucus | Galway, Limerick, Waterford[16]
2006 | Patras |  Greece |
2007 | Luxembourg City |  Luxembourg |
Sibiu |  Romania |
2008 | Liverpool |  United Kingdom |  | Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Newcastle and Gateshead (joint bid), Oxford[17]
Stavanger |  Norway |
2009 | Linz |  Austria | Linz 2009
Vilnius |  Lithuania |
2010 | Essen |  Germany | Representing the whole Ruhr as Ruhr.2010. | Braunschweig, Bremen, Görlitz, Halle an der Saale, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Lübeck, Potsdam, Regensburg
Istanbul |  Turkey |
Pécs |  Hungary |
2011 | Tallinn |  Estonia |
Turku |  Finland | Turku 2011
2012 | Guimarães |  Portugal |
Maribor |  Slovenia |
2013 | Košice |  Slovakia |
Marseille |  France | Marseille-Provence 2013 | Bordeaux, Lyon, Toulouse[18]
2014 | Riga |  Latvia |
Umeå |  Sweden |
2015 | Mons |  Belgium | Mons 2015
Plzeň |  Czech Republic |
2016 | San Sebastián |  Spain | Donostia/San Sebastián 2016 (Donostia 2016) | Burgos, Córdoba, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Segovia, Zaragoza[19]
Wrocław |  Poland |  | Gdańsk, Katowice, Lublin, Warsaw[20]
2017 | Aarhus |  Denmark | Aarhus 2017 | Sønderborg[21]
Paphos |  Cyprus | Pafos 2017 | Limassol, Nicosia[22]
2018 | Leeuwarden |  Netherlands |  | Eindhoven, Maastricht, The Hague, Utrecht[23]
Valletta |  Malta | Valletta 2018
2019 | Matera |  Italy | Matera 2019 | Cagliari, Lecce, Perugia, Ravenna, Siena[24]
Plovdiv |  Bulgaria | Plovdiv 2019 | Sofia, Varna, Veliko Turnovo[25]
2020 – April 2021 | Galway |  Ireland | Galway 2020 | Limerick, The Three Sisters (joint bid Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny)[26]
Rijeka |  Croatia | Rijeka 2020 | Dubrovnik, Osijek, Pula[27]
2022 | Esch-sur-Alzette |  Luxembourg | Esch-sur-Alzette 2022
Kaunas |  Lithuania | Kaunas 2022 | Klaipėda[28]
Novi Sad |  Serbia | Novi Sad 2022 (Coronavirus postponement)
20231 | Eleusis |  Greece | Eleusis 2023 (Coronavirus postponement) | Kalamata, Rhodes[29]
Timișoara |  Romania | Timișoara 2023 (Coronavirus postponement) | Baia Mare, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca[30]
Veszprém |  Hungary | Veszprém 2023 | Debrecen, Győr[31]
2024 | Bad Ischl |  Austria | Salzkammergut 2024 | Dornbirn, St. Pölten[32]
Bodø2 |  Norway | Bodø 2024 | Banja Luka, Mostar[33]
Tartu |  Estonia | Tartu 2024 | Kuressaare, Narva[34]
2025 | Chemnitz |  Germany | Chemnitz 2025 | Hannover, Hildesheim, Magdeburg, Nuremberg[35]
Nova Gorica/Gorizia joint bid |  Slovenia
Italy | GO! 2025 | Ljubljana, Piran, Ptuj[36]
2026 | Oulu |  Finland | Oulu 2026 | Savonlinna, Tampere[37]
Trenčín[38] |  Slovakia | Trenčín 2026 | Nitra, Žilina
2027 | Évora |  Portugal | Évora 2027 | Aveiro, Braga, Ponta Delgada[39]
Liepāja |  Latvia | Liepāja 2027 | Daugavpils, Valmiera[40]
2028 | Bourges[41] |  France | Bourges 2028 | Clermont-Ferrand, Montpellier, Rouen, Saint-Denis
České Budějovice[42] |  Czech Republic | České Budějovice 2028 | Broumov, Brno, Liberec
Skopje2 |  North Macedonia | Skopje 2028 | Budva[43]
2029 | Kiruna[44] |  Sweden | Kiruna 2029 | Uppsala[45]
Lublin[46] |  Poland | Lublin 2029 | Bielsko-Biała, Katowice, Kołobrzeg[47]
2030 | TBA December 2025[48] |  Cyprus |  | Shortlisted cities:[48] Larnaca, Limassol
Other applicants: Nicosia[49]
Leuven[50] |  Belgium | Leuven 2030 | Molenbeek, Namur, Bruges, Ghent, Kortrijk[51]
TBA2 autumn 2025[52] | TBA |  | Lviv, Nikšić[53]
2031 | TBA
bids until 26 September 2025[54] |  Malta |  | Birgu, Victoria[55]
TBA
bids until 31 December 2025[56] |  Spain |  | potential candidates:[57]
Burgos, Cáceres, Granada, Jerez de la Frontera, Las Palmas, Toledo
2032 | TBA |  Bulgaria |  |
TBA |  Denmark |  | potential candidate: Næstved[58]
2033 | TBA |  Netherlands |  | potential candidate: Heerlen[59]
TBA |  Italy |  | potential candidates: Turin,[60] Pesaro/Urbino,[61] Viterbo[62]
TBA2 | TBA |

1 The European Capital of Culture was due to be in the UK in 2023. However, due to its decision to leave the European Union, UK cities would no longer be eligible to hold the title after 2019. The European Commission's Scotland office confirmed that this would be the case on 23 November 2017, only one week before the UK was due to announce which city would be put forward.[63] The candidate cities were Dundee,[64] Leeds, Milton Keynes,[65] Nottingham and a joint bid from Northern Irish cities of Belfast and Derry and the town of Strabane.[66]

2 A new framework makes it possible for cities in candidate countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine), potential candidates for EU membership (Kosovo) or EFTA member states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland) to hold the title every third year as of 2021. This will be selected through an open competition, meaning that cities from various countries may compete with each other.[67]

Athens

Florence

Amsterdam

Berlin

Paris

Glasgow

Dublin

Madrid

Antwerp

Lisbon

Luxembourg City

Copenhagen

Thessaloniki

Stockholm

Weimar

Avignon

Bergen

Bologna

Brussels

Helsinki

Kraków

Prague

Reykjavík

Santiago de Compostela

Rotterdam

Porto

Bruges

Salamanca

Graz

Genoa

Lille

Cork

Patras

Sibiu

Liverpool

Stavanger

Vilnius

Linz

Essen

Istanbul

Pécs

Turku

Tallinn

Guimarães

Maribor

Košice

Marseille

Riga

Umeå

Mons

Plzeň

San Sebastián

Wrocław

Aarhus

Paphos

Valletta

Leeuwarden

Plovdiv

Matera

Rijeka

Galway

Novi Sad

Eleusis

Timișoara

Kaunas

Esch-sur-Alzette

Veszprém

Tartu

Bad Ischl

Bodø

Chemnitz

Nova Gorica-Gorizia

Oulu

Trenčín

Liepāja

Évora

České Budějovice

Bourges

Skopje

Lublin

Kiruna

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Locations of European Capitals of Culture. Green designates current cities; red is for past cities; and blue for future cities.

## See also

* American Capital of Culture
* Arab Capital of Culture
* European Green Capital Award
* European Youth Capital
* European Region of Gastronomy
* UK City of Culture
* University Network of the European Capitals of Culture

## References

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2. ↑ "European Capitals of Culture 2020 to 2033 — A guide for cities preparing to bid". European Commission. https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/sites/creative-europe/files/capitals-culture-candidates-guide_en.pdf.
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67. ↑ "European Capitals of Culture". European Union. 6 Feb 2021. https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/content/european-capitals-culture-2026-slovakia_en.

## External links

* European Capitals of Culture
* Decision No 1622/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing a Community action for the European Capital of Culture event for the years 2007 to 2019
* Decision No 445/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing a Union action for the European Capitals of Culture for the years 2020 to 2033 and repealing Decision No 1622/2006/EC

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