European Capital of Culture

The European Capital of Culture is a city chosen by the European Union for a period of one calendar year. The city is given a chance to show its cultural life and cultural development. Most of the cities are very popular and are known internationally (by people around the world).

List of by year

Past years

List of capitals chosen by year
YearCitiesImageDetails
1985 Athens
1986 Florence
1987 Amsterdam
1988 West Berlin
1989 Paris Lyon
1990 Glasgow
1991 Dublin
1992 Madrid
1993 Antwerp
1994 Lisbon
1995 Luxembourg
1996 Copenhagen
1997 Thessaloniki
1998 Stockholm
1999 Weimar
2000 Avignon
Bergen
Bologna
Brussels
Helsinki
Krakow
Prague
Reykjavík
Zaragoza
2001 Porto
Rotterdam
2002 Bruges
Salamanca
2003 Graz
2004 Genoa
Lille
2005 Cork, Limerick
2006 Patras
2007 Sibiu
Luxembourg
Greater Region
Sibiu 2007
2008 Liverpool
Stavanger
Sandnes
Liverpool 2008 Archived 2007-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
Stavanger 2008
2009 Linz
Vilnius
Vilnius 2009
Linz 2009
2010 Essen
Sarajevo
Pécs

Essen 2010
Pecs 2010 Archived 2018-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
2011 Turku
Tallinn
Turku 2011
Tallinn 2011
2012 Guimarães
Maribor
Guimarães 2012 Archived 2008-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
Maribor 2012

Future years

According to the official EU website.[1] From 2014 to 2020, these are only the countries have been chosen, based on the rotation system.

Future years
YearCityDetails
2013 Marseille
Košice
Marseille Provence 2013 Archived 2010-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
Košice 2013 Archived 2008-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
2014 Sweden
 Latvia
2015 Belgium
 Czech Republic
2016 Spain
 Poland
2017 Denmark
 Cyprus
2018 Netherlands
 Malta
2019 Italy
 Bulgaria
2020 Rijeka
 Ireland

References

  1. "Official EU website". Archived from the original on 2006-10-19. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  • García, B. (2005) “De-constructing the City of Culture: The long term cultural legacies of Glasgow 1990” in: Review Issue of Urban Studies (vol 42, n5/6) (pp. 1–28)
  • García, B. (2004) “Cultural Policy in European Cities: Lessons from Experience, Prospects for the Future” in: Special edition on Cultural Policy and Regeneration, Local Economy (vol 19, n4) (pp. 312–326)
  • García, B. (2004) “Urban Regeneration, Arts Programming and Major events: Glasgow 1990, Sydney 2000 and Barcelona 2004” in: Gibson, L. & Stevenson, D. (Eds) Special Issue of the International Journal of Cultural Policy: Urban Space and the Uses of Culture (vol 10, n 1) (pp. 103–118)

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