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
1985Greece Athens
1986Italy Florence
1987Netherlands Amsterdam
1988Germany West Berlin
1989France Paris Lyon
1990United Kingdom Glasgow
1991Republic of Ireland Dublin
1992Spain Madrid
1993Belgium Antwerp
1994Portugal Lisbon
1995Luxembourg Luxembourg
1996Denmark Copenhagen
1997Greece Thessaloniki
1998Sweden Stockholm
1999Germany Weimar
2000France Avignon
Norway Bergen
Italy Bologna
Belgium Brussels
Finland Helsinki
Poland Krakow
Czech Republic Prague
Iceland Reykjavík
Spain Zaragoza
2001Portugal Porto
Netherlands Rotterdam
2002Belgium Bruges
Spain Salamanca
2003Austria Graz
2004Italy Genoa
France Lille
2005Republic of Ireland Cork, Limerick
2006Greece Patras
2007Romania Sibiu
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Greater Region		Sibiu 2007
2008United Kingdom Liverpool
Norway Stavanger
Norway Sandnes		Liverpool 2008 Archived 2007-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
Stavanger 2008
2009Austria Linz
Lithuania Vilnius		Vilnius 2009
Linz 2009
2010Germany Essen
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
Hungary Pécs
Essen 2010
Pecs 2010 Archived 2018-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
2011Finland Turku
Estonia Tallinn		Turku 2011
Tallinn 2011
2012Portugal Guimarães
Slovenia 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
2013France Marseille
Slovakia 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
2020Croatia 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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