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European Capitals of Culture

 

 

European Capitals of Culture in 2015

 

 

Pilsen 2015

"Open up!.

For official information: http://www.plzen2015.cz/en/about-project

Mons 2015

"Technology meets culture"

Official website: http://www.mons2015.eu/en/home/

 

Past, present and future European Capitals of Culture: from 1985 till 2025

• 1985 Athens (Greece)
• 1986 Florence (Italy)
• 1987 Amsterdam (Netherlands)
• 1988 Berlin (Germany)
• 1989 Paris (France)
• 1990 Glasgow (England)
• 1991 Dublin (Ireland)
• 1992 Madrid (Spain)
• 1993 Antwerp (Belgium)
• 1994 Lisbon (Portugal)
• 1995 Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
• 1996 Copenhagen (Denmark)
• 1997 Thessaloniki (Greece)
• 1998 Stockholm (Sweden)
• 1999 Weimar (Germany)
• 2000 Avignon (France)
• 2000 Bergen (Norway)
• 2000 Bologna (Italy)
• 2000 Brussels (Belgium)
• 2000 Helsinki (Finland)
• 2000 Kraków (Poland)
• 2000 Prague (Czech Republic)
• 2000 Reykjavík (Iceland)
• 2000 Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
• 2001 Rotterdam (Netherlands)
• 2001 Porto (Portugal)
• 2002 Bruges (Belgium)
• 2002 Salamanca (Spain)
• 2003 Graz (Austria)
• 2004 Genoa (Italy)
• 2004 Lille (France)
• 2005 Cork (Ireland)
• 2006 Patras (Greece)
• 2007 Sibiu (Romania)
• 2007 Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
• 2008 Liverpool (England)
• 2008 Stavanger (Norway)
• 2009 Vilnius (Lithuania)
• 2009 Linz (Austria)
• 2010 Essen (Germany)
• 2010 Pécs (Hungary)
• 2010 Istanbul (Turkey)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be followed by:

• 2011: Turku, Tallinn
• 2012: Guimarães, Maribor
• 2013: Marseille, Košice
• 2014: Umeå, Riga
• 2015: Mons in Belgium, Pilsen Czech Republic
• 2016: San Sebastian, Wroclaw
• 2017: Aarhus, Denmark, Paphos, Cyprus
• 2018: Netherlands, Malta
• 2019: Italy, Bulgaria

 

The Commission proposes countries to host European Capitals of Culture after 2019

European Commission - IP/12/815   20/07/2012

Proposed order of countries to nominate a European Capital of Culture (2020-2033)

2020	Croatia1	Ireland	Candidate or potential candidate country
2021	Romania	Greece
2022	Lithuania	Luxembourg
2023	Hungary	United Kingdom	Candidate or potential candidate country
2024	Estonia	Austria
2025	Slovenia	Germany
2026	Slovakia	Finland	Candidate or potential candidate country
2027	Latvia	Portugal
2028	Czech Republic	France
2029	Poland	Sweden	Candidate or potential candidate country
2030	Cyprus	Belgium
2031	Malta	Spain
2032	Bulgaria	Denmark	Candidate or potential candidate country
2033	Netherlands	Italy

^Source: 

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-12-815_en.htm

 

Note: where countries, not cities are named, then it is because the selection process has not been completed for that specific year within the respective countries having the right to designate one city.

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