European Capitals of Culture 1985-2023

1985 – Athens (Greece)

1986 – Florence (Italy)

1987 – Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

1988 – West Berlin (Germany)

1989 – Paris (France)

1990 – Glasgow (United Kingdom)

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), Bergen (Norway), Bologna (Italy), Brussels (Belgium), Helsinki (Finland), Krakow (Poland), Prague-Czech Republic, Reykjavik (Iceland) and Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

2001 – Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and Porto (Portugal)

2002 – Bruges (Belgium) and Salamanca (Spain)

2003 – Graz (Austria)

2004 – Genoa (Italy) and Lille (France)

2005 – Cork (Ireland)

2006 – Patras (Greece)

2007 – Sibiu (Romania) and Luxembourg (Luxerbourg)

2008 – Liverpool (United Kingdom) and Stavanger (Norway)

2009 – Vilnius (Lithuania) and Linz (Austria)

2010 – Essen (Germany), Istanbul (Turkey) and Pecs (Hungary)

2011 – Turku (Finland) and Tallinn (Estonia)

2012 – Guimarães (Portugal) and Maribor (Slovenia)

2013 – Marseille (France) and Kosice (Slovakia)

2014 – Umea (Sweden) and Riga (Latvia)

2015 – Mons (Belgium) and Plzeň (Czech Republic)

2016 – Donostia San Sebastián (Spain) and Wrocław (Poland)

2017 – Aarhus (Denmark) and Paphos (Cyprus)

2018 – Leeuwarden (The Netherlands) and Valetta (Malta)

2019 – Matera (Italy) and Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

2020-31/4/2021 – Rijeca (Croatia) and Galway (Ireland)

2022 – Kaounas (Lithuania), Esch (Luxembourg) and Novi Sad (Serbia, candidate country)

2023 – Veszprém (Hungary), Timisoara (Romania) and Elefsina (Greece)

 

European Capitals of Culture already designated until 2028

2024 – Tartu (Estonia), Bad Ischl-Salzkammergut (Austria) and Bodø (Norway, EFTA country)

2025 – Nova Gorica (Slovenia) and Chemnitz (Germany)

2026 – Oulu (Finland) and Trenčín (Slovakia)

2027 – Liepāja (Latvia) and Évora (Portogal)

2028 – České Budějovice (Czech Republic), Bourges (France, pending formal endorsement by the relevant French authorities) and Skopje (North Macedonia)

 

European Capitals of Culture nominations’ timetable 2029- 2033

2029 – Poland and Sweden

2030 – Cyprus, Belgium and candidate country or potential candidate

2031 – Malta and Spain

2032 – Bulgaria and Denmark

2033 – Netherlands, Italy and candidate country or potential candidate