European Capitals of Culture

European Cities of Culture

• 1985: Athens (Greece)
• 1986: Florence (Italy)
• 1987: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
• 1988: West Berlin (West 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: Reykjavik (Iceland), Bergen (Norway), Helsinki (Finland), Brussels (Belgium), Prague (Czech Republic), Krakow (Poland), Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Avignon (France), Bologna (Italy)
• 2001: Rotterdam (Netherlands), Porto (Portugal)
• 2002: Bruges (Belgium), Salamanca (Spain)
• 2003: Graz (Austria)
• 2004: Genoa (Italy), Lille (France)

European Capital of Culture

• 2005: Cork (Ireland)
• 2006: Patras (Greece)
• 2007: Luxembourg (Luxembourg), Sybiu (Romania)
• 2008: Liverpool (United Kingdom), Stavanger (Norway)
• 2009: Vilnius (Lithuania), Linz (Austria)
• 2010: Essen (Germany), Pécs (Hungary), Istanbul (Turkey)
• 2011: Turku (Finland), Tallinn (Estonia)
• 2012: Guimarăes (Portugal), Slovenia

Countries, whose cities will bear the title of European Capitals of Culture in the years to follow

• 2013: France and Slovakia
• 2014: Sweden and Latvia
• 2015: Belgium and Czech Republic
• 2016: Spain and Poland
• 2017: Denmark and Cyprus
• 2018: Netherlands and Malta
• 2019: Italy