Tour Through Europe
European Capitals of Culture have been selected since 1985. Let us introduce a few of them and tell you about their experiences.
A tour through Europe: Graz 2003
Graz, a city in South-East Austria with a population of around 300 000, was the European Capital of Culture (ECoC) in 2003. Graz has been a...
A tour through Europe: Genoa 2004
Genoa, the capital of the Liguria region in northwest Italy, was European Capital of Culture (ECoC) in 2004, together with Lille from France....
A tour through Europe: Lille 2004
Lille was one of the two European Capitals of Culture (ECoC) in 2004, alongside the Italian city Genoa. The northern French city is located...
A tour through Europe: Cork 2005
Cork was European Capital of Culture (ECoC) in 2005, but before exploring their title year, let’s have a look at the brief history of the...
A tour through Europe: Luxembourg 2007
Luxembourg and Greater Region was European Capital of Culture (ECoC) in 2007, at the same time with the Romanian city Sibiu. Luxembourg is...
A tour through Europe: Sibiu 2007
Sibiu was European Capital of Culture in 2007 together with Luxembourg. It’s an ancient city located at the foothills of the Carpathian...
A tour through Europe: Stavanger 2008
Stavanger is a port city in the southwest of Norway and has a population of around 135,000. Stavanger’s European Capital of Culture (ECoC)...
A tour through Europe: Liverpool 2008
Liverpool is a city in the North West of England with a population of around half a million. It used to be known for its industry, in...
A tour through Europe: Linz 2009
The Austrian city of Linz, with a population of around 200,000 was nominated European Capital of Culture (ECoC) for 2009 together with the...
A tour through Europe: Istanbul 2010
The biggest city in Turkey, Istanbul, with a population of over 15 million inhabitants, was one of the three European Capitals of Culture...
A tour through Europe: Pécs 2010
The Hungarian city of Pécs was one of the three European Capitals of Culture (ECoC ) in 2010, together with Essen (which included the Ruhr...