Four French cities have been shortlisted to become European Capital of Culture in 2028: , , , .

For the past few months, Rouen Seine Normande 2028 has been working with certain European cities. These friend-towns make the candidature for the label European Capital of Culture 2028 a truly European project. Europe Day, on 9 May, will be the occasion to highlight this aspect.

For the past several months, Rouen Seine Normande 2028 has been reaching out to, and working with, a number of European cities. One of the tangible outcomes of this work are the bonds forged with many different people. Women and men from all walks of life, some of whom are key figures who have become supporters of Rouen’s bid to be a European Capital of Culture in 2028.

In France, many cities have decided to participate in the competition to become the European Capital of Culture in 2028 together with a city in the Czech Republic. With EcocNews also for 2028 we discover which are some of the candidate cities and how they are moving to involve citizens and to change the destiny of their cities. Also in this circumstance we asked all the French candidate cities the same questions. Let's start with Rouen.

For the past few months, Rouen Seine Normande 2028 has been working with certain European cities. These friend-towns make the candidature for the label European Capital of Culture 2028 a truly European project. Europe Day, on 9 May, was the occasion to highlight this aspect.