While the list of European Capitals of Culture in 2028 is gradually becoming clearer after the nomination of Budweis, from the Czech Republic, and the four French cities still on the short list, there is still a lot of uncertainty among the cities in the running for the 2029 capital.

The Swedish Arts Council today published a call for applications for the designation as European Capital of Culture 2029. For Sweden, it will be the third time that one of our cities has been nominated. In 1998 Stockholm received the title of capital of culture, and in 2014 two European cities received this title: Umeå in Sweden and Riga in Latvia.