A total of 512,000 visitors, mainly from Luxembourg (60%) and France (27%), attended the 1,351 events and the corresponding 3,145 cultural activities that took place as part of the European Capital of Culture project in the years leading up to and during the title year itself, as well as in its closing phase at the beginning of 2023.

Montpellier 2028, over the past few days, Pierre Soujol (President of the Community of Municipalities of the Pays de Lunel and Mayor of Lunel) hosted a press conference at the Lunel Arena, dedicated to the 2023 Candidacy Programme.

Broumov and Budejovice are the cities in the Czech Republic that passed the preselection and entered the short list to become the European Capital of Culture for 2028. Brno, Liberec, Broumov and Budweis was the four cities candidate. The evaluation panel published the report explaining the decision to shortlist Broumov and Budejovice.

Valletta, the cultural capital of Malta, and the European Capital of culture in 2018, is bursting with energy and excitement with a dynamic range of events designed to excite families, artists, film buffs, visitors and more.

Arts of Survival Documentaries has selected eight filmmakers to capture Southern Estonia on the topic of “Arts of Survival”, the artistic concept of European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024.