CITIES

Curious to know which cities are in the running to become Belgium's next European Capital of Culture in 2030? On this page, you’ll find the cities that submitted their candidacy for the pre-selection, as well as the finalists. By September 2025, we will know which finalist will claim the title!

Dive into the past and discover the European Capitals of Culture of recent years. On this page, you'll find all the previous ECOCs. On the cultureNEXT website, you can access an archive containing all the bidbooks from past candidate cities and titleholders.