CITIES

Curious to know which cities competed to become Belgium's 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. On September 24th 2025, Leuven was announced as the city that will hold 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.