UNESCO Creative Cities

UNESCO Creative Cities

The Creative Cities Network, a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) programme instituted in 2005, recognizes cities worldwide with reputations as centres of excellence in literature, film, music, crafts and folk art, design, media arts and gastronomy. The programme is intended to help creative cities share ideas on preserving and enhancing their cultural programmes. Cities in this programme can be appealing travel destinations for the traveller interested in the cities' creative speciality (and other things as well). The members of the Creative Cities Network are:

Africa

NameCountryCategoryYearNotes
AswanEgyptCrafts and Folk Art2005
DakarSenegalMedia Arts2014
KinshasaDemocratic Republic of the CongoMusic2015
LubumbashiDemocratic Republic of the CongoCrafts and Folk Art2015

Asia

Jeonju bibimbap

NameCountryCategoryYearNotes
Al-AhsaSaudi ArabiaCrafts and Folk Art2015
AmbonIndonesiaMusic2019
BaghdadIraqLiterature2015
BamiyanAfghanistanCrafts and Folk Art2015
BandungIndonesiaDesign2015
BeijingChinaDesign2012
BusanRepublic of KoreaFilm2014
ChengduChinaGastronomy2010
GaziantepTurkeyGastronomy2015
GwangjuRepublic of KoreaMedia Arts2014
HamamatsuJapanMusic2014
HangzhouChinaCrafts and Folk Art2012
HarbinChinaMusic2010
IcheonRepublic of KoreaCrafts and Folk Art2010
IsfahanIranCrafts and Folk Art2015
JaipurIndiaCrafts and Folk Art2015
JeonjuRepublic of KoreaGastronomy2012
JingdezhenChinaCrafts & Folk Arts2014
KanazawaJapanCrafts and Folk Art2009
KobeJapanDesign2008
NagoyaJapanDesign2008
PekalonganIndonesiaCrafts & Folk Arts2014
PhuketThailandGastronomy2015
RashtIranGastronomy2015
SapporoJapanMedia Arts2013
SasayamaJapanCrafts and Folk Art2015
SeoulRepublic of KoreaDesign2010
ShanghaiChinaDesign2010
ShenzhenChinaDesign2008
ShundeChinaGastronomy2014
SingaporeSingaporeDesign2015
SuzhouChinaCrafts & Folk Arts2014
Tel AvivIsraelMedia Arts2014
TongyeongRepublic of KoreaMusic2015
TsuruokaJapanGastronomy2014
VaranasiIndiaMusic2015
ZahléLebanonGastronomy2015

Europe

Festival of lights, Lyon

NameCountryCategoryYearNotes
AlbaItalyGastronomy2017
AmarantePortugalMusic2017
BarcelonaSpainLiterature2015
BarcelosPortugalCrafts and Folk Art2017
BergenNorwayGastronomy2015
BerlinGermanyDesign2005
BilbaoSpainDesign2014
BitolaNorth MacedoniaFilm2015
BolognaItalyMusic2006
BradfordUnited KingdomFilm2009
BragaPortugalMedia Arts2017
BudapestHungaryDesign2015
BurgosSpainGastronomy2015
Caldas da RainhaPortugalCrafts and Folk Art2019
DublinIrelandLiterature2010
DundeeUnited KingdomDesign2014
EdinburghUnited KingdomLiterature2004
Enghien-les-BainsFranceMedia Arts2013
FabrianoItalyCrafts and Folk Art2013
GalwayIrelandFilm2014
GhentBelgiumMusic2009
GlasgowUnited KingdomMusic2008
GranadaSpainLiterature2014
GrazAustriaDesign2011
HanoverGermanyMusic2014
HeidelbergGermanyLiterature2014
HelsinkiFinlandDesign2014
Idanha-a-NovaPortugalMusic2015
KatowicePolandMusic2015
KaunasLithuaniaDesign2015
KrakówPolandLiterature2013
LeiriaPortugalMusic2019
LinzAustriaMedia Arts2014
LiverpoolUnited KingdomMusic2015
LjubljanaSloveniaLiterature2015
LvivUkraineLiterature2015
LyonFranceMedia Arts2008
ManchesterUnited KingdomLiterature2017
MannheimGermanyMusic2014
NorwichUnited KingdomLiterature2012
NottinghamUnited KingdomLiterature2015
ÓbidosPortugalLiterature2015
ÖstersundSwedenGastronomy2010
ParmaItalyGastronomy2015
PragueCzech RepublicLiterature2014
ReykjavíkIcelandLiterature2011
RomeItalyFilm2015
Saint-EtienneFranceDesign2010
SevilleSpainMusic2006
SofiaBulgariaFilm2014
TartuEstoniaLiterature2015
TurinItalyDesign2014
UlyanovskRussiaLiterature2015
YorkUnited KingdomMedia Arts2014

North America

Native American Pottery, Santa Fe

NameCountryCategoryYearNotes
Austin, TexasUnited StatesMedia Arts2015
Detroit, MichiganUnited StatesDesign2015
Ensenada, Baja CaliforniaMexicoGastronomy2015
Iowa City, IowaUnited StatesLiterature2008
Montreal, QuebecCanadaDesign2006
Paducah, KentuckyUnited StatesCrafts and Folk Art2013
Puebla, PueblaMexicoDesign2015
San Cristóbal de las Casas, ChiapasMexicoCrafts and Folk Art2015
Santa Fe, New MexicoUnited StatesDesign, Crafts and Folk Art2005
Tucson, ArizonaUnited StatesGastronomy2015

Oceania

NameCountryCategoryYearNotes
Adelaide, South AustraliaAustraliaMusic2015
Dunedin, South IslandNew ZealandLiterature2014
Melbourne, VictoriaAustraliaLiterature2008
Sydney, New South WalesAustraliaFilm2010

South America and the Caribbean

NameCountryCategoryYearNotes
BelémBrazilGastronomy2015
BogotáColombiaMusic2012
Buenos AiresArgentinaDesign2005
CuritibaBrazilDesign2014
DuránEcuadorCrafts and Folk Art2015
FlorianopolisBrazilGastronomy2014
JacmelHaitiCrafts and Folk Art2014
KingstonJamaicaMusic2015
MedellínColombiaMusic2015
MontevideoUruguayLiterature2015
NassauBahamasCrafts and Folk Art2014
PopayánColombiaGastronomy2015
SantosBrazilFilm2015

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