How Abu Dhabi is protecting culturally significant buildings
Launched in 2023, Abu Dhabi’s Modern Heritage initiative identifies, safeguards, and maintains sites that have shaped Abu Dhabi’s cultural identity in the last 50 years. These sites are safeguarded.
National Slavery Museum in Amsterdam: A Model for Cultural Reconciliation and Inclusive Cultural Policy
The City of Amsterdam has played a leading role in initiating a new National Slavery Museum which is due to open in 2030. The EUR 115 million project –.
Barcelona’s Creative Factories Fàbriques de Creació
The Fàbriques de Creació (Creative Factories) programme is a pioneering initiative of the Barcelona City Council’s Department of Culture (ICUB). Since 2007, it has transformed over 11 disused industrial.
One Dublin, One Book brings the city together through literature
Every April since 2005, Dublin residents have been encouraged to read the same book either written by a Dubliner or connected with the capital city, through the One Dublin,.
Honouring the Dead: Community-led remembrance in the heart of Brussels
Día de Muertos in Marolles is a community-driven festival in Brussels that blends Mexican tradition with local creativity to honour the dead through inclusive public rituals. Supported by the.
Cologne joins World Cities Culture Forum
Cologne, one of Germany's major cultural capitals, has joined World Cities Culture Forum’s network of 40+ cities.
City leaders in Cologne will work alongside counterparts from more than 40 cities,.
Reviving Jakarta’s Traditional Folk Games: Heritage Practices for Future Generations
Jakarta's culture is interwoven with the vibrant traditions of the Betawi people, natives to Jakarta from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Among these, traditional folk games and sports stand out as.
Building bliss: living near heritage sites improves citizens’ wellbeing
A new report by Historic England unveils the impact of local heritage on mental and emotional health. The research estimated that the overall wellbeing value of heritage visits is.
Kyiv’s cultural resistance: Culture inspiring hope, resilience and recovery
Two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we explore the role of the ‘cultural front’ in protecting heritage, documenting the war and providing hope for the future