LONG LIVE
‘THE ART OF CONVERSATION’
On Thursday 24 October, the European jury decided that Bruges will not advance to the next round of the ECOC competition and therefore has no chance of becoming European Capital of Culture in 2030.
Very unfortunate, but we wish Molenbeek, Namur and Leuven all the best!
We are proud of our bid and our journey and we are certainly not finished with ‘the art of Conversation’. Moreover, we feel that ‘the art of Conversation’ is not finished with Bruges either. Our bid-book was created as a manual so that not only we, but everyone who wants to, can get started with the art of conversation.
You can read our bid-book and we sincerely hope we can inspire you.
WHAT IS BRUGES 2030?
THE ART OF CONVERSATION
Bruges was a candidate to become European Capital of Culture in the year 2030.
If we want to meet the challenges our society faces today, we need to talk. Talk about profound truths, light moments, intense emotions. With each other, and with ourselves. Somewhere between internet revolution, globalisation and pandemic, we seem to have lost the gift of conversation. But if there is anything that brings people together, connects us and touches our core, it is art and culture.
That is why the theme of Bruges 2030 was
‘The art of Conversation’.
Our candidacy for European Capital of Culture was not only based on thinking, but especially on doing. Over the past year and a half, we organised numerous events ourselves, entered into collaborations with other organisations, supported existing initiatives and even launched an Open Call in which all Bruges creatives could participate.
