Did the 25 years of European Cultural Capital allow creating a network of European cultural capitals?
To my knowledge the issue has not been addressed. The European capitals cross and meet very often, we are regularly into contact, but there is yet no such network of European cultural capitals. The issue was not discussed during this event but this may be a good idea for the future. 3) By comparing your experience with other cultural capitals, what are, according to you, the elements that have made the originality of Lille 2004 compared to other capitals? The originality of Lille 2004 is based on two major points. On the one hand, the European Capital of Culture has always been intended as a beginning, a start for a new cultural development of the city. Longer-term investments have been designed from the beginning with, for example, the establishment of 12 \”Maisons Folies\” in the Nord Pas de Calais and in Belgium, cultural and multidisciplinary places to see and enjoy… The second element is the citizens participation. The enthusiasm we have received from the public was a huge surpr
