
Germany · 2025
Source: Selection panel report — Germany ECoC 2025 (pre-selection)
Selection panel report. The EU expert panel's assessment of the bids in one competition, with its reasons and its recommendation. Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.
Expert panel report on the pre-selection stage of the 2025 European Capital of Culture competition in Germany. Eight German cities submitted bids; the panel recommended five cities (Chemnitz, Hannover, Hildesheim, Magdeburg, Nürnberg) advance to final selection, evaluated against