Hannover · Germany · 2025
Source: Hannover 2025 — Final selection
Bid book (final selection). A shortlisted city's full, final application for the title, with its programme, budget and plans. Evidence of intent: what a city promised, not what it delivered.
Hannover withdrew from the 2025 European Capital of Culture competition, submitting a manifesto advocating solidarity among candidate cities instead of a traditional bid book. The city called for pooling competition funding fairly across all candidates rather than awarding it sol
