Cork hits cultural high among EU ‘creative cities’

Cork has been ranked as one of Europe’s top eight ‘ideal cultural and creative cities’ by the European Commission.

In its EU-wide ‘Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor’ the commission used 29 different indicators to rank cities, with Dublin ranked fourth among ‘XL Group’ cities, behind Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Lisbon, and Stockholm, and was ranked best for having an “enabling environment”.

In the ‘S-M Group’ Cork came fourth but was ranked first for “cultural vibrancy”, as well as being listed in the top eight ideal cultural and creative cities alongside the likes of Paris and Eindhoven.