Thirty-five Cities Apply To Become Europe's 'green Capital'

摘要

Thirty-five cities from 17 European countries have applied to become the first European Green Capital for the years 2010 and 2011. After an evaluation by an independent jury, six cities will be shortlisted (three per year) and asked to submit a more detailed presentation. The two winning cities will be announced in early 2009. The cities competing for this first award are: Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Bremen, Bristol Cluj-Napoca, Copenhagen, Dublin, Espoo, Freiburg, Hamburg, Hanover, Helsinki, Kaunas, Lisbon, Lodz, Magdeburg, Malmo, Montpellier, Munich, Miinster, Murcia, Oslo, Pamplona, Prague, Riga, Rotterdam, Sabadell, Stockholm, Tampere, Torun, Valencia, Vienna, Vilnius, Vitoria-Gazteiz and Zaragoza.