Salzburg refuses to be City of Culture
mainThe city council voted overwhelmingly last night not to apply for the EU’s rolling title of City of Culture.
The reason given is that it will cost tens of millions of Euros that could be better spent on culture itself, rather than the trappings of a title.
Salzburg’s decision suggests that the title has been hopelessly devalued by being rolled around provincial fishing and mining towns in obscure corners of the EU under some all-must-have-prizes rule.
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