City Report
If Brussels teaches us one thing, it’s that the world doesn’t end at the borders of the village square. No other European city is home to so many different nationalities — 184, according to the latest figures. This is reflected not only in the hodgepodge of languages that echo through the city’s streets, but also in the diversity of its artistic offerings, which connect Brussels to a larger, still largely underexposed network of art scenes in cities across Europe and other continents. Over the next issues, we aim to map this network, one city at a time, by inviting a writer and a photographer to give us an insider’s take on the city where they live and work.
City Report Lisbon
Europe prides itself on the diversity of its cultural wealth. Since 1985, it has celebrated and promoted this diversity by awarding the title of European Capital of Culture to one or more cities each year. Lisbon had the honour in 1994. Four years later, the city organised Expo ’98, a specialised World’s Fair with the theme ‘The Oceans, a Heritage for the Future’. And although the city on the Tagus has become a popular tourist destination and has seen substantial investment in a number o (…)
