List of sister cities in Europe

This is a list of sister cities in the continent of Europe – that is, pairs of local government entities in different countries which have set up sister city arrangements. Where known, the date of formation of the twinning agreement is included in parentheses.

Note that the list is likely to always remain incomplete, since no canonical list of such arrangements exists; even those towns that are listed may well have arrangements which are not listed here. A searchable, interactive list is maintained by Sister Cities International. Such arrangements are listed at both locations in these lists.

Albania

Durrës

Kamëz

Korçë

Sarandë

Tirana

Tirana is twinned with:

Austria


Judenburg, Styria

Judenburg is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of 23 towns across the European Union. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.[19][20]

Sankt Pölten, Lower Austria

Vienna, Wien

As a general rule, Vienna is twinned to no other city in the world, and has only specific partnerships limited in time.

Belarus

Brest

Gomel

Grodno

Minsk

As of 2008 Minsk maintains cultural links to 18 twin towns in various countries:[29]

Partnerships

Furthermore, partnership agreements with 23 cities and regions from Russia are signed alongside of many Baltic and CIS cities.[32]

Belgium

Antwerp

Arlon


Bastogne

Belœil

Braine-l'Alleud

Bruges

Brussels

Further information: Brussels

Charleroi

Comines-Warneton

Diest

Diksmuide

Eeklo

Eupen

Frameries

Geel

Gembloux

Genk

Ghent

Halen

Halle

Harelbeke

Hasselt

Herstal

  • United Kingdom Kilmarnock, United Kingdom (1977)[51]

Houffalize

Further information: Houffalize

Houffalize is a founding member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of 23 towns across the European Union. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.[19][20]

Kraainem

Kortenberg

Kortrijk

Leuven

Further information: Leuven

Leuze-en-Hainaut

Liège

Further information: Liège

Mechelen

Namur

Oudenaarde

Saint-Ghislain

Sint-Niklaas

Sint-Truiden

Tervuren

Tienen

Tongeren

Tongeren (Romanic Sister Cities)

Verviers

Vilvoorde

Waterloo

  • France Rambouillet, France[56]
  • Japan Nagakute, Japan[57]

Zoutleeuw

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Goražde

Mostar

Sarajevo

Široki Brijeg

Travnik


Bulgaria

Belogradchik

Blagoevgrad


Botevgrad


Burgas


Dimitrovgrad

Dobrich

Dupnitsa

Haskovo

Kardzhali

Karlovo

Kazanlak

Kozloduy

Kyustendil

Lom

Lovech

Montana

Pazardzhik

Pernik

Pleven

Plovdiv

Razgrad


Shumen


Silistra

Sliven

Sofia

Stara Zagora

Varna

Veliko Tarnovo

Vidin

Yambol

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Faroe Islands

Finland

France

Georgia

Akhaltsikhe

Batumi

Chiatura

Gori

Kutaisi

Lanchkhuti

Mtskheta

Oni

Poti

Rustavi

Sokhumi

Tbilisi

Tskhinvali

Vani

Germany

Gibraltar

Greece

Greenland

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Jersey

Kazakhstan

Kosovo

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

Northern Cyprus

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

San Marino

Acquaviva

Borgo Maggiore

City of San Marino

Serravalle

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

References

Notes

a. ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 113 out of 193 United Nations member states.

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