Austria region Salzkammergut becomes 2024 European Capital of Culture

The town of Bad Ischl will serve as the banner city for the event, hosting nearly 200 projects in the extensive Salzkammergut program.

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00:27 It was a real effort to discover, to understand this region,

00:32 to draw out of it everything it has, to connect it with the world,

00:37 and ultimately to make it future-proof,

00:40 and to prove that the rural space is not only a space of possibility,

00:45 but also a space of the future,

00:47 to live and work together for future generations,

00:52 and in the same way as the urban centers, which we know are increasing,

00:58 and the rural space everywhere in Europe is actually more difficult than the cities.

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