The results will be announced at the Web Summit in Lisbon on 6 November. The other finalists for this year’s European Capital of Innovation Award are Aarhus (Denmark), Antwerp (Belgium), Bristol(UK), Gothenburg (Sweden), Hamburg (Germany), Leuven (Belgium), Madrid (Spain), Toulouse (France), Umeå (Sweden)and Vienna (Austria).
The European city best able to demonstrate its ability to harness innovation to improve the lives of its citizens is to receive €1 million, and each of the five runners-up €100,000.