During the Bristol in Brussels Network's Summer Event on 11/07/16, Marvin Rees, the elected mayor of Bristol, Caroline Twigg, manager of the EU & International team from the Bristol City Council and Paul Davies, Head of the Bristol Brussels office, presented Bristol as a European and cultural city.

1. Bristol:
A cultural city

2. Watershed opened June 1982 as the United
Kingdom's first dedicated media centre
Bristol Museum and Art
Gallery dates back to 1823
Arnolfini founded in 1961
The Theatre Royal (now the Bristol Old Vic) is
the oldest continually-operating theatre in
England, built 1764–66
Bristol Harbour festival has been
hosted in the city since 1971
The Royal West of England
Academy founded 1849
We are into the 37th year of the
Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
We have been enjoying
music in Colston Hall since
1867
Aardman Animations
in Bristol since 1976
Artspace Ltd. – now Spike Island –
was founded in 1976
Culture is part of our DNA

3. “the arts and culture
illuminate our inner lives
and enrich our emotional
worlds”

4. Culture enhances the
lives of the people
who live in Bristol …

5. … and attracts
talent to Bristol.

6. Culture has driven
regeneration …

7. … has huge
economic benefits …

8. … and educational
benefits.

9. But most importantly
it helps us understand
who we are

10. And connects us
with the rest of world

11. Bristol:
A cultural city