{"id":72221,"date":"2026-03-06T10:48:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/?p=72221"},"modified":"2026-03-06T10:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:52:05","slug":"competition-for-finno-ugric-capital-of-culture-2027-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/competition-for-finno-ugric-capital-of-culture-2027-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Competition for Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2027 begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the competition of Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2027, villages, towns and cities from any country or region with significant Finno-Ugric populations (both traditional territories of Finno-Ugric peoples and locations with significant Finno-Ugric diasporas) are eligible to apply.<\/p><p>Application form of the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2027 competition is available&nbsp;on the Finno-Ugric Capitals of Culture <a href=\"https:\/\/capitals.uralic.org\/competition-2027\/downloads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>. The deadline for written applications is 15 May 2026. The winner of the competition will be announced on 20 June 2026, during the mid-summer Juhannus festivities in Hancock (Michigan, USA) \u2013 the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2026.<\/p><p>The United Nations has declared 2027 as the International Year of Sustainable and Resilient Tourism. Hence, the secretariat of Finno-Ugric Capitals of Culture especially welcomes applicants who would like the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture year to boost local economic development via tourism \u2013 including cultural, nature and culinary tourism that builds on the region\u2019s Finno-Ugric heritage.<\/p><h3 id=\"heading-60cae205\">Capitals of Culture<\/h3><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tsirk-hancockis-540x720.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72227\" style=\"width:736px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tsirk-hancockis-540x720.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tsirk-hancockis-300x400.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tsirk-hancockis-150x200.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tsirk-hancockis-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tsirk-hancockis-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tsirk-hancockis-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tsirk-hancockis.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tsirk, the symbol of the Finno-Ugric Capitals of Culture, in Hancock.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Established in 2013, the programme of Finno-Ugric Capitals of Culture aims to raise awareness of Finno-Ugric and Samoyedic peoples as well as Uralic languages, to strengthen collective Finno-Ugric identity and to stimulate sustainable local development in different corners of the Finno-Ugric world.<\/p><p>The title of &#8216;Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture&#8217; has helped raise the profile of title-holders both domestically and internationally. Even more importantly, the status of a Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture has strengthened local communities and provided new opportunities for development. The Finno-Ugric Capitals of Culture programme has also proven to be among the most resilient and sustainable international Finno-Ugric initiatives of the past decade.<\/p><p>To date, the title of Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture has been awarded to twelve villages or cities: Udmurt village&nbsp;<strong>Bygy<\/strong>&nbsp;(2014), Seto village&nbsp;<strong>Obinitsa<\/strong>&nbsp;(2015), Hungarian village&nbsp;<strong>Iszkaszentgy\u00f6rgy<\/strong>&nbsp;and City of&nbsp;<strong>Veszpr\u00e9m<\/strong>&nbsp;(2016), Karelian village&nbsp;<strong>Vuokkiniemi<\/strong>&nbsp;(2017), Mari village&nbsp;<strong>Shorunzha<\/strong>&nbsp;(2019), Mari-speaking village&nbsp;<strong>Mishkan<\/strong>&nbsp;in Bashkortostan (2020)&nbsp;<strong>Abja-Paluoja<\/strong>&nbsp;in Mulgimaa region of Estonia (2021), Udmurt village&nbsp;<strong>Bayterek<\/strong>&nbsp;(2022), the Finnish city&nbsp;<strong>Kuhmo<\/strong>&nbsp;(2023), the Estonian city of&nbsp;<strong>Narva<\/strong>&nbsp;(2025), and the US city, a centre of Finnish American culture&nbsp;<strong>Hancock<\/strong>&nbsp;(2026).<\/p><div class=\"my-12 my-md-16 px-4 pt-6 border-primary-top content-section\">\r\n    \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/capitals.uralic.org\/news\/competition-for-finno-ugric-capital-of-culture-2027-begins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Competition for Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2027 Begins! (28.02.2026, URALIC Centre)<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/capitals.uralic.org\/\">Finno-Ugric Capitals of Culture home page<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/discover\/capitals-of-culture\/\">Finno-Ugric Capitals of Culture (Fenno-Ugria)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>URALIC Centre (Estonia), in cooperation with Sukukansojen yst\u00e4v\u00e4t ry (Finland) announced the start of the competition for the title of Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2027. The special theme of the year 2027 will be &#8216;Sustainable Finno-Ugric Tourism&#8217;. The winner of the competition will be announced on 20 June 2026 in Hancock (Michigan, USA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":72224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1096],"tags":[3825,3882,3243,3867],"class_list":["post-72221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2026-en","tag-2027-en","tag-capitals-of-culture","tag-hancock-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Competition for Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2027 begins - Fenno-Ugria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"URALIC Centre and Sukukansojen yst\u00e4v\u00e4t ry announced the start of the competition for the title of Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2027.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/competition-for-finno-ugric-capital-of-culture-2027-begins\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Competition for Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2027 begins - 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