When two aspire to become one: City-twinning in Northern Europe

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The paper probes four cases on city twinning, all located in Northern Europe. In doing so, it also discusses the dynamics and future of twinning in a broader, more principal as well as critical perspective. It is noted that although the legacies tend to pertain to the existence of rather divisive borders and despite a number of other obstacles, city twinning has more recently turned into an established form of crossing and doing away with the divisive effects of borders. The model of cities re-imagining their borders, activating them through increased cooperation and pooling resources impacts and changes the local landscapes but has also broader state-related and European consequences. Twinning may conceptually stand out as a misnomer and figure as a problematic representation pertaining to paired border cities, but it nonetheless appears quite hegemonic in terms of the naming and stands out as an approach used by an increasing amount of cities.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-87-7605-347-5
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: DIIS Working Paper ; No. 2009:21

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Städtepartnerschaft ; Nordeuropa

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Joenniemi, Pertti ; Sergunin, Alexander
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
• (where): Copenhagen
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/44680
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET