Kiel as an international partner
Breaking down barriers – With its twin-city partnerships and inter-city friendships Kiel has contributed to this aim for decades. The city has received several awards for its successful work in developing partnerships.
Today and for the future, international municipal networks are very important. Among other things, Kiel is a member of the Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC), in which towns and cities have combined to form a kind of "Association of Baltic Sea Towns and Cities".
Kiel’s international orientation is particularly reflected in the Kieler Woche which offers a multinational forum. The Land Capital plays host to the world. The relaxed atmosphere of a sporting event has always allowed dialogue to flourish between politicians, artists and academics from countries which to all intents and purposes had no official relationships with each other. Kiel’s "municipal foreign policy" was a good many times several steps ahead of official " big-league policy".