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Access City Award: List of winners

Discover if your city has been awarded at the Access City Award for making urban life more accessible for persons with disabilities.

  • Austria

    Vienna: 1st prize awarded in 2025

    Salzburg

    • Winner in 2012
    • Special Mention for Accessibility in Housing in 2026
  • Belgium

    Leuven: Special mention awarded in 2022

  • Czechia

    Olomouc: Special mention awarded in 2012

  • Denmark

    Viborg

    • Special prize under the European Year of Cultural Heritage awarded in 2019
    • Special mention awarded in 2018
  • Estonia

    Tartu: Special mention awarded in 2020

  • Finland

    Helsinki

    • 2nd prize awarded in 2015
    • 2nd prize awarded in 2022

    Turku: Runner-up in 2011

    Vaasa: Special mention awarded in 2016

  • France

    Évreux

    • Special mention awarded in 2020
    • 2nd prize awarded in 2019

    Grenoble

    • Special mention for transport awarded in 2023
    • 2nd prize awarded in 2014
    • Special mention awarded in 2012
    • Special mention in 2011

    Lyon: 1st prize awarded in 2018

    Nantes: 2nd prize awarded in 2013

    Rennes: 3rd prize awarded in 2026

    Saint-Quentin: 2nd prize awarded in 2024

    Toulouse: 3rd prize awarded in 2016

  • Germany

    Berlin: 1st prize awarded in 2013

    Bremerhaven: 2nd prize awarded in 2021

    Cologne: Runner-up in 2011

    Dresden: Special mention awarded in 2014

    Hamburg: Special mention for built environment awarded in 2023

    Marburg: Runner-up in 2012

    Nuremberg

    • 2nd prize awarded in 2025
    • Special Mention on Accessible Sports Infrastructure in 2025

    Tübingen: Special mention for the New European Bauhaus in 2024

    Wiesbaden: 2nd prize awarded in 2016

  • Greece

    Chania: Special mention awarded in 2020

    Komotini

    • Special mention awarded in 2021
  • Hungary

    Budapest: Special mention awarded in 2015

    Kaposvár

    • Special mention awarded in 2019
    • Special mention awarded in 2016
  • Ireland

    Dublin: Special mention awarded in 2011

    South Dublin County: Special mention for landscape and playground areas in 2024

    Tallaght: Special mention awarded in 2013

  • Italy

    Alessandria: Special mention awarded in 2017

    Arona: Special mention awarded in 2015

    Florence: Special mention awarded in 2021

    Milan: 1st prize awarded in 2016

    Monteverde: Special prize under the European Year of Cultural Heritage awarded in 2019

    Piacenza: Special mention for Information and Communications Technology in 2026

  • Latvia

    Jūrmala: 3rd prize awarded in 2017

  • Luxembourg

    Luxembourg

    • 1st prize awarded in 2022
    • 3rd prize awarded in 2018
    • Special mention awarded in 2015
  • Netherlands

    Breda: 1st prize awarded in 2019

    Rotterdam: 2nd prize awarded in 2017

  • Poland

    Gdynia

    • 3rd prize awarded in 2019
    • Special mention awarded in 2013
    • 3rd prize awarded in 2021

    Kraków: Runner-up in 2012

    Poznań

    • 3rd prize awarded in 2014
    • Special mention awarded in 2021

    Warsaw: 1st prize awarded in 2020

  • Portugal

    Funchal: Special mention awarded in 2017

    Porto: Special mention awarded in 2022

  • Slovenia

    Ljubljana

    • 3rd prize awarded in 2023
    • 2nd prize awarded in 2018
    • 3rd prize awarded in 2015
    • Special mention awarded in 2012
  • Spain

    Ávila: Winner in 2011

    Barcelona: Runner-up in 2011 and 3rd prize awarded in 2022

    Bilbao: Special mention awarded in 2013

    Burgos: Special mention awarded in 2014

    Cartagena: 3rd prize awarded in 2025

    Castellón de la Plana: 2nd prize awarded in 2020

    Córdoba: 2nd prize awarded in 2023

    Logroño: Special mention awarded in 2015

    Málaga: Special mention awarded in 2014

    Mérida: Special mention for information and communications technology (ICT) awarded in 2023

    Palma: Special mention awarded in 2022

    Pamplona: Special mention awarded in 2013

    San Cristóbal de la Laguna: 1st prize awarded in 2024

    Santander: Runner-up in 2012

    Terrassa: Special mention awarded in 2012

    Valencia: 2nd prize awarded and Special Mention for Accessibility in Emergency Preparedness in 2026

    Vigo: Special mention awarded in 2019

    Zaragoza: 1st prize awarded in 2026

  • Sweden

    Borås

    • 1st prize awarded in 2015
    • Special Mention for Role Model in Built Environment and Transport awarded in 2025

    Gothenburg: 1st prize awarded in 2014

    Jönköping: 1st prize awarded in 2021

    Łódź: 2nd prize awarded in 2024

    Malmö: Special mention awarded in 2011

    Skellefteå

    • 1st prize awarded in 2023
    • 3rd prize awarded in 2020
    • Special mention awarded in 2017

    Stockholm: 3rd prize awarded in 2013

  • United Kingdom
    (Up to 2020)

    Barnsley: Special mention awarded in 2011

    Belfast: Special mention awarded in 2014

    Chester: 1st prize awarded in 2017

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