The following cities are long-listed for the Innovation Cities Index 2009 in the European Union & UK, Israel, Turkey, Russia, and Europe-facing former Soviet Union States bordering European Union.
This is 1 of 4 regions, the others being Americas, Asia & Emerging.
European Cities.
The Innovation Cities Index 2009 will be published 28 July 2009, in summary worldwide in the ‘Innovation Cities Analysis Report‘ – also known as the ‘Green Book’.
The ‘Innovation Cities Analysis Report‘ and Single City Data Sets – for any of 256 cities are available for pre-order now, at a discount until June 30.
From this list in the Innovation Cities Index, European Regional Winners and Global Winners will be selected – as well as Global Cities of Excellence. European cities have featured in 2008 and 2007.
| City | Country | State/Areas |
| Aachen | Germany | |
| Amsterdam | Netherlands | |
| Antwerp | Belgium | |
| Athens | Greece | |
| Barcelona | Spain | |
| Basel | Switzerland | |
| Bath & NE Somerset | UK | |
| Belfast | UK | |
| Belgrade | Serbia | |
| Berlin | Germany | |
| Bern | Switzerland | |
| Bilbao | Spain | |
| Bologna | Italy | |
| Bonn | Germany | |
| Bordeaux | France | |
| Bratislava | Slovakia | |
| Bristol | UK | |
| Brussels | Belgium | |
| Bucharest | Romania | |
| Budapest | Hungary | |
| Cannes | France | Cote d’Azur |
| Cologne | Germany | |
| Copenhagen | Denmark | |
| Coventry | UK | |
| Dortmund | Germany | |
| Dresden | Germany | |
| Dublin | Ireland | |
| Dubrovnik | Croatia | |
| Düsseldorf-Neuss | Germany | |
| Edinburgh | UK | |
| Essen | Germany | |
| Florence | Italy | |
| Frankfurt-Offenbach | Germany | |
| Gdansk | Poland | |
| Geneva | Switzerland | |
| Gent | Belgium | |
| Glasgow | UK | |
| Gothenburg | Sweden | |
| Granada | Spain | |
| Graz | Austria | |
| Hamburg | Germany | |
| Hannover | Germany | |
| Helsinki | Finland | |
| Istanbul | Turkey | |
| Jerusalem | Israel | |
| Karlsruhe | Germany | |
| Katowice | Poland | |
| Kiel | Germany | |
| Kosice | Slovakia | |
| Kraków | Poland | |
| Leeds | UK | |
| Leipzig | Germany | |
| Liège | Belgium | |
| Linz | Austria | |
| Lisbon | Portugal | |
| Liverpool | UK | |
| Ljubljana | Slovenia | |
| London | UK | |
| Lucerne | Switzerland | |
| Lyon | France | |
| Madrid | Spain | |
| Málaga | Spain | |
| Manchester | UK | |
| Marseille | France | |
| Milan | Italy | |
| Modena | Italy | |
| Montpellier | France | |
| Moscow | Russia | |
| Munich | Germany | |
| Nantes | France | |
| Nice | France | |
| Nuremberg | Germany | |
| Oporto | Portugal | |
| Oslo | Norway | |
| Padova | Italy | |
| Pamplona | Spain | |
| Paris | France | |
| Parma | Italy | |
| Prague | Czech Republic | |
| Reims | France | |
| Reykjavik | Iceland | |
| RIGA | Latvia | |
| Rome | Italy | |
| Rotterdam | Netherlands | |
| Salzburg | Austria | |
| Seville | Spain | |
| Sheffield | UK | |
| Skopje | Macedonia | |
| Sofia | Bulgaria | |
| Solingen | Germany | |
| St Petersburg | Russia | |
| Stockholm | Sweden | |
| Strasbourg | France | |
| Stuttgart | Germany | |
| Tallinn | Estonia | |
| The Hague | Netherlands | |
| Timisoara | Romania | |
| Tirana | Albania | |
| Torino | Italy | |
| Toulouse | France | |
| Trieste | Italy | |
| Utrecht | Netherlands | |
| Valencia | Spain | |
| Venice | Italy | |
| Verona | Italy | |
| Vienna | Austria | |
| Vilnius | Lithuania | |
| Warsaw | Poland | |
| Weimar | Germany | |
| Wiesbaden | Germany | |
| Zagreb | Croatia | |
| Zürich | Switzerland | |
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