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City innovation classifications and rankings 2015 for Europe & Russia.
World’s largest city classification and global ranking with all major European cities from 500 global benchmark cities classified, and top European cities ranked in 2015. Based on 2thinknow analysis of cities on 162 city indicators, in what our analysts term the ‘global innovation economy’. Annual city scores and ranking since 2007. City indicators data from 2thinknow City Benchmarking Data program.
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Innovation Cities™ Index 2015 : Europe
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| Rank | Name | State | Country | Class | Score | Region | Sub Region |
| Rank | Name | State | Country | Class | Score | Region | Sub Region |
| 1 | London | United Kingdom | 1 NEXUS | 57 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 3 | Vienna | Austria | 1 NEXUS | 56 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 7 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 1 NEXUS | 55 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 9 | Paris | France | 1 NEXUS | 54 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 12 | Munich | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 54 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 14 | Berlin | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 54 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 15 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 1 NEXUS | 54 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 17 | Stockholm | Sweden | 1 NEXUS | 53 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 19 | Tel Aviv | Israel | 1 NEXUS | 53 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 24 | Stuttgart | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 52 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 25 | Helsinki | Finland | 1 NEXUS | 52 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 26 | Manchester | United Kingdom | 1 NEXUS | 52 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 27 | Barcelona | Spain | 1 NEXUS | 52 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 28 | Oslo | Norway | 1 NEXUS | 52 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 30 | Lyon | France | 1 NEXUS | 52 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 31 | Hamburg | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 52 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 34 | Leipzig | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 51 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 37 | Frankfurt | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 51 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 45 | Moscow | Russia | 1 NEXUS | 50 | EUROPE | RUSSIA | |
| 46 | Brussels | Belgium | 1 NEXUS | 50 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 48 | St Petersburg | Russia | 2 HUB | 49 | EUROPE | RUSSIA | |
| 49 | Milan | Italy | 2 HUB | 49 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 54 | Marseille | France | 2 HUB | 49 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 55 | Düsseldorf | Germany | 2 HUB | 49 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 56 | Madrid | Spain | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 58 | Rome | Italy | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 59 | Cologne | Germany | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 61 | Dublin | Ireland | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 63 | Prague | Czech Republic | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 64 | Bilbao | Spain | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 68 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 70 | Bordeaux | France | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 71 | Strasbourg | France | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 72 | Zürich | Switzerland | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 73 | Budapest | Hungary | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 76 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 78 | Nice | France | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 80 | Karlsruhe | Germany | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 82 | Geneva | Switzerland | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 84 | The Hague | Netherlands | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 85 | Toulouse | France | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 86 | Warsaw | Poland | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 89 | Dresden | Germany | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 91 | Nantes | France | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 92 | Hannover | Germany | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 99 | Oporto | Portugal | 2 HUB | 46 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 100 | Glasgow | United Kingdom | 2 HUB | 46 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 101 | Belgrade | Serbia | 2 HUB | 46 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 103 | Bristol | United Kingdom | 2 HUB | 46 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 104 | Torino | Italy | 2 HUB | 46 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 105 | Montpellier | France | 2 HUB | 46 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 111 | Eindhoven | North Brabant | Netherlands | 2 HUB | 46 | EUROPE | EUROPE |
| 115 | Lisbon | Portugal | 2 HUB | 45 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 116 | Mannheim-Heidelberg | Germany | 2 HUB | 45 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 117 | Nuremberg | Germany | 2 HUB | 45 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 119 | Antwerp | Belgium | 2 HUB | 45 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 120 | Aachen | Germany | 2 HUB | 45 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 123 | Essen | Germany | 2 HUB | 45 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 126 | Bonn | Germany | 2 HUB | 45 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 127 | Dortmund | Germany | 2 HUB | 45 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 130 | Lille | France | 2 HUB | 45 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 131 | Liverpool | United Kingdom | 2 HUB | 45 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 132 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 2 HUB | 45 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 148 | Utrecht | Netherlands | 3 NODE | 44 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 149 | Birmingham | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 44 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 150 | Graz | Austria | 3 NODE | 44 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 151 | Linz | Austria | 3 NODE | 44 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 152 | Reims | France | 3 NODE | 44 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 154 | Ljubljana | Slovenia | 3 NODE | 44 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 155 | Rennes | France | 3 NODE | 44 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 157 | Bremen | Germany | 3 NODE | 44 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 160 | Basel | Switzerland | 3 NODE | 44 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 161 | Odense | Southern Denmark | Denmark | 3 NODE | 44 | EUROPE | EUROPE |
| 162 | Kiel | Germany | 3 NODE | 44 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 165 | Bochum | North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany | 3 NODE | 44 | EUROPE | EUROPE |
| 166 | Duisburg | North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany | 3 NODE | 44 | EUROPE | EUROPE |
| 171 | Jerusalem | Israel | 3 NODE | 44 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 173 | Saint-Étienne | Rhône-Alpes | France | 3 NODE | 43 | EUROPE | EUROPE |
| 174 | Salzburg | Austria | 3 NODE | 43 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 175 | Belfast | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 43 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 176 | Leuven | Flemish Brabant | Belgium | 3 NODE | 43 | EUROPE | EUROPE |
| 177 | Rouen | Haute-Normandie | France | 3 NODE | 43 | EUROPE | EUROPE |
| 182 | Lucerne | Switzerland | 3 NODE | 43 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 183 | Malmö | Scania | Sweden | 3 NODE | 43 | EUROPE | EUROPE |
| 206 | Cannes | France | 3 NODE | 43 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 207 | Cardiff | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 43 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 208 | Leeds | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 43 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 210 | Bern | Switzerland | 3 NODE | 43 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 218 | Kingston-Upon-Hull | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 43 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 219 | Dijon | Bourgogne | France | 3 NODE | 43 | EUROPE | EUROPE |
| 220 | Yekaterinburg | Sverdlovsk Oblast | Russia | 3 NODE | 43 | EUROPE | RUSSIA |
| 221 | Florence | Italy | 3 NODE | 43 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 223 | Kazan | Tatarstan | Russia | 3 NODE | 42 | EUROPE | RUSSIA |
| 232 | Gothenburg | Sweden | 3 NODE | 42 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 234 | Le Havre | Upper Normandy | France | 3 NODE | 42 | EUROPE | EUROPE |
| 236 | Bratislava | Slovakia | 3 NODE | 42 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 237 | Zagreb | Croatia | 3 NODE | 42 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 241 | Coventry | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 42 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 242 | Gdansk | Poland | 3 NODE | 42 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 244 | Novosibirsk | Novosibirsk Oblast | Russia | 3 NODE | 42 | EUROPE | RUSSIA |
| 245 | Grenoble | Rhône-Alpes | France | 3 NODE | 42 | EUROPE | EUROPE |
| 246 | Gent | Belgium | 3 NODE | 42 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 247 | Venice | Italy | 3 NODE | 42 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 250 | Liège | Belgium | 3 NODE | 42 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 252 | Tallinn | Estonia | 3 NODE | 41 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 253 | Bucharest | Romania | 3 NODE | 41 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 254 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 3 NODE | 41 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 257 | Sheffield | Yorkshire | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 41 | EUROPE | EUROPE |
| 268 | Metz | Lorraine | France | 3 NODE | 41 | EUROPE | EUROPE |
| 273 | Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | 3 NODE | 41 | EUROPE | RUSSIA | |
| 276 | Limoges | Limousin | France | 3 NODE | 41 | EUROPE | EUROPE |
| 277 | Bath & NE Somerset | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 41 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 278 | Bologna | Italy | 3 NODE | 41 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 279 | Parma | Italy | 3 NODE | 41 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 280 | Krasnoyarsk | Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | 3 NODE | 41 | EUROPE | RUSSIA |
| 282 | Samara | Samara Oblast | Russia | 3 NODE | 41 | EUROPE | RUSSIA |
| 289 | Rostov-na-Donu | Russia | 3 NODE | 40 | EUROPE | RUSSIA | |
| 291 | Verona | Italy | 3 NODE | 40 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 295 | Riga | Latvia | 3 NODE | 40 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 296 | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 40 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 297 | Athens | Greece | 3 NODE | 40 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 300 | Málaga | Spain | 3 NODE | 40 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 303 | Kaliningrad | Kaliningrad Oblast | Russia | 3 NODE | 40 | EUROPE | RUSSIA |
| 307 | Pamplona | Spain | 3 NODE | 40 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 309 | Valencia | Spain | 3 NODE | 40 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 311 | Seville | Spain | 3 NODE | 40 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 318 | Trieste | Italy | 4 INFLUENCER | 39 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 323 | Padova | Italy | 4 INFLUENCER | 39 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 325 | Vilnius | Lithuania | 4 INFLUENCER | 39 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 331 | Modena | Italy | 4 INFLUENCER | 39 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 332 | Kraków | Poland | 4 INFLUENCER | 39 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 336 | Katowice | Poland | 4 INFLUENCER | 39 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 337 | Reykjavik | Iceland | 4 INFLUENCER | 39 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 339 | Tomsk | Tomsk Oblast | Russia | 4 INFLUENCER | 39 | EUROPE | RUSSIA |
| 340 | Perm | Perm Krai | Russia | 4 INFLUENCER | 39 | EUROPE | RUSSIA |
| 341 | Saratov | Saratov Oblast | Russia | 4 INFLUENCER | 39 | EUROPE | RUSSIA |
| 344 | Brno | South Moravian Region | Czech Republic | 4 INFLUENCER | 38 | EUROPE | EUROPE |
| 345 | Kosice | Slovakia | 4 INFLUENCER | 38 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 353 | Gijón | Asturias | Spain | 4 INFLUENCER | 38 | EUROPE | EUROPE |
| 361 | Dubrovnik | Croatia | 4 INFLUENCER | 38 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 362 | Omsk | Omsk Oblast | Russia | 4 INFLUENCER | 38 | EUROPE | RUSSIA |
| 365 | Volgograd | Volgograd Oblast | Russia | 4 INFLUENCER | 37 | EUROPE | RUSSIA |
| 367 | Vladivostok | Primorsky Krai | Russia | 4 INFLUENCER | 37 | EUROPE | RUSSIA |
| 368 | Thessaloniki | Greece | 4 INFLUENCER | 37 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 376 | Tirana | Albania | 4 INFLUENCER | 36 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 381 | Chisinau | Moldova | 4 INFLUENCER | 36 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 396 | Timisoara | Romania | 4 INFLUENCER | 35 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 400 | Izhevsk | Udmurt Republic | Russia | 4 INFLUENCER | 35 | EUROPE | RUSSIA |
| 403 | Granada | Spain | 5 UPSTART | 34 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 404 | Barnaul | Altai Krai | Russia | 5 UPSTART | 34 | EUROPE | RUSSIA |
| 406 | Orenburg | Orenburg Oblast | Russia | 5 UPSTART | 34 | EUROPE | RUSSIA |
| 407 | Tolyatti | Samara Oblast | Russia | 5 UPSTART | 34 | EUROPE | RUSSIA |
| 430 | Skopje | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 5 UPSTART | 30 | EUROPE | EUROPE |
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