2nd City of Culture - Results

[Avaerilon]

DECLARATION OF RESULTS

Good evening, and welcome to this most auspicious occasion- the official declaration of results, announcing the winner of the 2nd SLU City of Culture. Delegates and officials are warmly invited to this presentation in the Maricawt Regnerol Līreglon, the Royal Opera House, here in the fine city of Anc-Myrloch, winner of the 1st SLU City of Culture.



This time we have seen more cities entering, with even more vigour and energy put into their respective bids. This year, we have seen even more of the flavour and soul of the region than before, and have had a chance to enjoy the fine cultures of more nations in our region than before.

Each bid was considered carefully, and we have been waiting in great anticipation of the results. As per procedure, the candidate cities' appropriate authorities were given the task of voting, and the results have duly been collected and counted.

Therefore, we are honoured to announce the following:

BREMEN, WESTERHEIM: 2 votes (1st preferences), 0 votes (2nd preferences)
LEOPOLDERHÜGEL/KAI MANU, MONS GARLE: 1 vote (1st preferences), 1 vote (2nd preferences)
SENMERI, CHAMELIYA: 0 votes (1st preferences), 2 votes (2nd preferences)

Ergo, the fine city of Bremen, located in the Federal Republic of Westerheim, is the winner of the 2nd SLU City of Culture!

Llendaesola!

Congratulations!


We immensely enjoyed viewing the bids presented by all candidates, but Bremen's emerged as the strongest, and therefore it gives us great pleasure to pass the title and the torch onto the fine and proud city of Bremen. We in Anc-Myrloch bid you the very best of luck, and wish you well in your future. We have enjoyed the immense honour of hosting this competition, and look forward to seeing your city do the same. As such, responsibility for organising the 3rd SLU City of Culture competition is now the domain of the Stadtbürgerschaft Bremen, to take place in the near future.

Thank you all for your bids, your presence, and your dedication to celebrating and promoting the different cultures of this fair region. We are immensely gratified and look forward to seeing the future.


Val hest!

Farewell! 

[Lombardy und Venetien]

Esteemed nations of the SLU,

Let me first offer my commiserations to Mons Garle and to Chameliya, for their two outstanding bid presentations. The field of competition for the City of Culture this year was extremely strong and all credit must go to Senmeri and Leopolderhügel/Kai Manu for enabling such a rich contest. I sincerely hope Mons Garle and Chameliya see fit to enter the next SLU City of Culture of competition. I would also like to thank all those who supported Bremen's bid for City of Culture and indeed all those who voted for our bid. It is a true honour to hold such a title and I am sure the city council will be thrilled with our achievements.
We must now turn our attention to the implementation of our plans. Already there are 10 pay-as-you-go cycle docks at strategic locations around the city centre; the first new EMUs on our S-Bahn have been set onto the tracks for trialling; and the Grünenstraße car-free zone has indeed been expanded to cover to whole city centre. These changes will allowed the projected greatly increased numbers of tourists to enjoy our city to its full extent.
Once again, I thank all those for voted for our campaign, and I thank Mons Garle and Chameliya for making this such a memorable competition. We look forward to hosting the next competition in six months time, I hope to see the same high quality and number of bids!
Vielen herzlichen Dank und wir sehen uns in einem Halbjahr!
Johannes Aviram, Bürgermeister des Bremens (Mayor of Bremen)