Spread all over the Union, more than 80 sites have obtained the European Heritage Label, which is awarded since 2013 by the European Union.
Sites are selected every two years, alternating with national preselections and evaluations in the other year.
This label is awarded to cultural sites that represent European heritage, chosen for their symbolic value and the role they have played in the construction and transmission of the European identity, but also sites offering educational and artistic activities that bring the citizens who visit them closer to the European Union’s shared history and values, in particular those linked to democratic values and human rights.
Sites that can be taken into consideration as European heritage sites are monuments as well as nature, archaeological, urban and industrial sites, man-made landscapes, cultural goods and objects and intangible heritage.
This call concerns:
- individual sites
- themed sites
- transnational sites
Call for proposals
Is your cultural site part of a European dynamic and does it offer an activity programme designed to strengthen European citizens’ sense of belonging to the Union and sharing its values - particularly young people - and to develop intercultural dialogue?
→ Then we invite you to submit your proposal by 1 September 2026 at the following address: ileroy@urban.brussels.
The Belgian jury will convene in November and, after translation in English, the selected proposal(s) will be presented to the European panel on 1 March 2027.
Each country may submit a maximum of two entries per selection, only one of which will receive the European Heritage Label. Transnational participation is strongly encouraged.
Belgian winner of the 2025 edition
In 2025 the Domaine et Musée royal de Mariemont was selected as the newest Belgian heritage site.
Belgium now boasts six labelled sites:
- The Mundameum in Mons
- The Bois du Cazier in Marcinelle
- The Koloniën van weldadigheid (Belgium and the Netherlands)
- The Migratie-Museum-Migration in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
- The Toone Royal Theatre in Brussels
- The Domaine et Musée royal de Mariemont
