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2004-10-23 Münster receives gold medal as the most liveable community worldwide
The city of Münster was awarded the LivCom Award 2004 as the most liveable community in category D (average daytime population 200,001 - 1,000,000). Every year since 1997, The International Awards for Liveable Communities are given to cities in 5 categories with different population numbers. The program Nations in Bloom is endorsed by the United Nations Environment Program for best practice in the management of the local environment. Münster has won the gold medal in 2004 ahead of Coventry (GB) and Seattle (USA). Other finalists in the same category were Bayamon (Puerto Rico), Changshu ( P.R. China), Newcastle upon Tyne (England), Okayama (Japan), and Poznan (Poland). (see LivCom homepage).

 

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