Rethinking City Life Through Culture: Lessons from RECUP
What if culture wasn’t just something we attend—but something we actively build together? That question sits at the heart of the RECUP (REinventing Culture in Urban Places) network, a European initiative exploring how culture can help cities tackle one of their most pressing challenges: loneliness.
Across Europe, from Budapest to Dublin, six cities have been experimenting with this idea—turning cultural activities into tools for connection, participation, and belonging. And what they’ve discovered is quietly transformative.