2025

An international jury has chosen Smiltene (Latvia), Helsingborg (Sweden), Peipsiääre (Estonia), Płock (Poland), Alytus District (Lithuania) and Kaskinen – Kaskö (Finland) from among 14 candidates from the countries around the Baltic Sea Region and they are awarded the BSR Cultural Pearls title for the year 2025.

These cities prepared convincing and impactful Culture and Social Resilience Action Plans aimed at making their communities more resilient through culture and creativity.