List of host cities of the Eurovision Song Contest

This page is a list of cities and venues that have

hosted the Eurovision Song Contest, one or
more times. Future venues are shown in italics.
Since 1958, the host city has customarily been in
the winner country of the previous year. There
have been exceptions, however, when certain
issues have prevented the winner to host the
following year's contest. The host country then
passed to the country that had come second, or a
country that agreed to. Such events occurred in
1960, 1963, 1972, 1974 and 1980.[1]

With 6 contests, Dublin is the city that has hosted

the most contests. It is followed by London and
Luxembourg (4 contests each), and
Copenhagen[2] and Stockholm (3 contests each).
Host countries and host cities ofEurovision Song Contest
A single contest Multiple contests

Contents
Eurovision Song Contest
Anniversary contests
Host City Insignia
See also
References
External links BBC Television Centre in
London hosted the 1963
Contest.

Eurovision Song Contest

The Scandinavium in
Gothenburg: venue for
the 1985 Contest.
Contests Country City Venue Years
Royal Festival Hall 1960
BBC Television
1963
Centre
London
Royal Albert Hall 1968
Wembley Conference
1977
United Centre
8
Kingdom Edinburgh Usher Hall 1972
Brighton Brighton Dome 1974
Harrogate The film studios at
Harrogate 1982
International Centre Cinecittà in Rome played
National Indoor host to the 1991 Contest.
Birmingham 1998
Arena
Gaiety Theatre 1971
RDS Simmonscourt
1981, 1988
Dublin Pavilion
7 Ireland
1994,
Point Theatre
1995, 1997
Millstreet Green Glens Arena 1993
Stockholm Oslo Spektrum was the
1975 venue for the 1996
Stockholm International Fairs
Contest.
Ericsson Globe 2000, 2016
6 Sweden
Gothenburg Scandinavium 1985

Malmö Isstadion[3] 1992

Malmö
Malmö Arena 2013
Hilversum AVRO Studio 1958

Netherlands Amsterdam RAI Congrescentrum 1970

Nederlands The Athens Olympic
The Hague 1976, 1980 Indoor Hall in Athens
4 Congresgebouw
hosted the 2006 Contest.
Villa Louvigny 1962, 1966
Luxembourg
Luxembourg City Grand Théâtre de
1973, 1984
Luxembourg
3 Cannes Palais des Festivals 1959, 1961
France
Paris Palais des Congrès 1978
Bergen Grieghallen 1986
Norway Oslo Spektrum 1996 The Belgrade Arena
Oslo
Telenor Arena 2010 hosted the 2008 Contest.

Frankfurt-
Großer Sendesaal 1957
am-Main
Germany Rudi-Sedlmayer-
Munich 1983
Halle
Düsseldorf Esprit Arena 2011
Denmark Copenhagen Tivolis Koncertsal 1964
Parken Stadium 2001
B&W Hallerne 2014
 B&W Hallerne 2014
Lugano Teatro Kursaal 1956
Switzerland
Lausanne Palais de Beaulieu 1989
Sala di Concerto
Naples 1965
Italy della RAI
Rome Studio 15 di Cinecittà 1991
The Wiener Stadthalle
Israel International hosted the 2015 Contest.
Jerusalem 1979, 1999
2 Convention Centre
Hofburg Imperial
1967
Austria Vienna Palace
Wiener Stadthalle 2015
Palace of Sports 2005
Ukraine Kiev International
2017
Exhibition Centre

Spain Madrid Teatro Real 1969

Belgium Brussels Centenary Palace 1987

Yugoslavia Vatroslav Lisinski

Zagreb 1990
(Croatia) Concert Hall

Estonia Tallinn Saku Suurhall 2002

Latvia Riga Skonto Hall 2003

Turkey Istanbul Abdi İpekçi Arena 2004

1
Greece Athens Olympic Indoor Hall 2006

Finland Helsinki Hartwall Arena 2007

Serbia Belgrade Belgrade Arena 2008

Russia Moscow Olympic Stadium 2009

Azerbaijan Baku Baku Crystal Hall 2012

Portugal Lisbon Altice Arena 2018

Anniversary contests
Anniversary Country City Venue Contest Year

Denmark Forum Congratulations: 50 Years of the

50th Copenhagen 2005
Copenhagen Eurovision Song Contest
United Eventim
60th London Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits 2015
Kingdom Apollo

Host City Insignia

Host City Insignia is a rotating trophy awarded to cities hosting the Eurovision Song Contest. The symbol is a large key ring to
which the Eurovision Song Contest Host Cities can attach their city key or other symbol representing the city. Additionally, there is a
fob with a picture of the Helsinki Senate Square attached to the key ring. The idea of the rotating trophy was proposed jointly by the
City of Helsinki, the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE and EBU in connection with the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. Hand-
engraved on the ring are the following texts: "Eurovision Song Contest Host City", all Host Cities up until the year 2006 and a stamp:
Helsinki 2007 with the initials of the prize designers. The concept and fob were designed by the ANTEEKSI Team and the ring by
jewellery designer Taru Tonder.[4]
See also
List of host cities of the ABU Song Festivals
List of host cities of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

References
1. The history of the Eurovision Song Contest - By year(http://www.eurovision.tv/page/
history#By_year) Official Eurovision Website History. Accessed May 2012
2. "København bliver vært for internationalt Melodi Grand Prix"(https://www.dr.dk/even
t/melodigrandprix/koebenhavn-bliver-vaert-internationalt-melodi-grand-prix)
. DR (in
The Host City Insignia on
Danish). Retrieved 2017-05-08.
display inside the
3. "Melodifestivalen 1992"(https://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/melodifestivalen-1992/). Rathaus in Vienna,
Retrieved 2017-11-24. Austria, in May 2015.
4. Badzic, Milenko (26 January 2015)."Host City Insignia Exchange & Semi-Final
Allocation Draw" (http://www.eurovision.tv/page/press/photo-downloads?gal=123813
&type=Press). eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 26 March 2017.

External links
City of Helsinki news at 13.09.07: Helsinki launches new Eurovision Song Contest tradition
Finnish article about starting of the new Eurovision Song Contest tradition ("Helsinki aloittaa uuden Eurovision
laulukilpailun perinteen")
The picture of the insignia on the page of the Eurovision Song Contest Moscow 2009
A photo on the web pages of the biggest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat with description "Helsinki Mayor Jussi
Pajunen (left) and cultural director Pekka T imonen were in Belgrade on Friday to hand over the Helsinki Insignia to
the city that will host next year's Eurovision Song Contest."(Helsingin Sanomat)

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