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Umeå is one of the six cities that have made it to the finals of the European Capital of Innovation award.
The winner - European Capital of Innovation 2018 - will be announced on 6 November at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. The city with the best ecosystem for innovation will win €1 million (just over €10 million) to be used to scale up innovation activities.
The other five finalist cities are Aarhus in Denmark, Athens in Greece, Hamburg in Germany, Leuven in Belgium and Toulouse in France.
Read more about Umeå as an innovation capital here, http://www.innovationbyumea.se/innovation