The objective of these city reports is to supplement an analytical framework with short case studies, summaries and conclusions contained in Part I. City reports were compiled on the basis of information and data that were received from respondents in each city, and are based on published documents, questionnaire responses and interviews.The city reports intend to offer only a brief overview of each city’s main aims and objectives, approaches to organisation and communications, programmes and projects, infrastructural developments, finances and some of the main cultural, social, economic and tourism outcomes of the event.