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Our Sister Cities
Accra, Ghana
Sister City since 2015Our Sister City
RelationshipColumbus and Accra worked together on the Initiative for Food and Agricultural Transformation.
Ahmedabad, India
Sister City since 2008Our Sister City
RelationshipAhmedabad and Columbus’ relationship is rooted in a mutual passion for business and economic growth, along with the largely expanding Indian population in Columbus.
Curitiba, Brazil
Sister City since 2014Our Sister City
RelationshipOver the last few years, we have worked with Curitiba on multiple different exchange programs including our annual Marathon Exchange.
Dresden, Germany
Sister City since 1992Our Sister City
RelationshipWe’ve worked with Dresden to create multiple different cultural exchange programs including the Marathon Exchange, and the Dresden Summer Language Program.
Genoa, Italy
Sister City since 1955Our Sister City
RelationshipFor over 60 years we have worked with Genoa to provide both of our cities with a greater sense of cultural enrichment.
Hefei, China
Sister City since 1988Our Sister City
RelationshipWe have worked with Hefei to create multiple cultural exchange programs, including our annual Marathon Exchange.
Herzliya, Israel
Sister City since 1994Our Sister City
RelationshipOdense, Denmark
Sister City since 1988Our Sister City
RelationshipSeville, Spain
Sister City since 1988Our Sister City
RelationshipTainan City, Taiwan
Sister City since 1980Our Sister City
RelationshipTainan City is the first Sister City that Columbus had in Asia.
What is a Sister City?
“Columbus Sister Cities International’s programs directly assist in reducing barriers and building strong relationships that lead to successful business development. By building these strong collaborations, Columbus is playing a major international role that is critical to growth in the 21st century.”
Andrew Ginther
Mayor of Columbus, Ohio
Honorary Chair, Greater Columbus Sister Cities International
Featured Events
Euroflora
Euroflora is a large European exhibition of flowers and plants and takes place every other year in our sister city of Genoa, Italy. The event brings in approximately 280,000 visitors and the City of Columbus has been assigned a plot of land to build an exhibit in 2022.
Columbus Pesto Championship
The sister city relationship between Genoa, Italy and Columbus, Ohio has been in place since 1955. Ten local contestants will take the stage to see who can produce the best pesto in the City of Columbus.
Dresden Education Exchange
Dresden became a Sister City on June 4, 1992. Since the start of our relationship, we’ve worked with Dresden to create multiple different cultural exchange programs.