Fragen und Antworten
	1.	Why is Braunschweig, jointly with the Region, putting itself up as a candidate for the European Culture Capital 2010?
	2.	How can you outline the topography of the Region?
	3.	How can you outline the culture of the Region?
	4.	What are the priorities in Braunschweig's application phase?
	5.	Are research and science of any significance in the application?
	6.	Are the twin towns being involved?
	7.	What are the guidelines of the application concept?
	What are the priorities in Braunschweig's application phase? To-date, the application is still a process rather than a concept worded in all its details. The application will grow, like a building site. Most importantly, it will render evidence of a process of frank and public discussion.
	The "Brücke" The heart of the application process is at the "Brücke", a institution established by the British Military Government in 1949 on Steintorwall to house the British City Commander's Office (now seat of the municipal Institute of Culture). The "Brücke" is the central place of information and discussion.
	At the front door, an over-sized "Men at Work" sign reminds everybody that a live process, rather than a finished "product", is being dealt with - a process that is backed and promoted by all residents. Events The application process will be presented to the public via lectures, panel discussions, exhibitions and workshops.
	Info Container A container is a must at any building site (Men at Work!), a mobile unit providing information and taking in wishes and suggestions. The container will be moved from place to place inside Braunschweig and the Region but also to other parts of Germany, the idea being to reach people where they live. Starting at the Town Hall, it will conquer the Region all the way to Hanover and Berlin.
	Art treasures of the Region During the period of the candidature, numerous art treasures and personalities of the Region will be presented on our Internet site, from the world's first metal camera designed by the Voigtländer company to Clara Schumann's grand piano manufactured by the Grotrian-Helfferich-Schulz company, from the painting "Girl with Wine Glass" by Jan Vermeer van Delft to the author Gotthold Ephraim Lessing to the composer Louis Spohr to the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss ...