Szeged’s twin towns and sister cities


The term twin town or sister city refers to a kind of legal or social agreement between two cities in different countries. Twin town is a term used mainly in Europe, while sister city is more common in other parts of the world. 

This type of formal relationship promotes cultural and commercial ties between two politically and geographically distinct cities. To this date, Szeged has 17 twin towns (see list below).

  • Rakhiv, Ukraine, since 1939

  • Odesa, Ukraine, since 1957

  • Subotica, Serbia, since 1966

  • Nice, France, since 1969

  • Turku, Finland, since 1971

  • Cambridge, UK, since 1987

  • Parma, Italy, since 1988

  • Darmstadt, Germany, since 1990

  • Toledo, Ohio, USA, since 1990

  • Larnaca, Cyprus, since 1994

  • Târgu Mureș, Romania, since 1997

  • Timișoara, Romania, since 1998

  • Weinan, Shaanxi, China, since 1999

  • Kotor, Montenegro, since 2001

  • Liège, Belgium, since 2001

  • Pula, Croatia, since 2003

  • Łódź, Poland, since 2004


Some of the trams in Szeged bear the name of a twin town, like Kotor, Toledo, or Nice (written Nizza in Hungarian), marking an anniversary between the cities.