Stavanger v Liverpool

Two capitals of culture, one Liverpool in the UK and the other Stavanger in Norway. How do they compare?

POPULATION

Liverpool 446,000 (2005)

Stavanger 117,000 (with co-hosts Sandnes at 60,507)

UNEMPLOYMENT

Liverpool 5% (unemployment benefit claimants as proportion of working age population)

Stavanger 1.1%

INCOME (DIRECT COMPARISON UNAVAILABLE)

North West England £16,234 (Gross Valued Added per head)

Stavanger 320,000 kroner (£30,400) "median income"

LIFE EXPECTANCY

Liverpool Man 74, woman 78

Stavanger Man 77, woman 82

FOOTBALL TEAMS

Liverpool Liverpool (18 league titles, five European cups), Everton (nine league titles)

Stavanger Viking FK (eight league titles)

ORCHESTRAS

Liverpool Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Stavanger Stavanger Symfoniorkester

MAJOR ART GALLERIES

Liverpool Walker Art Gallery, Tate Liverpool

Stavanger Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Rogaland Kunstsenter

MAJOR ARTIST

Liverpool George Stubbs, painter of Whistlejacket

Stavanger Jan Groth, New York-based modern artist