Two capitals of culture, one Liverpool in the UK and the other Stavanger in Norway. How do they compare?
POPULATION
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Liverpool 446,000 (2005) |
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Stavanger 117,000 (with co-hosts Sandnes at 60,507) |
UNEMPLOYMENT
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Liverpool 5% (unemployment benefit claimants as proportion of working age population) |
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Stavanger 1.1% |
INCOME (DIRECT COMPARISON UNAVAILABLE)
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North West England £16,234 (Gross Valued Added per head) |
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Stavanger 320,000 kroner (£30,400) "median income" |
LIFE EXPECTANCY
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Liverpool Man 74, woman 78 |
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Stavanger Man 77, woman 82 |
FOOTBALL TEAMS
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Liverpool Liverpool (18 league titles, five European cups), Everton (nine league titles) |
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Stavanger Viking FK (eight league titles) |
ORCHESTRAS
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Liverpool Royal Liverpool Philharmonic |
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Stavanger Stavanger Symfoniorkester |
MAJOR ART GALLERIES
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Liverpool Walker Art Gallery, Tate Liverpool |
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Stavanger Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Rogaland Kunstsenter |
MAJOR ARTIST
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Liverpool George Stubbs, painter of Whistlejacket |
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Stavanger Jan Groth, New York-based modern artist |
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