An Eurobarometer about culture in Europe
One of the last survey (November 2013) about culture in Europe is entitled ‘Cultural access and participation‘. It is full of interesting facts and figures ! You can for example read that only 18 % of European respondents said they have seen a ballet, a dance performance or an opera in the last 12 months.
How many times in the last 12 months have you …?
![Cultural activites of European citizens](http://opera-digital.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Opera_ballet_Europe_statistics.png)
Cultural activites of European citizens
opera/dance culture in Europe: the winner is …
In Europe, the most frequent opera and ballet/dance goers are the Swedes, second are the Luxembourgers and third ex aequo are the French, the Danes and the Estonians.
![Top European countries regarding opera, ballet and dance attendance](http://opera-digital.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ranking_opera_ballet_danse_frequentation_in_European_Countries.png)
Top European countries regarding opera, ballet and dance attendance
Indeed, Respondents in Sweden, Luxembourg and France, Denmark as well as Estonia were most likely to have attended a ballet, dance performance or opera, with respectively 34%, 29% and 25 % doing so at least once in the last twelve months. Note that dwellers in the Baltic States are relatively likely to have seen dance or opera : 25% in Estonia but also 24% in Latvia & 23% in Lithuania had been to a ballet, dance performance or opera at least once in the previous year.
![Ranking of Europeans coountries in cultural activities](http://opera-digital.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Opera_ballet_Europe_statistics_by_countries.png)
Ranking of Europeans coountries in cultural activities
On the opposite, only 8% of citizens in Portugal and 9% in Greece and the island of Cyprus had done so 🙁 ! Culture in Europe differs a lot from a country to another !
“Culture in Europe : where do people attend most opera, ballet and concerts?” by Ramzi SAIDANI is under terms and conditions of the licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 France