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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 |
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