Paphos may have been selected in the bid for the European Capital of Culture 2017, but the whole effort left Nicosia Municipality with a significant legacy: a cultural strategy that has since been implemented with steady and substantial steps. With its philosophy of culture by all for all, Nicosia continues to dynamically graft this strategy by giving the baton to the efforts of the Nicosia District to claim the title of European Capital of Culture 2030.