Are you eligible?
You must be between 18 and 28 years old at the time of your application.
Have a valid passport and handle your own visa arrangements
Be available to travel for at least 2 weeks between June and October
Be comfortable submitting an application and project in English
Plan to visit at least 3 World Heritage Cities in 2 or more countries
Be ready to document your journey with a final creative output
Project Timeline
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Prepare your application
Draft your intro, motivation, and creative plan. Choose cities and define how you’ll tell your story.
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Application Deadline / 14 June
Hand in your complete application online on time - late entries cannot be accepted.
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Winners Announced / 19 June
Check your inbox — selected applicants receive confirmation and guidance for next steps.
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Travel Begins / End of June
Start your journey. Visit OWHC cities, gather receipts, and post real-time updates if you like.
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Final Submission / End of October
Deliver your final creative output and all expense proofs to get reimbursed (up to €1,500).
What you need to Apply
Your application should be creative and personal — we encourage individuality. It should include:
Introduce yourself briefly: your name, age, where you’re from, and what you currently do – whether you’re studying, working, or taking a gap year. This helps the jury get a sense of your background and context. Please also indicate your actively used social media channels!
Explain your personal connection to this program. What excites you about World Heritage Cities? Why do you want to explore them and support this program? This is your chance to show your curiosity, creativity, or interest in storytelling, history, and culture.
- What does World Heritage mean to you?
- Which heritage should be passed on to future generations?
- What ideas do you have to tackle the challenges of keeping our heritage cities habitable places?
- What topics interest you most with a specific connection to Unesco’s ideas?
- A creative idea for your final output, which is so to say the narrative of your whole travel experience. Please focus on challenges for World Heritage cities and give us a your inspirational approaches on how young people should have a say in shaping the future of our heritage
- A proposed travel route containing at least 3 OWHC member cities from Europe and North America (find an overview of all active OWHC cities in our region here or check online on the OWHC website)
- Maybe you already have a motto for your planed trip? Make us curious