twin town

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twin town

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit a town that has civic associations, such as reciprocal visits and cultural exchanges, with a foreign town, usually of similar size and sometimes with other similarities, as in commercial activities

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twin town

n → città f inv gemellata

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The park is in fact named afterKnowsley's German twin town of nearly 40 years - Stadt Moers.

How this beautiful Merseyside park you might not have heard of got its name; It was transformed from a rubbish dump into a beautiful green space

The group from the Nuremberg region, in the south of the country - including Lossiemouth's twin town Hersbruck - arrived in Moray yesterday to learn how communities in Scotland tackle problems.

German mayors arrive for fact-finding and friendship; Partnership: Group to look at how counterpart towns 'manage problems'

Provost Lorraine Cameron will welcome students from a twin town in Germany.

German students are all set to visit Paisley

CHESTER campaigners for the UK to remain a full member of the EU have been ensuring links with the city's twin town are maintained.

Pro-European campaigners keep up twin town links

It was blowing in the breeze at Middlesbrough town hall in a friendly gesture to visitors from twin town Oberhausen.

Wilkommen to German town twinners

ACTRESS Helen Griffin, known for her roles in Twin Town, Doctor Who and Human Traffic, has died aged 59.

'Talented, funny, inspirational' actress Helen Griffin dies at 59

What it was like to make Twin Town - in the words of the people who made it

Stars pay tribute to Twin Town and Keeping Faith actress Helen Griffin who has died; Eve Myles and Kevin Allen were amongst the Welsh stars to mourn the actress' passing

WHEN one of the people working on Twin Town heard a passing mum tell her kid to "get out of the b***d way, so they can film their f***g film", he discovered something about Swansea.

Twenty years on, what was it really like

Choosing your twin town as a travel destination could indeed be a meaningful situation to find yourself in, as you bond over the similarities and differences and share with those who've probably been equally curious about you as you have been about them for your entire lives!

Twin towns, sister cities: Dull, Bland and Boring?

IN September a number of members of Pencoed Town and District Twinning Association, including the Mayor and Mayoress of Pencoed, visited our twin town of Plouzane, Brittany, for the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Twinning Charters.

Twin towns celebrate their 20th anniversary

TYNESIDE artist Graham Hodgson has seen his go on display at a special show in South Shields' twin town of Epinay Sur Seine in France.

France exhibition for artist

The memorandum on establishment of twin town relations was signed by Malatya mayor Ahmet Cak?r and Batken mayor Janybek Jalalov in the mayor's office of Malatya.