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48 | Partners around the world CAMBRIDGE MONTPELLIER BAUTZEN REHOVOT KUMAMOTO HANGZHOU SIMFEROPOL PALO ALTO Partners around the world Heidelberg entertains partnerships with eight cities on three continents. Contribution towards international understanding As an international city with almost 12 million guests a year and about 45,000 citizens with a migrant back- ground, Heidelberg has eight partner- ships: with Palo Alto in the US, with Hangzhou in China, with Montpellier in France, with Cambridge in Great Britain, Rehovot in Israel, Bautzen in Germany, Simferopol on the Crime- an peninsula and with Kumamoto in Japan. Palo Alto and Hangzhou are Heidel- berg‘s youngest partner cities. Palo Alto in the US state of California is considered the “capital” of Silicon Valley. Hangzhou is the location of major scientific and educational in- stitutions and is particularly strong in the high-tech fields of biomedicine, informatics and digital new media. In addition, there are friendly relations with the cities of Mostar (Bosnia-Her- zegovina), Jelenia Góra (Poland) and Heidelberg (South Africa/Gauteng Province). Granting free entry* to the Kurpfälzisches Museum *valid for 2 adults and 2 children Can be exchanged for a library card for the Public Library (Stadtbücherei) valid for 3 months Voucher Voucher