Three countries. One living space. Boundless diversity. For its inhabitants, the Upper Rhine Trinational Metropolitan Region is a common living space in the heart of Europe. Politics, business and science work closely together there – for the citizens in this cross-border region. The advantages of Europe are to be made tangible in everyday life.

With a long tradition of cross-border cooperation, the trinational Upper Rhine region as an internationally strong knowledge location is characterised by outstanding achievements in science and research. Young people in particular benefit from the trinational study programmes. The close cooperation between politics, business and science is unique here in the Upper Rhine Trinational Metropolitan Region. 

Learn more about the major strengths of this model region and the central challenges that the Upper Rhine partners are tackling in this short film. Through a series of portraits, the Upper Rhine reminds us of its past, showas its present and outlines its future.