SISTER CITIES
OF VIRGINIA BEACH
Promoting Peace and Prosperity with Citizen Diplomacy.
SISTER CITIES
OF VIRGINIA BEACH
Promoting Peace and Prosperity with Citizen Diplomacy.
SISTER CITIES
OF VIRGINIA BEACH
Promoting Peace and Prosperity with Citizen Diplomacy.
Our Mission: Foster international understanding, friendship, cooperation, and meaningful relationships while promoting peace through mutual understanding, one individual and community at a time.
Through partnerships with our sister and friendship cities, student exchanges and culturally diverse programs, along with the support of our elected officials, we are helping to foster peace through people-to-people connections and understanding throughout the world.
Our Sister Cities
Ards and North Down Borough, Northern Ireland, UK
The Ards & North Down Borough, Northern Ireland, UK / Virginia Beach, Virginia partnership was chartered on May 6, 2001.
Miyazaki City, Japan
The Miyazaki City, Japan / Virginia Beach, Virginia partnership was chartered on May 25, 1992.
Moss, Norway
The Moss, Norway / Virginia Beach, Virginia partnership was chartered on May 11, 1974.
Olongapo, The Philippines
The Olongapo, The Philippines / Virginia Beach, Virginia partnership was chartered on July 6, 2015.
Waiblingen, Germany
The Waiblingen, Germany / Virginia Beach, Virginia partnership was chartered on May 11, 2017.
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
The San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua / Virginia Beach, Virginia are friendship cities since 2015.
Two deeply-held convictions unite us in common purpose. First, is our belief in effective and responsive local government as a principal bulwark of freedom. Second, is our faith in the great promise of people-to-people and sister city affiliations in helping build the solid structure of world peace.
~ President Dwight D. Eisenhower
On September 11, 1956, President Eisenhower brought Americans representing all walks of life to Washington D.C. to attend a White House Conference on Citizen Diplomacy.
Join The Virginia Beach Sister City Association Today!
If you have a community in Virginia Beach and are interested in sisterhood, please contact Maria Weissenseel at scavbstrive@gmail.com.
Virginia Beach, USA
Olongapo, The Philippines
Learn more about Olongapo, The Philippines.
Ards and North Down Borough, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Learn more about Ards and North Down Borough, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Miyazaki City, Japan
Learn more about Miyazaki City, Japan.
Moss, Norway
Learn more about Moss, Norway.
Waiblingen, Germany
Learn more about Waiblingen, Germany.
San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua
Learn more about our Friendship City San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua.