The Foreign Direct Investment ranking placed Lublin second among larger Polish cities in the cost-effectiveness category. Lublin is noted for its green spaces and a high standard of living.
In 1392, the city received an important trade privilege from the king Władysław II Jagiełło.
Lublin is a pilot city of the Council of Europe and the EU Intercultural cities programme.
In 2017, Lublin was awarded the Europe Prize by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Lublin is the capital of the province called Lublin Voivodeship, a province created in 1999.
The premier museum in the city is the Lublin Museum, one of the oldest and largest museums of Eastern Poland.
Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland.
In 2012 Lublin airport opened.
Founded in the 9th century, Lublin started life as a settlement built around the castle and received town rights in 1317.