Bellevue, Washington#Cultural events

The Duwamish, whose main settlements were located in present-day Renton and Seattle, maintained a small outpost settlement called Satskal (SAH-tsah-kahl) along the Mercer Slough, south of present-day downtown Bellevue.{{Cite book| last = Neiwert | first = David | title = Strawberry Days | url = https://archive.org/details/strawberrydaysho00neiw_0 | url-access = registration | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | year = 2005 | page = [https://archive.org/details/strawberrydaysho00neiw_0/page/28 28] | isbn = 978-1403967923}} It was from this village that an attack on the settlers of Elliott Bay was staged. The Duwamish also had a village near Factoria called 'pah-pah-DEEL'.{{Cite web|date=September 13, 2019|title=Village Descriptions--Duwamish-Seattle|url=http://coastsalishmap.org/Village_Descriptions_Duwamish-Seattle.htm#17|access-date=August 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913221956/http://coastsalishmap.org/Village_Descriptions_Duwamish-Seattle.htm#17|archive-date=September 13, 2019}}

Bellevue was first settled by European Americans in 1869 by William Meydenbauer and Aaron Mercer, who claimed homestead tracts several miles apart. Both moved away within a few years, and permanent residents did not arrive until 1879. By 1882, a community, consisting mostly of logging homesteaders, had established itself. Once the land had been logged, it was gradually cleared, largely by Japanese immigrant labor in the early 20th century, to support small-scale farming on leased land plots.{{Cite book| last = Neiwert | first = David | title = Strawberry Days | url = https://archive.org/details/strawberrydaysho00neiw_0 | url-access = registration | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | year = 2005 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/strawberrydaysho00neiw_0/page/11 11], 31 | isbn = 978-1403967923}}

By the early part of the 20th century, Bellevue had acquired a reputation as a weekend getaway destination for Seattle residents, who would arrive by ferry at Meydenbauer Bay and spend the day at nearby Wildwood Park.{{Cite book| last = Neiwert | first = David | title = Strawberry Days | url = https://archive.org/details/strawberrydaysho00neiw_0 | url-access = registration | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | year = 2005 | page = [https://archive.org/details/strawberrydaysho00neiw_0/page/68 68] | isbn = 978-1403967923}} After the ferry landing was moved to Medina, however, tourism to Bellevue waned. To counter this decline, the Bellevue Strawberry Festival was conceived of in 1925, and by the 1930s it had grown to attract as many as 15,000 visitors. At the time, Bellevue was still a small town with around 2,000 residents.{{Cite book| last = Neiwert | first = David | title = Strawberry Days | url = https://archive.org/details/strawberrydaysho00neiw_0 | url-access = registration | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | year = 2005 | page = [https://archive.org/details/strawberrydaysho00neiw_0/page/69 69] | isbn = 978-1403967923}}

Prior to the opening of the Lake Washington Floating Bridge in 1940, Bellevue was mostly rural farmland area with little development. Although it was small, developers were pushing to change that; in the 1920s, James S. Ditty predicted that it would become a city with a population of 200,000.Welch, Bob. Bellevue and the New Eastside a Contemporary Portrait. Chatsworth: Windsor Publications, 1989. {{ISBN|0-89781-331-6}}. He envisioned plans that included the bridging of Lake Washington and an area filled with golf courses and airports. His map with these visions was published in 1928.{{Cite web | url = https://thesledgehammer.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/this-was-the-future-of-bellevue-in-1928/ | title = This Was the Future of Bellevue In 1928. | date = January 12, 2010}} Once the Murrow Memorial Bridge opened, access from Seattle improved, and the area began to evolve into a bedroom community.{{cite web | url = http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=313 | title = Bellevue – Thumbnail History | publisher = HistoryLink | date = November 9, 1998 | last = Stein | first = Alan J. | access-date = June 9, 2008}}

In 1942, the Bellevue Strawberry Festival was cancelled. The primary reason was that some 90 percent of the agricultural workforce in the area was of Japanese ancestry, and all of these farmers and their families had been forcibly interned in camps following the start of World War II.{{Cite book| last = Neiwert | first = David | title = Strawberry Days | url = https://archive.org/details/strawberrydaysho00neiw_0 | url-access = registration | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | year = 2005 | page = [https://archive.org/details/strawberrydaysho00neiw_0/page/155 155]| isbn = 978-1403967923}} The fair would not be revived for another 45 years. Following the expulsion of the ethnic Japanese farming community, a large quantity of farmland became available for development.{{cite web | last1 = Marsha | first1 = Alia | title = How Bellevue businessmen who stoked fears benefited after Japanese American incarceration | url = http://www.seattleglobalist.com/2017/02/19/anti-japanese-movement-led-development-bellevue/62732 | website = The Seattle Globalist | access-date = February 21, 2017 | date = February 19, 2017}} This made way for the initial development of the Bellevue downtown area.

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Bellevue incorporated as a third-class city on the March 31, 1953.{{cite web | url = https://historylink.org/File/3552 | title = City of Bellevue is incorporated on March 31, 1953. | publisher = HistoryLink | date = September 10, 2001}} Following the 1963 opening of a second bridge across the lake, the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, the city began to grow more rapidly. The Crossroads community was annexed in 1964.{{cite web | url = http://www.historylink.org/File/20142 | title = Crossroads Library, King County Library System | publisher = HistoryLink | date = September 28, 2016 | last = Schein | first = Michael}} Lake Hills was annexed in 1969.{{cite web | url = http://www.historylink.org/File/20138 | title = Lake Hills Library, King County Library System | publisher = HistoryLink | date = September 27, 2016 | last = Schein | first = Michael}} By the 1970 census, Bellevue had become the fourth most populous city in the state of Washington, behind only Seattle, Spokane, and Tacoma.{{cite web | url = http://historylink.org/File/9426 | title = HistoryLink: 1970 Census | publisher = HistoryLink | date = May 18, 2010 | last = Caldbick | first = John}}

Bellevue remains one of the largest cities in the state, with several high-rise structures in its core and a burgeoning business community. The city experienced a building boom during the mid-2000s, with the building of developments such as Lincoln Square and the Bravern.

Bellevue Square is located in downtown Bellevue and is now one of the largest shopping centers in the region. Opened in 1946, the mall has undergone several significant phases of expansion since the 1980s.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

The city's plans include the Bel-Red Corridor Project, a large-scale planning effort to encourage the redevelopment of {{convert|900|acre|km2}} in the large Bel-Red section of the city bordering the adjacent city of Redmond.{{cite web | url = http://www.ci.bellevue.wa.us/bel-red_intro.htm | title = Bel-Red Area Transformation | publisher = City of Bellevue | access-date = July 18, 2008 |url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161130204932/http://ci.bellevue.wa.us/bel-red_intro.htm | archive-date = November 30, 2016}} The plan is similar to the redevelopment of the downtown core with superblocks of mixed-use projects from private developers.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} These include the Spring District, a mixed-use residential and commercial neighborhood which was developed on {{convert|36|acre|ha}} of industrial land around a future light rail station.{{cite news |last=Whitman |first=Victor |date=October 6, 2023 |title=Bellevue's Spring District grapples with Meta's shifting office plans |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/bellevues-spring-district-grapples-with-metas-shifting-office-plans/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 10, 2025}} The 2 Line of Link light rail was opened from South Bellevue station to Redmond Technology station in April 2024, extension to Downtown Redmond opened in May 2025. The 2 Line is scheduled to be extended to Seattle in early 2026 over Lake Washington to join the 1 Line at Chinatown/ International District to Lynnwood City Center.{{cite news |last1=Lindblom |first1=Mike |last2=Kroman |first2=David |date=April 27, 2024 |title=Eastside light rail line opens as huge crowds try out the ride |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/eastside-light-rail-line-opens-as-huge-crowds-try-out-the-ride/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 10, 2025}}

Bellevue lies between Lake Washington to the west and the smaller Lake Sammamish to the east. Much of Bellevue is drained by the Kelsey Creek watershed, whose source is located in the Larsen Lake and Phantom Lake green belt and whose outlet is near where Interstate 90 meets Lake Washington's eastern shore. The city is bisected by Interstate 405 running north–south, and the southern portion is crossed from west to east by Interstate 90. The State Route 520 freeway roughly delineates the upper reaches of Bellevue.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|37.505|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|33.468|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|4.037|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.

The city's name is derived from a French term for "beautiful view". Under favorable weather conditions, scenic vistas of the Olympic Mountains and Cascade Mountains can be viewed from hilltops (and strategically positioned high-rise buildings) within the incorporated city.

South of I-90, the city continues up Cougar Mountain, at the top of which is an unincorporated King County location called Hilltop. To the west of Cougar Mountain, Bellevue includes the Coal Creek, Somerset, and Factoria neighborhoods.

Bellevue is bordered by the cities of Kirkland to the north and Redmond to the northeast along the Overlake and Crossroads neighborhoods. Across the short East Channel Bridge, I-90 connects Bellevue to Mercer Island to the southwest. Issaquah is to the east, down I-90 at the south end of Lake Sammamish. The city is bordered to the west by many affluent suburbs such as Medina, Clyde Hill, Hunts Point and Yarrow Point. The south end of Bellevue is bordered by the relatively recently incorporated city of Newcastle, and the city of Renton.

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{{See also|List of tallest buildings in Bellevue, Washington}}

Neighborhoods within Bellevue include Bellecrest, Surrey Downs,Bel-Red, Bridle Trails, Crossroads, Eastgate/Cougar Mountain, Enatai, Factoria, Lake Hills, Newport, Newport Hills, Northeast Bellevue, Northwest Bellevue, Overlake, Sammamish/East Bellevue, Somerset, Sunset, Tam O'Shanter, West Bellevue, Wilburton, and Woodridge.{{cite web | url = http://www.ci.bellevue.wa.us/images/IT/ls_nep400.jpg | format = JPG | title = Bellevue Districts Map | website = Ci.bellevevue.wa.us | access-date = January 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114222903/http://www.ci.bellevue.wa.us/images/IT/ls_nep400.jpg |archive-date=January 14, 2016 |url-status=dead}}

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Like much of the Puget Sound lowland, Bellevue has a mild oceanic climate. It also has frequent rain showers from October to May, with precipitation levels typically being over {{convert|2|in|mm}}.{{Cite web | url = https://weather.com/weather/monthly/l/Bellevue+WA+98004:4:US | title = weather.com/weather/monthly/l/Bellevue+WA+98004:4:US | website = The Weather Channel|access-date=October 7, 2016}} On average, the hottest month is July, while January is the coldest. Bellevue gets an average of {{Convert|32.02|in|mm}} of rain per year, based on data from 1981 to 2013. However, the city published an analysis of rainfall stating that 2016 saw an unusually high {{Convert|47.14|in|mm}} of rainfall, and that rainfall in 2014–2016 was trending unusually high.{{cite web | url=https://stage.bellevuewa.gov/sites/default/files/media/pdf_document/2016%20Rainfall%20Analysis.pdf | title=2016 Rainfall Analysis | work=bellevuewa.gov | access-date = March 3, 2021}} The wet season of 2017, defined as the period from October through April, saw a similar rainfall of {{Convert|47.26|in|mm}}.{{cite web | url=https://bellevuewa.gov/sites/default/files/media/pdf_document/2017%20Wet%20Season%20Analysis.pdf | title=2017 Wet Season Rainfall Analysis October 1, 2016 – April 30, 2017 | work=bellevuewa.gov | access-date= March 16, 2021}}

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{{See also|List of companies based in Bellevue, Washington}}

Bellevue is an economic hub of the Seattle region's Eastside and home to the headquarters of various sizes, including the U.S. operations for many international firms. Since 2005, the city has become a hub for software engineering and other technology development centers. These include PACCAR Inc, T-Mobile US, Eddie Bauer, SAP Concur, and Symetra. Bellevue hosts a number of satellite offices for large technology companies such as eBay, Meta, ByteDance, Oracle, Salesforce, Google, and Microsoft; Microsoft was at one point headquartered in Bellevue but has since moved to the neighboring community of Redmond, Washington. Celebrated video game companies Valve, Bungie, Sucker Punch Productions, and The Pokémon Company International are also based here.

In 2019, Amazon{{Cite web | url = https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-details-plan-for-bellevue-expansion-bringing-several-thousand-jobs-in-coming-years/ | title = Amazon details plan for Bellevue expansion, bringing several thousand jobs in coming years | date = April 3, 2019 | website = The Seattle Times | language = en-US|access-date=July 2, 2019}} and Facebook{{Cite web | url = https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2019/01/28/facebook-block-16-spring-district-bellevue.html | title = Facebook leases 11-story Block 16 in Bellevue's Spring District | last = Stewart | first = Ashley | date = January 28, 2019 |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |access-date=July 2, 2019}} announced plans to open large engineering centers in Bellevue with plans to add several thousand employees.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/06/amazon-says-it-will-create-15000-jobs-in-bellevue-washingtonr.html|title=Amazon says it will create 15,000 jobs in Bellevue, Washington, and build its biggest tower ever|last=Palmer|first=Annie|date=February 6, 2020|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=February 6, 2020}} In 2018, Google also opened a major engineering facility in downtown Bellevue.{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Ashley |last2=Stiles |first2=Marc |date=August 24, 2018 |title=Sources: Google leases 80,000 square feet in Bellevue office complex and plans to take more |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/08/24/google-bellevue-office-lease-one-twelfth-a-twelfth.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |access-date=July 2, 2019}} {{As of|2020}}, there are several high-rise office buildings in Downtown Bellevue that are under construction or in active planning and design phases, including Bellevue 600, part of a major Amazon campus.{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=January 9, 2020 |title=Legacy adds to Bellevue development boom with plans for 2 office towers |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12128668.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |url-access=subscription |access-date=August 18, 2020}}{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=February 7, 2020 |title=More details emerge for 2-tower Amazon development in Bellevue |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12129468.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=August 18, 2020}} Several high-rise residential buildings are also planned in downtown, spurred in part by future light rail service, on former retail and low-rise commercial lots.{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=February 28, 2019 |title=On the Block: Avenue Bellevue offers 'city within a city' including some grandkid-friendly condos |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12119505.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=August 18, 2020}}{{cite web |date=March 2020 |title=Downtown Bellevue Major Projects List |url=https://bellevuewa.gov/sites/default/files/media/pdf_document/lu_MajorProjects.pdf |publisher=City of Bellevue |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818193625/https://bellevuewa.gov/sites/default/files/media/pdf_document/lu_MajorProjects.pdf |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |access-date=August 18, 2020}} {{As of|2024}}, Amazon has 12,000 employees in Bellevue and has reduced its workforce in Seattle.{{cite news |last=Nickelsburg |first=Monica |date=March 20, 2024 |title=As Seattle lost 10K Amazon employees, the company added corporate workers in Bellevue |url=https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-lost-10-000-amazon-employees-in-4-years-bellevue-gained |publisher=KUOW |accessdate=March 21, 2024}}

By the late 2010s, Microsoft had become the largest employer in Bellevue, where it had several offices to supplement its headquarters campus in Redmond. The company's workforce in the city peaked at 9,300 in 2021 and later declined as it consolidated offices at its headquarters and vacated its leased offices pace in Downtown Bellevue and Eastgate.{{cite news |last=Halverson |first=Alex |date=July 10, 2024 |title=Microsoft was a key part of downtown Bellevue. Now it has all but left |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft-was-a-key-part-of-downtown-bellevue-now-it-has-all-but-left/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=July 16, 2024}} Other technology companies, including ByteDance and The Pokémon Company International, have since expanded their office leases in Downtown Bellevue.{{cite news |last=Halverson |first=Alex |date=May 28, 2024 |title=Office 180: How did a business-friendly city lose its largest employer? |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2024/05/28/microsoft-bellevue-exit-redmond-campus-expansion.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |accessdate=July 16, 2024}}

According to the City's 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,{{cite web |date=June 27, 2025 |title=City of Bellevue, Washington: Annual Comprehensive Financial Report For the Year Ended December 31, 2024 |url=https://bellevuewa.gov/sites/default/files/media/pdf_document/2025/washington-2024-annual-report.pdf |access-date=June 30, 2025 |website=City of Bellevue |page=193}} the largest employers in the city are:

The city has numerous thriving commercial districts, with four major shopping centers: Bellevue Square in the downtown area, Factoria Mall to the south, Crossroads Mall to the east, and the Overlake Shopping District in the north.

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As of 2018, one in three Bellevue residents was born outside the United States, most likely due to the prevalence of multinational technology companies in the city. Around 23% of Bellevue's well-educated workforce are in engineering or science-related industries. About half of its residents identify as a person of color or ethnic minority.

According to a 2018 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $113,698. In a 2020 survey of Centers for Disease Control data, Bellevue was ranked first among small U.S. cities with the highest percentage of physically active adults, with 86 percent reporting that they exercise.{{cite news |last=Clarridge |first=Christine |date=April 18, 2022 |title=3 WA cities among nation's most physically active |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/3-wa-cities-among-nations-most-physically-active/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=April 22, 2022}}

In 2006, Bellevue was rated one of the 25 safest cities in America,{{cite news | url = https://money.cnn.com/2006/10/30/real_estate/Most_dangerous_cities/index.htm | title = Most dangerous cities | publisher = CNNMoney.com | author = Christie, Les | date = October 30, 2006 | access-date = July 18, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080719045739/https://money.cnn.com/2006/10/30/real_estate/Most_dangerous_cities/index.htm | archive-date = July 19, 2008|url-status=live}} based on the per-capita incidence of violent crime.

As of the 2020 census, there were 151,854 people, 60,953 households, and 39,419 families residing in the city.{{Cite web|title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: Household Type |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Bellevue%20city,%20Washington%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=June 19, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}} The population density was {{convert|4538.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 64,688 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 44.7% White, 2.6% African American, 0.4% Native American, 40.6% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 3.4% from some other races and 8.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 7.3% of the population.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} 20.0% of residents were under the age of 18, 4.9% were under 5 years of age, and 14.6% were 65 and older.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

As of the 2010 census, there were 122,363 people, 50,355 households, and 32,145 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|3827.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 55,551 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1737.6|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 62.6% White, 2.2% African American, 0.4% Native American, 27.6% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 3.1% from other races, and 3.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 7.0% of the population.

There were 50,355 households, of which 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.9% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.2% were non-families. 28.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.97.

The median age in the city was 38.5 years. 21.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 30.8% were from 25 to 44; 26.5% were from 45 to 64; and 13.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.1% male and 49.9% female.

Bellevue is the site of the annual Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair (originally Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair), held since 1947 during the last weekend in July.

The biennial Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition draws thousands of visitors to the Downtown Park to view up to 46 three-dimensional artworks from artists around the country.

In celebration of its strawberry farming history, Bellevue holds an annual Strawberry Festival on the fourth weekend in June at Crossroads Park.{{cite web | year = 2018 | url = http://www.bellevuestrawberryfestival.org/Index.asp | title = Bellevue Strawberry Festival | access-date = November 15, 2018}} The festival initially began in 1925, and continued to 1942 when many Bellevue's strawberry farmers were incarcerated as part of the Japanese Internment. In 1987 the festival was resumed as a one evening event, and in 2003 it was expanded back to a multi-day festival.{{cite web | last1 = Trescases | first1 = Heather | title = Strawberry Festival Historical Sketch | url = http://bellevuestrawberryfestival.org/Content.asp?ID=362 | website = Bellevue, WA Strawberry Festival | access-date = February 22, 2017 | archive-date = August 8, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070808002029/http://bellevuestrawberryfestival.org/Content.asp?ID=362 | url-status = dead }}

Bellevue is host to the Northwest Ukrainian International Festival, founded in 2017 and one of the largest Ukrainian culture festivals in the United States.{{cite news |last=Saunders |first=Hannah |date=September 9, 2022 |title=Northwest Ukrainian International Festival returns to Bellevue |url=https://www.bellevuereporter.com/news/northwest-ukrainian-international-festival-returns-to-bellevue/ |work=Bellevue Reporter |accessdate=December 30, 2023}} Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, the Grand Kyiv Ballet has been based at the International Ballet Academy in Bellevue.{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Mike |date=December 20, 2023 |title=How Bellevue became home to Ukraine's ballet diaspora |url=https://www.kuow.org/stories/how-bellevue-became-home-to-ukraine-s-ballet-diaspora |publisher=KUOW |accessdate=December 30, 2023}}

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The Bellevue Arts Museum first opened in 1975, then moved to Bellevue Square in 1983. In 2001, the museum moved into its own building, designed by Steven Holl. The museum subsequently ran into financial difficulties and was closed to the public in 2003. After a lengthy fundraising campaign, a remodel, and a new mission to become a national center for the fine art of craft and design, the museum reopened on June 18, 2005 with an exhibition of teapots.{{cite web | last = Pastier | first = John | date = January 8, 2001 | url = http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=2936 | title = Bellevue Art Museum | publisher = HistoryLink.org | access-date = December 7, 2006}}

The Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art – now closed – contained one of the largest doll collections in the world—more than a thousand dolls—displayed on two floors of a Victorian-style building,{{cite web | year = 2006 | url = http://www.dollart.com/ | title = Rosalie Whyel Doll Museum | access-date = December 7, 2006 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061014223521/http://www.dollart.com/ | archive-date = October 14, 2006}} which is now the site of the KidsQuest Children's Museum.

Near Interstate 405 is Meydenbauer Center, a convention center that brings corporate meetings and charity events to the downtown area. Meydenbauer also includes a 410-seat theater which attracts operas, ballets, and orchestral performances.{{cite news | title = Study Meydenbauer expansion options carefully | author = Wallace, Robert | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2007/07/09/focus5.html | newspaper = Puget Sound Business Journal | date = July 8, 2007 | access-date = December 16, 2010}}

The city government has planned to build a performing arts center, tentatively named the Tateuchi Center (named for philanthropist Ina Tateuchi), since the 1980s.{{cite news | last = Rosenberg | first = Mike | date = March 16, 2018 | title = Fight rages on over Kemper's private helicopter landing spot in downtown Bellevue | url = https://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/fight-rages-on-over-kempers-private-helicopter-landing-spot-in-downtown-bellevue/ | work = The Seattle Times | access-date = December 20, 2018}} It would include a 2,000-seat concert hall, offices, and creative spaces at a site in Downtown Bellevue. The $200 million project is partially funded with private donations and grants from the city and county governments.{{cite news | last = Kelety | first = Josh | date = April 16, 2018 | title = County Funding for Eastside Performing Arts Center in Jeopardy | url = http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/county-funding-for-eastside-performing-arts-center-in-jeopardy/ | work = Seattle Weekly | access-date = December 20, 2018}}

Since the 1970s, the city has taken an active role in ensuring that its commercial development does not overwhelm its natural land and water resources.{{cite book | title = Yard, Street, Park: The Design of Suburban Open Space | year = 1996 | publisher = John Wiley and Sons | isbn = 978-0-471-17844-6 | pages = 213–216 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=u6xqBKdpSdgC&pg=PA213 | author1 = Girling, Cynthia L. | author2 = Helphand, Kenneth I.}} Today, the Bellevue Parks and Community Services Department manages more than {{convert|2,500|acre|km2}} of parks and open spaces, including the Downtown Park and the Bellevue Botanical Garden, as well as several playgrounds, beach parks, and trails. More than 5,500 Bellevue residents participate in volunteer activities through this department annually.{{cite web | url = http://www.bellevuewa.gov/pdf/Parks/bellevue_parks_at_a_glance.pdf | title = Bellevue Parks at a Glance | author = Bellevue Parks & Community Services | year = 2010 | access-date = December 16, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101216165530/http://bellevuewa.gov/pdf/Parks/bellevue_parks_at_a_glance.pdf | archive-date = December 16, 2010 |url-status=dead}}

Bellevue was home to the American Basketball Association team, the Bellevue Blackhawks. The Blackhawks in 2005, despite being ranked 13th in the league, made it to the championship game in front of 15,000 fans in Little Rock, Arkansas.{{cite news|date=November 1, 2006|title=IBAC Corporation Unit Announces Alignment with the American Basketball Associations (ABA) Arkansas Rivercatz|newspaper=Business Wire|url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5978352/IBAC-Corporation-Unit-Announces-Alignment.html|url-status=live|access-date=December 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615065910/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5978352/IBAC-Corporation-Unit-Announces-Alignment.html|archive-date=June 15, 2011}} The team has been inactive since 2006.{{cite web | url = http://www.slamonline.com/online/columnists/2008/12/dead-balls/ | title = Dead Balls: A reporter exposes the ABA graveyard | last1 = Caputo | first1 = Matt | last2 = Munson | first2 = Chris | date = December 3, 2008 | work = SLAM Magazine Online | access-date = December 16, 2010}}

The city has a small baseball stadium, Bannerwood Park, that has a listed capacity of 700 spectators.{{cite web |title=GCU Baseball 2020 Media Guide |page=11 |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gculopes.com/documents/2020/2/11/2020_GCU_Baseball_Media_Guide.pdf |publisher=Grand Canyon University |accessdate=February 23, 2023}} The Seattle Redhawks of the Western Athletic Conference, an NCAA Division I baseball team, have played their home games in Bellevue since 2010.{{cite news |last=Willits |first=Joel |date=February 24, 2010 |title=Seattle University opens up season at Bannerwood Park with loss to St. Martin's |url=https://www.bellevuereporter.com/sports/seattle-university-opens-up-season-at-bannerwood-park-with-loss-to-st-martins/ |work=Bellevue Reporter |accessdate=February 23, 2023}}

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Bellevue has a council-manager form of government with seven non-partisan council members elected at large for staggered four-year terms.{{cite web | url = http://www.mrsc.org/cityprofiles/cityprofile.aspx?id=12 | title = Washington City and Town Profiles | website = MRSC.org | access-date = January 26, 2016}} The City Council selects a Mayor from among its members (not by popular vote), who serves as council chair for two years but has no veto power. {{As of|2024}}, the mayor is Lynne Robinson and the deputy mayor is Mo Malakoutian.{{cite press release |date=January 5, 2024 |title=Council Roundup: Robinson elected to third term as mayor |url=https://bellevuewa.gov/city-news/council-roundup-1-2-24 |publisher=City of Bellevue |accessdate=April 6, 2025}} The mayor administrates council meetings, helps set the issues on the council's meeting agendas, and serves as the city's most visible spokesperson. Operational authority is held by the city manager, who administers the city's day-to-day activities. The city manager is also elected by the seven members of the council instead of by popular vote.

Politically, the city leans strongly Democratic,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} much like the Seattle/King County area as a whole.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Of the 61,742 residents who cast ballots in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, 66.11% voted for Hillary Clinton, compared to 24.58% for Donald Trump.{{Cite news | url = https://data.kingcounty.gov/Election-results/2016-General-Election-Results-by-precinct-complete/b27z-cdmk/data | title = 2016 General – Election Results by precinct (complete eCanvass dataset) {{!}} King County {{!}} Open Data|work=King County|access-date=March 23, 2018|language=en}}{{failed verification|date=January 2024|reason=The given reference does not contain this specific statistic}}

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The vast majority of the city is served by the Bellevue School District.{{cite map |author=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division |date=December 21, 2020 |title=2020 Census – School District Reference Map: King County, WA |page=2 |scale=1:80,000 |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st53_wa/schooldistrict_maps/c53033_king/DC20SD_C53033.pdf |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=August 3, 2022}} There are four main public high schools – Bellevue High School, Interlake High School, Newport High School, and Sammamish High School – as well as two choice lottery high schools, International School and Big Picture School. Newsweek's 2015 ranking of U.S. public high schools placed Interlake at #359 and Newport at #391, with both schools noted for equitably helping low-income students meet average scores on standardized tests.{{cite web | url = http://www.newsweek.com/high-schools/americas-top-high-schools-2015 | title = America's Top High Schools 2015 | work = Newsweek | access-date = January 26, 2016 | date = August 19, 2015}}

Portions of Bellevue also lie within the boundaries of Lake Washington School District, Renton School District and Issaquah School District.

At the higher education level the city is home to Bellevue College, part of the Washington Community and Technical Colleges system.

Bellevue is home to Open Window School, an independent school serving gifted students from kindergarten through eighth grade. The Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle is located in Bellevue, serving students from Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 8. At the elementary level, Bellevue is home to several Montessori schools,{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}} the Eastside's only Waldorf education at Three Cedars School, as well as Bellevue Christian School. The Seattle Japanese School, a Japanese weekend supplementary school, holds its classes in Bellevue.{{cite web | url = http://www.seajschool.org | title = シアトル日本語補習学校 Seattle Japanese School | Home | website = Seajschool.org | access-date = January 26, 2016}}

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Bellevue lies on Interstate 405, the main bypass route for north–south traffic east of Seattle, between its junctions with east–west freeways Interstate 90 and State Route 520. The freeways are connected to Seattle via floating bridges over Lake Washington.{{cite news |last=Whitely |first=Peyton |date=January 3, 2003 |title=Eastside history: I-405 radically altered life east of the lake |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20030103/fourohfive03e/eastside-history-i-405-radically-altered-life-east-of-the-lake |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 10, 2025}} Downtown Bellevue has wide streets with few mid-block connections and an incomplete sidewalk network; it has been labeled as "pedestrian unfriendly" and hostile to cycling.{{cite news |last1=Baruchman |first1=Michelle |last2=Lindblom |first2=Mike |date=December 23, 2019 |title=Bellevue was built for cars. Now, as it prepares for thousands of new workers, the city is reinventing itself. |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/as-amazon-and-others-companies-expand-in-bellevue-the-city-preps-for-thousands-more-commuters/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 10, 2025}}{{cite news |last=Bach |first=Ashley |date=April 9, 2007 |title=A new Bellevue: Step by step to a pedestrian-friendly downtown |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/a-new-bellevue-step-by-step-to-a-pedestrian-friendly-downtown/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 10, 2025}} The city government adopted plans to improve pedestrian and bicycle connections in 2009 and built the first downtown bicycle lane (including some protected sections) in 2018.{{cite news |last=Baruchman |first=Michelle |date=August 1, 2018 |title=Bellevue builds its first downtown bike lane. But there's a catch |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/bellevue-builds-its-first-downtown-bike-lane-but-theres-a-catch/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 10, 2025}}{{cite news |last=Baruchman |first=Michelle |date=May 23, 2019 |title='This works': Downtown Bellevue bike lanes will stay put, more lanes planned |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/this-works-downtown-bellevue-bike-lanes-will-stay-put-more-bike-lanes-planned/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 10, 2025}} The city had 42,000 on-street parking spaces in a 2013 inventory; plans to introduce fees for on-street parking spaces in some neighborhoods were announced in 2025.{{cite news |last=Deshais |first=Nicholas |date=February 10, 2025 |title=Free parking in Bellevue may be ending |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/free-parking-in-bellevue-may-be-ending/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=February 10, 2025}}

Bellevue is the main Eastside hub for both the local transit authority, King County Metro, and Sound Transit, the regional transit system. The Bellevue Transit Center, which serves both Metro and Sound buses, is located in the heart of the downtown business district and is connected to Interstate 405 by NE 6th St. and a direct-access Texas T HOV ramp. Local buses run into Kirkland, Redmond, Issaquah, Renton, and the University District;{{cite web | url = http://transit.metrokc.gov/up/sc/rideralert/ra-022008-bellevuetc.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916104016/http://transit.metrokc.gov/up/sc/rideralert/ra-022008-bellevuetc.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 16, 2008 | title = Revised Boarding Locations at Bellevue Transit Center | date = September 16, 2008 | access-date = January 26, 2017}} regional buses go to Bothell, Lynnwood, Everett, Seattle, Renton, Kent and Auburn, among other cities.{{cite web|title=Bellevue Transit Center|url=http://www.soundtransit.org/x1272.xml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708203158/http://www.soundtransit.org/x1272.xml|archive-date=July 8, 2008|access-date=February 2, 2022|website=Sound Transit}} An electric microtransit shuttle service operated by Circuit, Inc. began operating in August 2023; the app-based service is funded by the city's hotel room tax and fare-free for passengers.{{cite news |last=Cornwell |first=Paige |date=September 5, 2023 |title=How BellHop, Bellevue's all-electric shuttle service, is doing a month in |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/eastside/how-bellhop-bellevues-all-electric-shuttle-service-is-doing-a-month-in/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 4, 2024}}

The 2 Line of Sound Transit's Link light rail system is planned to run from Seattle through Mercer Island and Bellevue before ending in Redmond. The $3.7 billion project was approved by voters in 2008 as part of the Sound Transit 2 ballot measure.{{cite news |last=Lindblom |first=Mike |date=February 15, 2024 |title=Sound Transit sets a date for Bellevue-Redmond trains |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/sound-transit-sets-a-date-for-bellevue-redmond-trains/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 4, 2024}} It began construction in 2016 and was scheduled to begin service in 2023, but was later delayed to 2024 due to construction issues.{{cite news |last=Lindblom |first=Mike |date=January 13, 2023 |title=Lynnwood or Bellevue: Which city should get light-rail service first? |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/lynnwood-or-bellevue-which-city-should-get-light-rail-service-first/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=August 2, 2023}} The first section, from South Bellevue station to Redmond Technology station in Overlake, opened on April 27, 2024.{{cite news |last1=Lindblom |first1=Mike |last2=Kroman |first2=David |date=April 27, 2024 |title=Eastside light rail line opens as huge crowds try out the ride |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/eastside-light-rail-line-opens-as-huge-crowds-try-out-the-ride/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=April 27, 2024}}

The Bellevue City Council lobbied Sound Transit, the regional transit authority, to construct its light rail line underground through Bellevue's rapidly growing downtown.{{Cite news | last = Hicks | first = Joshua Adam | date = March 23, 2010 | url = http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/news/88915807.html | title = Bellevue City Council unanimous on new downtown light-rail tunnel | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100328140259/http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/news/88915807.html | archive-date = March 28, 2010 | newspaper = Bellevue Reporter | access-date = June 8, 2011}} The city government promised to devote between $104 million and $150 million toward a potential tunnel in the form of cash, services, free access to rights-of-way and one-time tax revenues that result from the East Link project. In November 2011, the city council signed an agreement with Sound Transit.{{cite web | url = http://www.bellevuewa.gov/light-rail.htm | title = East Link in Bellevue – Light Rail and Bellevue (Official City of Bellevue Website) | access-date = January 26, 2017|url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170201065806/http://bellevuewa.gov/light-rail.htm | archive-date = February 1, 2017}} Tunnel construction started in early 2016 while the remainder of downtown Bellevue construction began in mid-2017.{{cite web | url = http://www.soundtransit.org/Projects-and-Plans/East-Link-Extension/Project-updates | title = Project updates: East Link Extension | last = drupal.nichole | date = July 8, 2015 | access-date = January 26, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170820162933/https://www.soundtransit.org/Projects-and-Plans/East-Link-Extension/Project-updates | archive-date = August 20, 2017 | url-status = usurped}}

Bellevue was also served by a railroad, a Burlington Northern branch line known as the Woodinville Subdivision, which included the historic Wilburton Trestle. The line is now disused, though part of the track bed at Wilburton Station will be reused by Sound Transit's light-rail construction.{{cite web | url = http://www.soundtransit.org/node/7132 | title = Wilburton Station | date = January 8, 2015 | access-date = January 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814020303/http://www.soundtransit.org/node/7132|archive-date=August 14, 2016|url-status=dead}} Construction of Eastrail, a rail trail on the abandoned Woodinville Subdivision right of way through Bellevue, is planned to be completed in 2023. Some sections of the railroad in Bellevue were demolished in 2008 to make way for the expansion of I-405 and will require the construction of additional structures to supplement the existing right of way.{{Cite web |title=Eastrail |url=https://kingcounty.gov/services/parks-recreation/parks/trails/regional-trails/popular-trails/eastrail.aspx |publisher=King County Parks and Recreation |access-date=April 2, 2021}}

The city once had an operating airfield named Bellevue Airfield, which shut down in 1983.

• William S. Ayer, former president and CEO of Alaska Airlines{{cite web|title=Aviation Veteran William Ayer Named to NBAA Board of Directors|url=https://www.nbaa.org/news/pr/2014/20141217-091.php|last=Hubbard|first=Dan|date=December 17, 2014|publisher=National Business Aviation Association|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216011810/https://www.nbaa.org/news/pr/2014/20141217-091.php|archive-date=February 16, 2015|access-date=December 1, 2015}}
• Ricky Horror, guitarist and backing vocalist of Motionless in White
• Peter Horton, actor{{cite web | title = Peter Horton | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005022/ | website = IMDB | access-date = February 22, 2017}}
• James Love, Director, Knowledge Ecology International{{cite news | last1 = Boseley | first1 = Sarah | title = Big Pharma's worst nightmare | url = https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jan/26/big-pharmas-worst-nightmare | access-date = January 26, 2016 | work = The Guardian | date = January 26, 2016}}
• Rob McKenna, former Attorney General of Washington{{cite news | last = Brunner | first = Jim | title = McKenna's interest in politics began in student government | newspaper = The Seattle Times | date = July 16, 2012 | url = http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mckennas-interest-in-politics-began-in-student-government/ | access-date = December 1, 2015}}
• Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft{{cite web | title = Satya Nadella | website = Microsoft | date = February 4, 2014 | url = http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/ceo/index.html| access-date=February 4, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912183900/https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/ceo/index.html| archive-date=September 12, 2014| url-status=dead | df = mdy-all}}
• Gabe Newell, owner of Valve
• Timothy Omundson, actor{{cite news | last = Owen | first = Rob | newspaper = The Seattle Times | date = January 2, 2015 | title = 'Galavant' takes Bellevue's Timothy Omundson back to his theater roots | url = http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/lsquogalavantrsquo-takes-bellevuersquos-timothy-omundson-back-to-his-theater-roots/ | access-date = December 1, 2015}}
• Ann Reinking, Broadway actress, dancer and choreographer
• Larry Sanger, Wikipedia co-founder

{{cite news | first = Marshall | last = Poe | title = The Hive | url = https://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200609/wikipedia/2 | work = The Atlantic Monthly | date = September 2006 | page = 2 | access-date = March 25, 2007}}

• Layne Staley, former lead singer of Alice in Chains
• Ann Wilson, co-founder of Heart{{cite magazine | last = McLane | first = Daisann | title = Heart Attack | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/heart-attack-19800515 | magazine = Rolling Stone Magazine | date = May 15, 1980}}
• Nancy Wilson, co-founder of Heart

• Josh Atencio, soccer player{{Cite web |title=Josh Atencio |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/josh-atencio/ |access-date=March 10, 2025 |website=Major League Soccer}}
• Budda Baker, professional football player, safety for Arizona Cardinals{{Cite web|title=Budda Baker Stats|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BakeBu00.htm|access-date=March 4, 2021|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|language=en}}
• Sue Bird, former basketball player for Seattle Storm
• Matthew Boyd, MLB pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
• Michael Brantley, Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder for the Houston Astros{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brantmi02.shtml |title=Michael Brantley stats |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=October 11, 2019}}
• P. J. Brown, soccer player{{Cite web |title=P. J. Brown |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/4c46c7cb/P-J-Brown |access-date=February 14, 2025 |website=FBref}}
• Bobby Bruch, soccer player and coach{{Cite web |title=MISL– |url=https://www.nasljerseys.com/MISL/Players/B/Bruch.Bobby.htm |access-date=February 14, 2025 |website=(NASL) jerseys}}
• Matt Hague, former MLB first baseman, currently the hitting coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Tim Lincecum, former MLB pitcher
• Fredy Montero, soccer player who represented Colombia{{cite news |last=Evans |first=Jayda |date=December 14, 2022 |title=Sounders' all-time leading scorer Fredy Montero will return for 2023 season |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/sounders/sounders-all-time-leading-scorer-fredy-montero-will-return-for-2023-season/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 17, 2023}}
• Dave Niehaus, former broadcaster for California Angels and Seattle Mariners, recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award{{cite news|last1=Stone|first1=Larry|date=November 10, 2010|title=Mariners broadcaster Dave Niehaus dies|work=The Seattle Times|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/mariners/2013399999_niehaus11.html|url-status=live|access-date=December 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020093217/http://seattletimes.com/html/mariners/2013399999_niehaus11.html|archive-date=20 October 2012}}
• John Olerud, former MLB first baseman for Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners{{cite web | title = Olerud inducted into WIAA Hall of Fame | date = May 2, 2009 | url = http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/sports/43180557.html | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090930054312/http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/sports/43180557.html | archive-date = September 30, 2009 | df = mdy-all}}
• Detlef Schrempf, former All-Star NBA player for Seattle SuperSonics
• Matthew Sheldon, soccer player{{Cite web |title=Matthew Sheldon |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/6d9fe7bd/Matthew-Sheldon |access-date=March 10, 2025 |website=FBref}}
• Robert Stock, MLB pitcher for the San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, and New York Mets{{cite web | title = Robert Stock | url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stockro01.shtml | work = Baseball-Reference.com | access-date = October 31, 2019}}
• Chuck Swirsky, NBA broadcaster for Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors
• Matt Tuiasosopo, former MLB baseball player and the current 3rd base coach for the Atlanta Braves

Bellevue has the following sister cities:{{cite web | url = http://www.ltgov.wa.gov/International/Washington%20Organizations/Sisters/ | title = Washington's Sister Cities, Counties, States and Ports | publisher = Washington State Lieutenant Governor's Office|url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121105144331/http://www.ltgov.wa.gov/International/Washington%20Organizations/Sisters/ | archive-date = November 5, 2012}}{{cite web | url = http://www.sister-cities.org/icrc/directory/usa/WA | title = Online Directory: Washington, USA | publisher = Sister Cities International|url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081001202933/http://www.sister-cities.org/icrc/directory/USA/WA | archive-date = October 1, 2008}}

• {{flagdeco|ROC}} Hualien, Taiwan
• {{flagdeco|JPN}} Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
• {{flagdeco|CZE}} Kladno, Czech Republic{{cite web | url = http://www.mestokladno.cz/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=6506&id=1401504&query=partnersk%C3%A1+m%C4%9Bsta&p1=955 | title = Partnerská města Kladna | date = December 1, 2009 | language = cs | access-date = April 7, 2010}}
• {{flagdeco|LVA}} Liepāja, Latvia

• Gontmakher Mansion
• Lakemont, Washington

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