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Culture and arts are divided into five main categories:

• literature,
• visual arts
• music
• film, media
• theatre and other performing arts

Its workers constitute the core arts work-force. Outside the core is the rest of the creative sector in its broader sense, for example:

publishers, libraries, archives, bookshops, design, advertising, galleries, handicraft, museums, cultural heritage, cultural tourism, cultural politics, restoration, exhibitions, landscaping of gardens and parks, music publishers, production of and trade with musical instruments, recording studios, film, TV, radio and video production/distribution, cinemas, circus, theatre opera and entertainment, intellectuals of all kinds, scientists, developers of new technologies for example within the IT-sector.

According to a new study by the EU, including the EFTA countries, Romania and Bulgaria, the core art workforce is constantly growing and today constitutes between 2,5-3 % of all jobs in any country.

When using the definition creative sector in a broader sense encompassing all types of creative works the figure is about 30% of the whole labour market in any country - with very high percentages for places like Helsinki (40 %) and Ile-de-France (45 %).