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Europe's 50 Greatest Cities

Fifty great cities in Europe, evaluated according to a points system.

The points system is as follows: a city will b acorded up from one to ten points in each of the following categories:

1. Architecture
2. Historical importance
3. Shopping
4. Food and drink
5. Population size
6. Cultural facilities (museums, art, libraries etc.)

According to this system London gains the maximum in all categories: 60 points (10 points for architecure with major buildings by important architects + 10 points for major historical importance(seat of Empire, Blitz) + 10 points for shopping + 10 points for cuisine (huge range available) + 10 points (8 million people) + 10 points (art galleries, muesums, concerts etc).

Only Paris also has 60 points.

Discussion points/ Opinions welcomed.
1. London 6155 people
United Kingdom > England
  
2. Paris 6026 people
France > Ile de France
  
3. Barcelona 2215 people
Spain > Catalunya > Barcelona (Province)
  
4. Berlin 1614 people
Germany
  
5. Istanbul 1173 people
Turkey
  
6. Edinburgh 788 people
United Kingdom > Scotland
  
7. Venezia 2104 people
Italy > Veneto
  
8. Madrid 1074 people
Spain > Comunidad De Madrid
  
9. Roma 2988 people
Italy > Lazio
  
10. Wien 837 people
Austria
  
11. Dublin 1264 people
Ireland > Leinster > County Dublin
  
12. Athens 1170 people
Greece > Attica > Athens Prefecture
  
13. Sankt-Peterburg 1130 people
Russia > Northwestern Federal District
  
14. Moskva 1565 people
Russia > Central Federal District
  
15. Marseille 126 people
France > Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur > Provence > Bouches-du-Rhône
  
16. Warszawa 168 people
Poland > Mazowieckie
  
17. Kraków 228 people
Poland > Małopolskie
  
18. Praha 2333 people
Czech Republic
  
19. Firenze 788 people
Italy > Toscana
  
20. Napoli 187 people
Italy > Campania > Provincia di Napoli
  
21. Torino 45 people
Italy > Piemonte
  
22. Milano 597 people
Italy > Lombardia > Provincia Di Milano
  
23. Toulouse 31 people
France > Midi-Pyrénées
  
24. Lisboa 419 people
Portugal > Grande Lisboa
  
25. Budapest 879 people
Hungary
  
26. Stockholm 761 people
Sweden > Stockholms Län
  
27. Copenhagen 681 people
Denmark > Hovedstaden
  
28. Helsinki 503 people
Finland > Uusimaa
  
29. Vilnius 51 people
Lithuania
  
30. München 393 people
Germany > Bayern
  
31. Belgrade 63 people
Serbia
  
32. Dresden 95 people
Germany > Sachsen
  
33. Glasgow 403 people
United Kingdom > Scotland
  
34. Amsterdam 3569 people
Netherlands > Noord-Holland
  
35. Granada 164 people
Spain > Andalucia > Granada (Province)
  
36. Bologna 41 people
Italy > Emilia Romagna
  
37. Sevilla 287 people
Spain > Andalucia > Sevilla (Province)
  
38. Nice 328 people
France > Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur > Provence > Alpes-Maritimes
  
39. Lyon 80 people
France > Rhône-Alpes
  
40. Manchester 210 people
United Kingdom > England > Greater Manchester
  
41. Siena 57 people
Italy > Toscana
  
42. Zürich 273 people
Switzerland > Canton of Zürich
  
43. ’s Gravenhage 29 people
Netherlands > Zuid-Holland
  
44. Lviv 23 people
Ukraine > Lvivska
  
45. Hamburg 150 people
Germany
  
46. Oslo 399 people
Norway
  
47. Sarajevo 75 people
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
48. Plovdiv 4 people
Bulgaria > Plovdiv Oblast
  
49. Bilbao 42 people
Spain > País Vasco > Vizcaya
  
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Created by Tadeusz598 on Nov 23, 2006.