Notable Cities of Europe
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Created by salamista on Mar 05, 2006.
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New cities — 6 weeks ago
Hello. Added Prague, Naples, Strasbourg, Oxford, Geneva, Moscow, Toulouse, Turin, Palermo, cordova, Pisa and Cologne
VeryBadDogs
West Lafayette
Trim a bit? — 1 year ago
Why is St. Petersburg on the list twice?
And, if anything, I think it’s worth trimming – “Notable” should be a city that really stands out, not just someplace that’s fun to visit.
I’d replace Nice with Monaco, personally – it seems a bit more distinctive.
Mayhem17
Vancouver
What on earth is Birmingham doing on this list?? — 1 year ago
Lived there for 4 years and the best bits were the motorways heading out.
lunalie
Toronto
Hamburg — 2 years ago
I’m happy Hamburg made it as high as it did..it’s a beautiful, not-too-touristy city, and I always miss the Elbe and the Gaensemarkt. Unfortunately, you can’t say the same for Prague in terms of the tourists…when I was in Prague, the population seemed to be made up solely of tourists. Sad, really. (But I loved it nonetheless!)
BGGirlinUS
Davis
Where is Prague? — 2 years ago
The exclusion of Prague from this list is inexcusable. It is not only one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, but in the world
thattaylorgirl
Lexington
Prague — 2 years ago
I’m so excited to see Prague this summer!! I can’t wait!!
wysiwyg
Southampton
interesting list, but... — 2 years ago
if Birmingham is worth putting on the list, then so are a whole load more cities. It is worth visiting, but not necessarily in the context of this list I think.
Tadeusz598
Florianópolis
Notable cities: a points system? — 2 years ago
It seems to me that the list could easily be expanded to include about 80 cities.
I would suggest that the criteria have to be refined substantially.
a. Are the cities in question notable for historical events? or as capitals?
b. Should population size be the criteria, with larger cities being given priority?
c. Or is architecture the main thing?
d. Or economic importance?
e. Or cultural facilities? (museums, galleries, libraries, bookshops
f. Food and Drink?
Perhaps one could develop a points system, according points to each of these criteria, so that Paris, which is important for a all six would be awarded the maximum of 60 points, while Bruges, which is only important in point c. and e. would get 20 points.
London is the only other city that would get this maximum score.
A city like Warsaw, which is medium sized would get 10 for historical events, only 5 for population, five for economic importance and perhaps 5 for architecture, and 5 for cultural facilities and 5 for food, totalling get 30 points (I may be being generous here).
Only cities which reached up to 30 points would be included?
What do you think?
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