What's your favourite city in Europe?

[Kalle]

Europe is full of Great Cities, I think more than anywhere else. But I still have to say that my favourite city is London.
Tell me yours!

[wisla_krakow]

Swiebodzin.

[Accura]

Manchester

[Grumpy]

Paris

[coth]

^ And for me as well may be. I like its huge very dense lowrise center.

[wjfox2004]

1. London
2. Paris
3. Amsterdam

[georg 5]

1. London
2. Wien
3. Berlin

[KRIS6981]

Paris

[golscorer4]

Zurich

[LFRENCH]

Paris:tup:
Nice
Arles
only ones i've been too aside from Frankfurt airport:P

[Basethor]

Paris
Copenhagen
Ortigia

[DTiger]

Paris, Berlin, London, Barcelona and many more.... :yes:

[olga]

Berlin (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=95086)

[Nightsky]

Barcelona! Because of the many exciting architectures and nightlife. It also has tall buildings.

London and Prague are also really good, but London is too cold and Prague has no skyscrapers. And Paris is too tourist unfriendly. Haven't been to Madrid and Milan though.

[staff]

Well, from a objective view I would say Paris or London.

"My style" of cities, however, are Hamburg, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Berlin etc.
Rough-n-rugged, liberal, party, beer, progressive architecturewise and so on.

[pimvdh]

Rotterdam have's the second biggest harbour in the world. And it has old historic buildings. But it is also the city with the most skyscrapers in the Netherlands. I love it.

[linlueyfu]

Hamburg!!!

[Glacierfed]

Wien/Vienna

[SHiRO]

Barcelona currently.

(other favourites: Amsterdam, London, Copenhagen, Paris, Rome, Berlin, etc, etc)

[pricemazda]

I love that a guy from Sweden doesn't like London because its too cold!

[Jonas]

London for it's liveliness and multicultural touch. Even after I came here for the first time (that was back in December 2004) I felt somewhat familiar with it. After spending here 1 year I feel like if I were living here for my whole life. I doubt I'd feel the same in any other city in Europe. :okay:

[Psycotrop]

I only know Madrid, Lisboa and Istambul. My favourite of this three is Madrid, of course. ;)

[phillyskyline]

Amsterdam for its culture, food & women.

[Sacto]

Paris, baby!!!

[Mercutio]

London. Of course I may be biased but I think it's the most varied and cosmopolitan city in the world. I have travelled all over the world and I've barely seen a city that can match the variety of architecture, neighbourhoods, and people as London. I love the parks, the river, and the architectural contrasts between the grand Victoriana and contemporary glass and steel. The nightlife, culture, entertainment, and restaurant scenes are superb too - arguably the most varied in the world. :)

[caltrane74]

Any city in Switerzland. ( Zurich, Geneva thats were i fly to buy my handcrafted watches )

and

Paris. of course.

[pierre-laurent]

PARIS..of course,:yes: the nicest city on the world, there are the brightest monuments, the brightest culture, the most interesting places for leisure activities, this is the city of the love..so in a word, paris is the perfection itself ...i really don't understand that a such question had been asked..ha ha.. no, friends, i'm joking:haha: there are else europran cities which 're as interesting as Paris, even if i support Paris..;)

[tuy]

Jena, Germany
London

[SrbijaCG]

This thread should be renamed - into "name your city"

Personally, I liked Ljubljana a LOT. This city, which is 5 times smaller than nearby Vienna, impressed me a lot more than Vienna, with its livelyness, architecture, the restaurants that line the Ljubljanica river (for a moment there, it seemed Ljubljana had more restaurants in its downtown core than much larger Belgrade)

And the language spoken there of course, doesn't differ much from Serbian so you don't need to strain yourself too much:D

Its definately the #1 city on my list of places that i'd like to re-visit. Probably will this summer:)

[SHiRO]

This thread should be renamed - into "name your city"

Why? Most people didn't name their own city and if they did, named other cities as well.
What's wrong with living in your favourite city? They way I see it you are doing things right if you do (so move out of Toronto already...;)).

[Kika]

Barcelona, Lisbon, Granada, Venice and Paris :)

[ringil]

I've always liked Paris :)

[wjfox2004]

London. Of course I may be biased but I think it's the most varied and cosmopolitan city in the world. I have travelled all over the world and I've barely seen a city that can match the variety of architecture, neighbourhoods, and people as London. I love the parks, the river, and the architectural contrasts between the grand Victoriana and contemporary glass and steel. The nightlife, culture, entertainment, and restaurant scenes are superb too - arguably the most varied in the world. :)
Totally agree :cheers:

[stef54]

Praha
Paris
Amsterdam

[Bergenser]

Innsbruck here!

[blimey]

I stick with London on this one, though not because i live here. Actually, it's the other way around - i live here because it's my favourite city :yes:

[LSyd]

Glasgow. it's also my favorite city in the world.

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[oLeG]

London for me too. City make a big progreses and i'm happy that we have such a cool modern city in Europe.

[Amoroso]

Roma

[svast]

This will result in a endless list of the most wellknown cities of the world. But that is normal I will say. The big city, like London or Rome, always have more to explore the next time. On the other hand all those small towns is worth visiting. And the small town or neigbourhood exist in the big city and thats why you find it that interesting.

So, London and Rome because I've been there and like to see them again!

[blackhawk]

Paris and Vienna.

[Metropolitan]

Well there are 4 cities worldwide which are my clear favourites : New York, Paris, Hong Kong and Rio de Janeiro. Unfortunately, I've been only in Paris and New York, but there's no way I won't visit Hong Kong and Rio during my life.

As for my favourite European cities, outside Paris, I've enjoyed a lot Barcelona, Berlin, Madrid, Naples, and of course Rome. I also like being in Marseille. Those are the places where I've felt particularly well. This being said, there are a lot more fantastic cities in Europe.

[Notts]

In order:

1. Nottingham
2 Birmingham
3. London
4. Zurich
5. Manchester

[UNRAVEL]

I don't have any favourite city in Europe, in Europe every city can offer things that you cannot find in other european city, that's what makes Europe a great pleace to live :D

[ibz]

Berlin

[sf_eddo]

Paris
Munich
Prague

[aturken]

istanbul, because one leg in europa and the other in asia, and just a fifteen minute journey will bring you from one continent to another, by crossing Bosphorus, which is one of the most remarkable water passage in the world.

[Riise]

1. Sevilla/Zurich
3. London

I haven't been to Barca or Amsterdam but had I they probably would have made my top 3.

[Bergenser]

For me the coolest city of course are Frankfurt, but the most beutiful city in Europe (after Bergen ;)) are Innsbruck:
http://www.city-skylines.de/innsbruck1/images/innsbruck.jpg
I love that picture :)

[Rambaldi]

London
Paris
Edinburgh

[samne]

Hamburg
Lyon

there are more beautiful, historic and vibrant, but I felt very comfortable, almost at home in these two cities.

[tradlak]

1. London - human-scaled and cosmopolitan, rich culture
2. Krakow - charming scale, beauty, authentic character
3. Amsterdam - scale, culture, beauty
4. Warsaw - fascinating history and full of energy now
5. Edinburgh

[Panamaboy9016]

I have visited Europe twice and I've visited- Madrid,Barcelona,Zaragoza,Nice,Monte Carlo,Rome,Florence,Athens,Marseille and from all of those cities I think is
1)Barcelona-Amazing gothic city with a really nice beach
2)Rome-Amazing old old architecture
3)Madrid-Amazing architecture but some rude people
4)Zaragoza-Modern city
5)Athens-Just the city with the oldest architecture
6)Florence-nice churches
7)Monte Carlo-Amazing casinos
8)Nice-nice city
9)Marseille-Dirty city

And the one that i found really interesting was Vatican City...so nice and St. Peter's Basilica is just beautiful....
CATHOLICISM!!!!!

[Lotus74]

My favourite is my Hometown Frankfurt,followed by Paris with its old buildings, Berlin with it s permanent changes, New York as World Capital! Sorry London, but the weather is to bad!

[The Mighty Rigadon]

Barcelona

[<Dave>]

Dublin
Amsterdam
Monte Carlo
Venice
Florence
Nice

[wrendog]

Stockholm, Florence and Vienna are top 3

i love paris and london too

[Lover Fighter]

1-Paris
...
....
2-Amsterdam
3-Stockholm, Frankfurt...

Somewhere near the bottom - London

[shane453]

Oslo!

[wjfox2004]

Somewhere near the bottom - London
Why?

[Alar]

1.London
2.Barcelona
3.Paris

[Metropolitan]

Why?I don't want to talk for Caleb, but you simply cannot consider some tastes can't exist. There are loads of people who hate Paris, there are loads of people who hate New York, there are loads of people who hate London. That's just the way it is. You can't consider that it's IMPOSSIBLE to dislike something, whatever it is. Even if you disagree, you have to accept that fact.

[wjfox2004]

Yes, I know. Just curious, that's all...

[Lover Fighter]

Why?
I really wish I knew what it was about the city that drives me away from it. Next time I'm over I'll try and pinpoint it :tup:

[WonderlandPark]

1-Barcelona, a young, vibrant, happening city, I was blown away. This is a city where the best is yet to come
2-London, as diverse a city is hard to find on planet Earth, aside from NYC. New and old, a great world capitol.
3-Hard choice, Paris is great, Rome is amazing, but static. So, I guess, since it is technically mostly in Europe, I go with Istanbul. Another dynamic city where the best is also yet to come.

[jackp]

1. Paris
2. Warsaw
3. Rome

[Keen]

I am only counting places I have been to (and i've been around)

1. London
2. Berlin
3. Barcelona

These really are the 3 coolest cities in Europe!!! Awesome,awesome & awesome.

Places I still have to go:

1. Copenhagen
2. Vienna
3. St. Petersburg

[ukw]

I really loved Vienna, and Prague.

Hamburg also has a special place in my heart.

I did NOT like Paris..

[KRIS6981]

Paris
London
Lyon
Barcelona
Roma

[Artemco]

Почему никто не написал городов нашей огромной Родины?
Никто из рождённых в СССР не смотрел этот thread?

1.Moscow
2.Kiev

[Warcry]

1:London
2:everywhere else
167834637777629989120901878643764371917848262893:paris:haha:

[Jonas]

Почему никто не написал городов нашей огромной Родины?
Никто из рождённых в СССР не смотрел этот thread?


Ja smatriu! ;)
Slava velikomu tovarisciu Stalinu, ura! :notacrook:



:koko:

[anm]

Почему никто не написал городов нашей огромной Родины?
Никто из рождённых в СССР не смотрел этот thread?

1.Moscow
2.Kiev

For the benefit of everybody else, Artem asks:

"Why have nobody written the names of our vast Motherland? Has anybody born in the USSR seen this thread?"
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My answer. To the second part, I have been born in the USSR and have visited this thread. Regarding the first part, IMO, the topic of this thread does not lead to any constructive discussion. Sure, there are many cities in Russia and former SU that are worthy of at least being favorite of somebody... but is it really worth entering pissing match about it? Just get used to the fact that Russia gets no love.

[Amager]

Prague!

[safta20]

I only rate famous cities where I've been to.

1. Paris
2. Stockholm
3. Barcelona
4. London
5. Frankfurt
6. Berlin
7. Helsinki
8. Copenhagen
9. Prague
10. Lissabon
11. Hamburg
12. Amsterdam
13. Gothenburg
14. Tallin
15. Antwerpen
16. Dublin
17. Oslo
18. Belfast

[Zombile]

Frankfurt above Berlin??!!

From the big metropoles I hav visited so far:

- London
- Paris
- Barcelona
- Berlin
- Munich
- Hamburg
- Sevilla
- Cologne :D
- Amsterdam


And I can't decide between Paris and Berlin conercning my favorite.
The next one definitely is Sevilla (a very underestimated city imo)
London's centre looked desperately empty to me with all teh pubs closing around 11/12 am. Though, it has some very cool parts, of course. :tup:

[Warcry]

1:London - Simply amazing in every way
2:York - Bueatiful medieval city magnificant minster(cathedral)
3:Cantabury -Beautiful Medieval city amazing cathedral

[TALLTOWER]

1. Frankfurt tops the list
2.berlin
3.mosow
4.paris la defense
5.london an ugly crowded slum with no real artitechture

[bob_alonso]

Roma
Paris
Barcelona

[Lucas Gavilán]

Paris
Praga
Segovia (Spain)

[daniel_almaguer]

1. Paris (When you say "Europe" your mind goes to Paris.. just because it's too european and it's a simbol of that continent)
2. Rome (So "Roman" ='D)
3. St. Petersburg (Even the 2nd WW, it's really awesome.. you felt like a Zar in their palaces and streets)
4. Milan (So elegant and so metro)
5. Monaco (It's like a movie your stay there)
6. Salamanca (All that incredible ancient architecture by night is the perfect stamp of ancient Spain)
7. Barcelona (Incredible life style, so vibrant, so changing; but too young to be perfect)


London?? i don't think so, London is too, too, TOO boring for me..

[The Dear Leader]

I really enjoyed Brussels. Some people might say that it's a boring city but IMO it's got a lot to offer and it has the right size, not too big, not too small.

[wjfox2004]

London?? i don't think so, London is too, too, TOO boring for me..
Freakin' weirdo.

[Citrus-Fruit]

Lol, I hate these London bashers. Arguably the most entertaining city in the world, the forefront of everything, yet people still feel the need to put it down to make them feel better about themselves.

1. London (thriving, energetic and by far Europes leader)
2. Barcelona (Amazing)
3. Valencia (Apart from the lack of clubs, its got such a nice style to it)
4. Rome (Umm, sexy)
5. Copenhagen (Nice and easy)
6. Paris (Beautiful "in some parts" but a bit dirty and to get into anything give yourself an hour)
7. Glasgow (Superb, but needs more)
8. Dublin (Fresh, modern and above everything else IRISH)
9. Frankfurt (I love the way its adopted skyscrapers, and the street scenes are lovely)
10. Thessalonki (So unheard of, yet better then Athens)

[Lover Fighter]

5.london an ugly crowded slum with no real artitechture
:sly:
I assume that was a joke, and not blatant stupidity.
London is definitely not one of my favourite European cities either, but to deny its important architecture, or just its importance in general is ridiculous.

[The Dear Leader]

Lol, I hate these London bashers. Arguably the most entertaining city in the world, the forefront of everything, yet people still feel the need to put it down to make them feel better about themselves.


You see, that's your opinion. I don't necessarily disagree with you but other people are entitled to their own opinion as well.

[wjfox2004]

5.london an ugly crowded slum with no real artitechture
If you're serious, then that's one of the most stupid comments I've EVER read on this forum.

[pavle051]

#1 paris
#2 thessaloniki/solun
#3 st.petersburg

[daniel_almaguer]

Freakin' weirdo.

Riggghhhhtttt!! whatever you say, i'll still thinking that London is boring FOR ME and that London isn't my favourite city in Europe.. sorry man!! NOT EVERYBODY LIKES LONDON!

1. London (thriving, energetic and by far Europes leader)

WHAT!!.. hey, sorry, but if we're talking about Euro Leaders let me tell you that there's a country called GERMANY.. coucou!!.. sorry, by the way you wanna see your city hundreds of negatives argues will be posted here, just the truth.

[Citrus-Fruit]

WHAT!!.. hey, sorry, but if we're talking about Euro Leaders let me tell you that there's a country called GERMANY.. coucou!!.. sorry, by the way you wanna see your city hundreds of negatives argues will be posted here, just the truth.

One its not my city and TWO ... LIST THEM? :hell: :hell: :hell:

[renthefinn]

Turku

[Mercutio]

You see, that's your opinion. I don't necessarily disagree with you but other people are entitled to their own opinion as well.Yes he's entitled to his opinion. However his comments look decidedly trollish to me. Motivated by what? Envy?? And anyway we are entitled to respond to his opinions of London with our opinions of him. Fair game....

[wjfox2004]

Riggghhhhtttt!! whatever you say, i'll still thinking that London is boring FOR ME and that London isn't my favourite city in Europe.. sorry man!! NOT EVERYBODY LIKES LONDON!
I just don't see how it's logically possible to find London "boring". Please explain.

By the way, I will quote the great Samuel Johnson - "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." ;)



WHAT!!.. hey, sorry, but if we're talking about Euro Leaders let me tell you that there's a country called GERMANY.. coucou!!.. sorry, by the way you wanna see your city hundreds of negatives argues will be posted here, just the truth.
Germany is a country. London is a city.

If we're talking about cities, then London is Europe's leading business/financial centre by a considerable margin.

[holladay]

I'm surprised no one has said Athens as a top choice. It's my personal favorite because of its urbanism, topography, parks, and weather. Especially the parks.

[Grijander]

-Madrid (Amazing city with a future even but impressive)
-London (There is more than enough explanation)

[Metropolitan]

I just don't see how it's logically possible to find London "boring". Please explain.

By the way, I will quote the great Samuel Johnson - "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." ;)If I tell you that London is very sprawled and that this may be seen as boring, will you answer me "go away troll" ?

[nito]

No, because the Green Belt stops the sprawl that is evident around most cities in the world. Technically Paris has sprawl, because there is a vast urban area surrounding the city past the political boundaries - the density might be very high, but it is still sprawl nonetheless.

[The Dear Leader]

Yes he's entitled to his opinion. However his comments look decidedly trollish to me. Motivated by what? Envy?? And anyway we are entitled to respond to his opinions of London with our opinions of him. Fair game....

Personal attacks are just silly though. So he doesn't like London, big f'ing deal. No need to go nuts over that.

[anm]

Yes he's entitled to his opinion. However his comments look decidedly trollish to me. Motivated by what? Envy?? And anyway we are entitled to respond to his opinions of London with our opinions of him. Fair game....

You are entitled to respond to his opinions of London with your opinions of his opinions, not HIM! Or am I missing something?

BTW, I have not been to London, and therefore will refrain from airing my opinions extrapolated from pictures and other people's opinions. So far nobody who has been to London that I personally know ever told me it was a boring city. Americans are blown away (usually), Europeans are less impressed or simply unimpressed, that is definitely the trend I noticed. Is it because most Europeans have damn good cities of their own?;)

[High in the sky]

Ok i´ve lived in Europe for one year and my favorites cities are:
1:London ( no need to say anything)
2:Barcelona (It´s people , superb vibe , crazy town)
3:Frankfurt (It´s architecture)
4:wien: very charming , very friendly people
Sorry guys no Paris here.....Not my kinda of town