Favorite of the EU 25 largest cities
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Quackers
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London.
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Sadly I've only been to two fo these cities, London and Barcelona, and I felt that both are dirty, giant disgusting overpopulated and highly overrated cities.
Though Barcelona has nicer view from its fort (though both have great museums).
Though Barcelona has nicer view from its fort (though both have great museums).
stuge
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I haven't been able to travel much in Europe yet, but if Vienna is anything like a scaled-up Salzburg, I'd love it to pieces.
I'd really like to know if London's ahead because of British/English patriotism or if there are really tourists who genuinely like that city.
Because I've been to 15 cities of that list and among them, London would rank as worst.
Edit: sorry, I just realized Naples is part of it as well
Because I've been to 15 cities of that list and among them, London would rank as worst.
Edit: sorry, I just realized Naples is part of it as well
Lillefix
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It's a little dark I suppose but it has it's charm and many beautiful buildings. And it has a very good subway system. What exactly is so wrong with it(besides the fact that you're likely to be overrun by a car because you always look the wrong way before crossing the street
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London is pretty awesome. It's full of lots of touristy things, so tourists love it. And it's very cultural too. There's something for everyone.
The right way. And the left way.
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Stockholm would be if newer stats were used. In 2004 Stockholm was 26th. wiki
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Yeah, Stockholm beat off the list by Amsterdam by a mere 6000 peeps. Drat...
Ah bon... There's always Paris!
Ah bon... There's always Paris!
Marla_Singer
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Interesting to see London getting all the attention of this thread. Economically and demographically speaking, both Paris and London have about the same weight in the EU. However, Paris is totally forgotten here.
This tends to prove how Paris got distanced in the recent years. Paris is passionately hated by French people, and more and more ignored by the rest of the world.
On the other side, London is loved and promoted by everyone in the UK, and it catched the attention of the rest of the world as the economical capital of the EU. This trend is probably fueled by the image of London as a flourishing city. And this perceived prosperity of London could be explained by the fact it's a financial capital in a global economy more and more dominated by the financial sector. We could also add the fact it's an English speaking city, which makes it a lot more accessible to the rest of the world.
Overall, Paris should really reconsider itself. Paris should stop thinking itself at a national level and assumes itself at the global level. No matter if we like it or not, Paris is the undisputable capital of the French speaking world. It's not just a French city anymore. Furthermore, the old limited adminstrative borders of the city gives a very restricted image of what is "Paris" (an old and dirty city center which doesn't evolve), I think Parisians should really call fastly for the creation of a Greater Paris which would clearly help the city to eventually deal with its own problem at the right scale.
This tends to prove how Paris got distanced in the recent years. Paris is passionately hated by French people, and more and more ignored by the rest of the world.
On the other side, London is loved and promoted by everyone in the UK, and it catched the attention of the rest of the world as the economical capital of the EU. This trend is probably fueled by the image of London as a flourishing city. And this perceived prosperity of London could be explained by the fact it's a financial capital in a global economy more and more dominated by the financial sector. We could also add the fact it's an English speaking city, which makes it a lot more accessible to the rest of the world.
Overall, Paris should really reconsider itself. Paris should stop thinking itself at a national level and assumes itself at the global level. No matter if we like it or not, Paris is the undisputable capital of the French speaking world. It's not just a French city anymore. Furthermore, the old limited adminstrative borders of the city gives a very restricted image of what is "Paris" (an old and dirty city center which doesn't evolve), I think Parisians should really call fastly for the creation of a Greater Paris which would clearly help the city to eventually deal with its own problem at the right scale.
Marla_Singer
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To illustrate my post, here's an image of modern Paris. No one knows it exists, and this for a good reason, it's not "inside Paris" but in what is wrongly called "suburbs". Suburbs are just the 20th century extensions of the city of Paris. They are its modern face. And the fact it is labelled "suburbs" makes it all ignored.
classical_hero
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I have never been to Europe, but there are plenty of countries I would love to visit there, but if I had to choose one city it would be Paris.
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