Roman mosaics, the Tombs of the Kings and the rock where Aphrodite came ashore.
A herringbone-planned walled town said to be Marco Polo's birthplace, with the Moreska sword dance.
The Ars Electronica Center on the Danube, Linzer torte and a steel city turned culture capital.
The Frauenkirche rebuilt from rubble, the Zwinger's Old Masters and the Elbe skyline Canaletto painted.
The Kaiserburg above a rebuilt medieval city, the Nazi rally grounds and the Nuremberg trials courtroom.
Ireland's medieval capital: a Norman castle, St Canice's round tower and the Smithwick's brewery.
The city of three cultures on a rock above the Tagus, with El Greco, a synagogue and a Damascene steel trade.
The July jazz festival, the Freddie Mercury statue and Chillon castle along a lakeside promenade.
The oldest Dutch city, on the Meuse between Belgium and Germany, where the EU treaty was signed in 1992.
The seafood capital of Scotland and the ferry port for Mull, Iona and the Hebrides.
A UNESCO old town on seven hills, a town hall built on an island in the river and smoked Rauchbier.
Monet's cathedral, the square where Joan of Arc was burned and the Gros-Horloge astronomical clock.
Rebuilt in Art Nouveau after the 1904 fire, spread over islands at the mouth of the Geirangerfjord.
The Olympic Museum on a hillside above Lake Geneva, with the Lavaux vineyard terraces next door.
King John's Castle on the Shannon and the Milk Market, in the city of Angela's Ashes.
The cathedral where French kings were crowned and the champagne houses tunnelled into the chalk beneath it.
Philips' company town turned design city: Dutch Design Week, Strijp-S and the Van Abbemuseum.
Five original Viking ships in the museum and the cathedral where Danish monarchs have been buried since 1400.
The golden sandstone Plaza Mayor and Spain's oldest university, where students hunt for the carved frog.
The winter-cycling capital of the world and the Air Guitar World Championships, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
The walled corsair city of Brittany, rebuilt stone by stone after 1944, with the biggest tides in Europe.
The home of golf and Scotland's oldest university, with a ruined cathedral above the sea.
A student city of the south: the Place de la Comedie, the oldest working medical school in Europe and beaches ten kilometres away.
The Icehotel at Jukkasjarvi, the Esrange space base and a town being moved to make way for the iron mine.
White wooden houses, the oil museum and the boat to Pulpit Rock and the Lysefjord.
Kronborg, Hamlet's Elsinore, guarding the narrowest point of the Oresund opposite Sweden.
A planned Georgian town at the foot of Croagh Patrick, the pilgrimage mountain climbed barefoot every July.
La Concha bay, pintxos bars in the old town and more Michelin stars per head than anywhere else.
The Palace of the Popes, the broken bridge of the song and the biggest theatre festival in the world each July.
The capital of the Dukes of Burgundy: mustard, the Owl trail through the old town and the Cote d'Or vineyards south.
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