Norway's summer city on the south coast, with the zoo and Fiskebrygga fish quay.
The capital of the Dukes of Burgundy: mustard, the Owl trail through the old town and the Cote d'Or vineyards south.
The capital of the Hanseatic League: the Holstentor gate, seven brick spires and Niederegger marzipan.
Cezanne's town of fountains and plane trees, with Mont Sainte-Victoire on the horizon he painted sixty times.
The Ars Electronica Center on the Danube, Linzer torte and a steel city turned culture capital.
The base for the Ring of Kerry, with Killarney National Park, its lakes and red deer next to town.
A Hanseatic town of roses and ruins inside 3.4 km of medieval wall on Gotland.
The Granite City sparkles after rain; the gateway to Royal Deeside and the whisky trail.
The cycling capital of a cycling country, with the Martini tower and the youngest population in the Netherlands.
Seven bridges over the Tyne, the Georgian curve of Grey Street and the friendliest nightlife in the north.
The Town Musicians, the UNESCO-listed Roland statue and town hall, and the Schnoor lane of medieval cottages.
Edward I's ring of eight towers and the most complete medieval walls in Britain, on the Snowdonia coast.
A 12th-century stone bridge over the Danube and the largest intact medieval city in Germany.
Palm trees and Italian coffee on a Swiss lake, with Monte Bre and San Salvatore funiculars above.
A Norman cathedral and castle on a rock in a loop of the River Wear, the finest Romanesque building in Europe.
Shakespeare's birthplace, his grave in Holy Trinity, and the Royal Shakespeare Company on the riverbank.
Walk the complete Roman and medieval walls and the two-tier Tudor shopping galleries of the Rows.
The capital of the Westfjords on a spit of sand between mountains, the start of Hornstrandir hikes.
The Mercedes-Benz and Porsche museums in a valley of vineyards, with the Black Forest an hour away.
A fishing town of pubs and trad sessions at the end of the Dingle Peninsula, the westernmost point of Europe.
Germany's sunniest city: a Gothic minster, little water channels in the streets and the Black Forest behind.
Flemish gables, the Grand Place and the Braderie, Europe's biggest flea market, every first weekend of September.
The only complete walled city in Ireland, the Bogside murals and the Peace Bridge over the Foyle.
Dylan Thomas's 'ugly, lovely town', with the Gower Peninsula's beaches on the doorstep.
The Jet d Eau, the United Nations and the Red Cross, on the lake where the Rhone leaves the Alps.
The cathedral where Thomas Becket was murdered in 1170, the destination of Chaucer's pilgrims.
Where European surfing began in 1957 — Napoleon III's beach resort on the Basque coast.
The pebble beach, the Palace Pier and the Royal Pavilion, an Indian-style palace built for a Regency prince.
The mechanical elephant of Les Machines de l'Ile, the Dukes' castle and the city Jules Verne grew up in.
Ireland's oldest city, founded by Vikings in 914 and still cutting the crystal that carries its name.
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