I'll go first.

I’m Italian and I’d like to start this off with my personal favorites. Here are the places that stayed with me:

  1. Lisbon, Portugal: This is the city of my heart; I try to visit at least once a year. It has a slightly melancholic and decadent atmosphere, yet it's extraordinarily welcoming and inclusive.
  2. Tbilisi, Georgia: This was a massive surprise for me. It’s a truly underrated city—fairytale-like, dreamy, and constantly surprising. I highly recommend it.
  3. Tromsø, Norway: The city itself might not be mind-blowing, but it's where I managed to see the Northern Lights. The surrounding landscapes are absolutely enchanting.
  4. Tallinn, Estonia: Just a stunningly beautiful ancient city.


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  1. We are such a fucking sexy continent & too many stand outs to pick from 🙂

  2. I’ve been thinking of going to Georgia this summer, so I’m taking this as a sign!

  4. Tallinn, Haapsalu, Riga, Vilnius, Wroclaw, Sibiu, Brasov, Porto, Valencia, Edinburgh, Dijon, Annecy, Colmar, Piran, Lugano, Montreux, Meran, Rust am Neusiedlersee, Athlone, Ghent, Dinant, Delft, Bologna

    I think I will like Gdansk, Poznan, Torun, Ronda, Sevilla, Tromso, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Budapest, Plovdiv, Tbilisi, as well but I can’t rate it because I haven’t been there so far.

  6. In random order:

    Strassbourg, Beaune, Dijon, Heidelberg, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Gotenburg, Brugge, Leuven, Antwerpen, York, Edinburgh, Bath, Bristol, London, Sevilla, Granada, Tarifa, Burgos, Huesca, Verona, Zaragoza, Siena, San Remo, Perugia, Asti, Alba, Bologna, Bergamo, Porto, Lucca, Mantua, Padua, Lecce, Karlsbad, Prague, Krakow, Riga, Gdansk, Budapest, Salzburg, Linz, Graz, Vienna, Budapest, Florence, Palermo, Tropea, Bastia, Cadiz, Pamplona, Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Paris, Rome, Oxford.

    And in my own country: Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Delft, Leiden, Haarlem, Middelburg, Utrecht, Groningen, Maastricht, Den Bosch, Breda, Den Haag.

  7. I loved Dublin, I really liked the city itself but I also enjoyed the fact I could just jump on the train and visit places like Howth, Bray, Sandycove etc.

  8. Wow, so nice to hear that you enjoyed Tallinn, greetings from Estonia!

    What would I recommend, that very heavily depends on what you are looking for. Europe is an incredibly diverse continent, from huge glaciers in Iceland and dramatic fjords in Norway to bustling cities with stunning architecture like Paris and sandy beaches in Greece. Personally, I prefer colder climates and mountainous landscapes. I haven’t actually been there myself, but I think the Faroe Islands are an incredibly underrated tourist destination. Just look at some images of Faroese nature – it’s like a paradise to me. I hope to travel there soon and see the Faroe Islands with my own eyes, I just need to save some money.

  10. Definitely Rome and Prague. I also loved Palermo. There are many “less known” cities that I liked, but then the list would get pretty long. I was pleasantly surprised by Copenhagen, I was expecting a boring Nordic city, but was amazed by how colourful and charming it is. To mention a town too, where you can slow down and spend some chill days off: Görlitz. You can take many day trips to nice German towns in that area and right across a bridge you’re already in Poland. That was an amazing experience for me.

  11. Rome, Paris, and Venice stand out to me.

    I’ve been to a lot of other cool places but they weren’t cities.

  12. Two places from my home countries that id recommend people go to.

    Germany: Bamberg

    UK: North Wales coast

    That aside my favourite place in Europe is Malaga. Copenhagen just behind but it’s expensive as fuck.

  13. My top 3 (random order) are:

    Kraków, Poland

    Dubrovnik, Croatia

    Rome, Italy

    Also, have to give some credit to Copenhagen. It’s a nice city

  16. Stockholm is probably my favourite city among those I visited in Europe. Then I would put Granada and Porto.

  17. Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Lisbon, Barcelona, Valencia, London, Vienna, Split, Dubrovnik, Reykjavik, Akureyri, Oslo, Bergen, Tromsø, Valletta, Athens, Santorini, Rome, Vatican City, Milan, Zurich, Strasbourg, Colmar, Monschau, Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, … from the top of my head in no particular order.

  18. My favorite cities but I am not sure I would recommend many of them cause some of them I like them for very ME reasons.

    – Lyon, Paris, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Utrecht, Den Haag, Stockholm, Lisbon.

    I have not been to many places either so cannot judge most of Italy besides Rome, central Europe…

    From my country these are my faborite 4 in this order:

    – Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao, Madrid.

  20. Zagreb not getting any mentions is criminal, it’s been my favourite capital of the ones I’ve visited.

    Skopje has the best people, hands down people are amazing.

    The Eastern coast of Bulgaria got amazing beaches.

    Talinn is the top of the Baltics

    Genova is just great, but prepare your mountainous boots. Everywhere is uphill.

    I’ve traveled a lot within Europe, everywhere can something. But my general tip is the Balkans are better than expectations.

    Like everyone knows Barcelona is great, so no need to mention it. As it doesn’t over perform your expectations

  21. Vienna

    The best city I’ve been in for simply walking around and enjoying architecture.

    Spent a month there, changing hotels every 2-4 days to a new part of a the city, and never took a taxi or any public transport anywhere – simply rolled my suitcase behind me while walking there.

    Then spent all my time visiting museums, going walkabout without looking at map before having to head back to the hotel, and enjoying a wide variety of restaurants.

  22. Zaragoza, Florence, Basel, Düsseldorf and Brussels were great. Didn’t really love Copenhagen, Madrid or Amsterdam.

  23. Strasbourg and Heidelberg are maybe the most European of European cities in Europe.

    Also:

    Sanremo

    Gdansk

    Vigo

    And just Finland… all.

  24. Ljubljana, Koper, Piran, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Praha, Brno, Budapest, Český Krumlov, Bari, Olbia, Milan, Zürich, Luxemburg, Liège, Aachen, Monschau, Dortmund, Köln, Amersfoort, Nijmegen, Deventer, Groningen, Utrecht, Rotterdam.

  25. Visit Rome in March when it’s out of season. If you enjoy walking and are a fan of culture and good food, Rome is the place for you. I was very surprised by how friendly everyone was, and while it wasn’t cheap everywhere, it certainly was in some places. Stay in the Jewish Quarter.

    Prague, of course — but you need to know.

    Bratislava is a nice place to visit for a short trip. The best way to get there is by boat from Vienna.

    Budapest has a lot of flair, but I preferred Esztergom.

    Trieste is the perfect mix of cultures.

    Munich is a very busy but interesting city.

    Hamelin in Germany is a very lovely place. They have a Pied Piper show twice a week, and there is plenty to see. It is perfect for bike tours.

    You could easily spend days in Vienna, Graz and Salzburg.

    There is so much to see in Europe and so little time! Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Romania, Ireland — the list goes on.

  26. Prague is an obvious choice. And here’s a non obvious one: Birmingham. I can’t put my finger on why, but there’s something I like about the place.

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