EUROPE

Europe

Between cobblestones and church bells, learn how Europeans greet, how they pace their meals and how they cherish their heritage.

Photo: Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0

City guides

Start with a city

Every city guide has a timeline, stories of local figures, must-see sights, festivals and local etiquette.

Paris

4 places

From an island in the Seine to the 'City of Light': Notre-Dame, the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower

Roma

Rome

4 places

The 'Eternal City': the Colosseum, the Pantheon and the Vatican, a state within a city

Barcelona

2 places

Gaudí's city: Roman walls, the Gothic Quarter and Catalan Modernisme

London

4 places

A port city founded by the Romans: the Tower, Westminster and the Thames

Wien

Vienna

4 places

Imperial capital of the Habsburgs and city of music: palaces, a cathedral and old cafés

München

Munich

3 places

A royal capital grown from a 'place of monks': Marienplatz, Nymphenburg Palace and Oktoberfest

Venezia

Venice

3 places

A maritime republic built on a lagoon: St Mark's, the Doge's Palace and Carnival

Lisboa

Lisbon

3 places

Starting point of the Age of Discovery: Belém Tower, the Jerónimos Monastery and the Alfama

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Athens

2 places

Birthplace of democracy: the Acropolis, the Parthenon and the Acropolis Museum

Amsterdam

3 places

From a dam on the Amstel to a Golden Age city of canals

Tromsø

1 places

'Gateway to the Arctic': a city of explorers in the auroral zone