EUROPE
Europe
Between cobblestones and church bells, learn how Europeans greet, how they pace their meals and how they cherish their heritage.
City guides
Start with a city
Every city guide has a timeline, stories of local figures, must-see sights, festivals and local etiquette.
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Paris
Paris
4 places
From an island in the Seine to the 'City of Light': Notre-Dame, the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower
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Roma
Rome
4 places
The 'Eternal City': the Colosseum, the Pantheon and the Vatican, a state within a city
Barcelona
Barcelona
2 places
Gaudí's city: Roman walls, the Gothic Quarter and Catalan Modernisme
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London
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
Αθήνα Athens
Athens
2 places
Birthplace of democracy: the Acropolis, the Parthenon and the Acropolis Museum
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam
3 places
From a dam on the Amstel to a Golden Age city of canals
Tromsø
Tromsø
1 places
'Gateway to the Arctic': a city of explorers in the auroral zone
Sachertorte
Vienna's most famous chocolate cake, over which two old houses fought legal battles for decades.
Pastel de nata (pastel de Belém)
Invented by the monks of the Jerónimos Monastery; the recipe is still locked in a secret room.
Fish and chips
Jewish immigrants in London's East End opened the first shops in the 1860s, once wrapping it in old newspaper.
Paella valenciana
Named after its pan; Valencians say only the version with rabbit and chicken is the real thing.
Neapolitan pizza
The original soft, thin pizza with a puffy rim — though the Margherita story may have been made up later.
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Baguette
A long loaf whose recipe is set by law, added to UNESCO's intangible heritage list in 2022.