Especially non-European orgers! I'd like to see which cities stick in your mind and for what reason.

Don't be embarrassed if you can't. Most Europeans probably couldn't name more than 5 U.S. cities.

I attempted to go in alphabetical order, but my brain wouldn't cooperate.

1. aechen

2. amsterdam

3. antwerp

4. avignon

5. brussels

6. bruges

7. barcelona

8. bixelle

9. copenhagen

10. london

11. oxford

12. manchester

13. liverpool

14. nice

15. lyon

16. madrid

17. saltzberg

18. berlin

19. munich

20. frankfurt

21. dublin

22. glasgow

23. athens

24. istanbul

25. aberdeeen

26. rome

27. flroence

28. milan

29. vienna

30. warsaw

Oh, and you want why we'd remember these? I'll go back and comment.

London

Leeds

Paris

Oslo

Stockholm

Istanbul

Dublin

Athens

Venice

Lammastide said:

I attempted to go in alphabetical order, but my brain wouldn't cooperate.

1. aechen

2. amsterdam

3. antwerp

4. avignon

5. brussels

6. bruges

7. barcelona

8. bixelle

9. copenhagen

10. london

11. oxford

12. manchester

13. liverpool

14. nice

15. lyon

16. madrid

17. saltzberg

18. berlin

19. munich

20. frankfurt

21. dublin

22. glasgow

23. athens

24. istanbul

25. aberdeeen

26. rome

27. flroence

28. milan

29. vienna

30. warsaw

Never heard of a city of that name! Are you sure it's in Europe?

And no. 17 is probably meant to be Salzburg, isn't it? And no. 1 is Aachen!

That's quite an extensive list, with lots of cities I thought would be less popular overseas, like Aachen, Avignon, Lyon, Salzburg, Milan and Warsaw! Would be interesting why you remembered those!

Hudson said:

London

Leeds

Paris

Oslo

Stockholm

Istanbul

Dublin

Athens

Venice

The odd one out, if there ever was one


How come you know Leeds?

Lammastide said:

I attempted to go in alphabetical order, but my brain wouldn't cooperate.

1. aechen - Sorry "Aachen." I associate it with Charlemagne's tomb

2. amsterdam - a euro capital

3. antwerp -makes me think of watches (and oddly not watch cases or diamonds, which would make more sense)

4. avignon - "sur le pont d'avignon, on y danse, on y danse"

5. brussels - a euro capital

6. bruges - terribly picturesque town

7. barcelona - a major spanish city

8. bixelle - love the name of this relatively unknown Albanian town. I once thought it'd be a cool name for a baby girl (I'd have called her "Bix" for short), and I came across it upon research

9. copenhagen - a euro capital

10. london - how could I not think of london?

11. oxford - enjoys a certain cachet among the english-speaking academic world

12. manchester - I first knew this town as home to some interesting bands in the late 80s

13. liverpool - the beatles!

14. nice - i love mediterranean france

15. lyon - gorgeous alpine town

16. madrid - a euro capital; i'm visiting later this year

17. saltzberg - "salzburg." My daughter's favorite euro town; birthplace of mozart (with whom my daughter happens to share a birthday)

18. berlin - a euro capital

19. munich - first major city I ever visited in Germany

20. frankfurt - major financial hub; a former classmate lives there

21. dublin - a euro capital

22. glasgow - I've got friends with some great fist fight stories from here

23. athens - on my radar since I was a wee kid into Greek mythology

24. istanbul - near the top of my bucket list

25. aberdeen - no particular reason other than this being a major scottish city

26. rome - Like london, how could I not think of this town?

27. florence - beauty central

28. milan - a fashion capital, if unimpressive otherwise

29. vienna - a euro capital

30. warsaw - a euro capital

I'm surprised I didn't immediately think of certain biggies, like Paris or Prague.

[Edited 2/1/14 6:54am]

Amsterdam

London

Paris

Florence

Rome

Milan

Manchester

Birmingham

Sheffield

York

Reykjavik

The above are cities I've visited. The below are random.

Vienna

Salzburg

Rotterdam

den haag

Helsinki

Stockholm

Oslo

Pisa

Venice

Naples

Athens

Bruges

Barcelona

Berlin

Dresden

Hamburg

Copenhagen

Dublin

Belfast

Lammastide said:

Lammastide said:

I attempted to go in alphabetical order, but my brain wouldn't cooperate.

1. aechen - Sorry "Aachen." I associate it with Charlemagne's tomb

2. amsterdam - a euro capital

3. antwerp -makes me think of watches (and oddly not watch cases or diamonds, which would make more sense)

4. avignon - "sur le pont d'avignon, on y danse, on y danse"

5. brussels - a euro capital

6. bruges - terribly picturesque town

7. barcelona - a major spanish city

8. bixelle - love the name of this relatively unknown Albanian town. I once thought it'd be a cool name for a baby girl (I'd have called her "Bix" for short), and I came across it upon research

9. copenhagen - a euro capital

10. london - how could I not think of london?

11. oxford - enjoys a certain cachet among the english-speaking academic world

12. manchester - I first knew this town as home to some interesting bands in the late 80s

13. liverpool - the beatles!

14. nice - i love mediterranean france

15. lyon - gorgeous alpine town

16. madrid - a euro capital; i'm visiting later this year

17. saltzberg - "salzburg." My daughter's favorite euro town; birthplace of mozart (with whom my daughter happens to share a birthday)

18. berlin - a euro capital

19. munich - first major city I ever visited in Germany

20. frankfurt - major financial hub; a former classmate lives there

21. dublin - a euro capital

22. glasgow - I've got friends with some great fist fight stories from here

23. athens - on my radar since I was a wee kid into Greek mythology

24. istanbul - near the top of my bucket list

25. aberdeen - no particular reason other than this being a major scottish city

26. rome - Like london, how could I not think of this town?

27. florence - beauty central

28. milan - a fashion capital, if unimpressive otherwise

29. vienna - a euro capital

30. warsaw - a euro capital

I'm surprised I didn't immediately think of certain biggies, like Paris or Prague.

[Edited 2/1/14 6:54am]

You know your shit. I don't know anything about 90% of the U.S. cities I've listed in the other thread. Probably also because they are so young that there is not that much fundamental stuff to know about them yet. Or is it just plain ignorance?


Neither Google nor Google Earth have heard of Bixelle! How is this possible? Do you know more than Google? Or are you a liar and just made up that city?

I left Nice and Liverpool off the list. 2 other cities I've visited. Oops.

I was reminded when I looked at Lammas' lovely list.

Dave1992 said:

Lammastide said:

I'm surprised I didn't immediately think of certain biggies, like Paris or Prague.

[Edited 2/1/14 6:54am]

You know your shit. I don't know anything about 90% of the U.S. cities I've listed in the other thread. Probably also because they are so young that there is not that much fundamental stuff to know about them yet. Or is it just plain ignorance?


Neither Google nor Google Earth have heard of Bixelle! How is this possible? Do you know more than Google? Or are you a liar and just made up that city?

I don't think you're ignorant at all. My familiarity with European cities -- aside from having visited some of them and spending an inordinate amount of time in my youth locked away with encyclopedias -- hinges on centuries, sometimes millennia, of history and influence. You're right in that U.S. cities simply don't have the same antiquity.

And on Bixelle: I swear I didn't make it up! It's at 41 degrees, 10', 34" N and 20 degrees, 3', 9" E. I've perhaps overstated it as a "city." It's apparently more of a small town in Elbasan district, Albania.

[Edited 2/1/14 8:23am]

from the top of my head a mix of cities I know because of sports, cities I've visited, cities I know because of videogames, because of ancient or/and modern events, and of course because of general geography from high school:

Reykjavik

Oslo

Stockholm

Helsinki

Copenhagen

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Belfast

Dublin

York

Newcastle

Manchester

Birmingham

Liverpool

London

Cardiff

Liege

Bruges

Brussels

Amsterdam

Rotterdam

Eindhoven

Luxembourg

Lille

Paris

Nantes

Burdeaux

Lyon

Tolousse

Marseille

Monaco

Barcelona

Bilbao

Madrid

Valencia

Seville

Corduba

Lisbon

Porto

Palma Mallorca

Ibiza

Valletta

Palermo

Naples

Roma

Florencia

Parma

Genoa

Venecia

Turin

Basel

Geneva

Bern

Zurich

Innsbruck

Vienna

Salzburg

Munich

Sttutgart

Dortmund

Dusseldorf

Frankfurt

Hamburg

Hannover

Bremen

Berlin

Warsaw

Krakow

Prague

Budapest

Bucarest

Sofia

Kiev

Minsk

St.Petersburg

Moscow

Zagreb

Split

Belgrade

Thessaloniki

Athens

Istanbul

Dave1992 said:

Lammastide said:

I attempted to go in alphabetical order, but my brain wouldn't cooperate.

1. aechen

2. amsterdam

3. antwerp

4. avignon

5. brussels

6. bruges

7. barcelona

8. bixelle

9. copenhagen

10. london

11. oxford

12. manchester

13. liverpool

14. nice

15. lyon

16. madrid

17. saltzberg

18. berlin

19. munich

20. frankfurt

21. dublin

22. glasgow

23. athens

24. istanbul

25. aberdeeen

26. rome

27. flroence

28. milan

29. vienna

30. warsaw

Never heard of a city of that name! Are you sure it's in Europe?

And no. 17 is probably meant to be Salzburg, isn't it? And no. 1 is Aachen!

That's quite an extensive list, with lots of cities I thought would be less popular overseas, like Aachen, Avignon, Lyon, Salzburg, Milan and Warsaw! Would be interesting why you remembered those!

as I feared, my knowledge of eastern europe/scandinavia is lacking

and of course the nerd in me should mention the old medieval glory of cities like Aachen, Toledo, Tarragona, Granada, Leon, Caen, Nottingham, Strasbourg, Rennes, Poitiers, Ravena...

and damn then there's the Vatican City

JoeTyler said:

from the top of my head a mix of cities I know because of sports, cities I've visited, cities I know because of videogames, because of ancient or/and modern events, and of course because of general geography from high school:

Reykjavik

Oslo

Stockholm

Helsinki

Copenhagen

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Belfast

Dublin

York

Newcastle

Manchester

Birmingham

Liverpool

London

Cardiff

Liege

Bruges

Brussels

Amsterdam

Rotterdam

Eindhoven

Luxembourg

Lille

Paris

Nantes

Burdeaux

Lyon

Tolousse

Marseille

Monaco

Barcelona

Bilbao

Madrid

Valencia

Seville

Corduba

Lisbon

Porto

Palma Mallorca

Ibiza

Valletta

Palermo

Naples

Roma

Florencia

Parma

Genoa

Venecia

Turin

Basel

Geneva

Bern

Zurich

Innsbruck

Vienna

Salzburg

Munich

Sttutgart

Dortmund

Dusseldorf

Frankfurt

Hamburg

Hannover

Bremen

Berlin

Warsaw

Krakow

Prague

Budapest

Bucarest

Sofia

Kiev

Minsk

St.Petersburg

Moscow

Zagreb

Split

Belgrade

Thessaloniki

Athens

Istanbul

Impressive list!

I'm afraid my approach for research is slightly flawed, in that only people interested in answering this kind of question (=interested in political geography) will post their response, so the results will hardly give a picture of what the average American can list.


Fuckin' academics.

Dave1992 said:

JoeTyler said:

from the top of my head a mix of cities I know because of sports, cities I've visited, cities I know because of videogames, because of ancient or/and modern events, and of course because of general geography from high school:

Reykjavik

Oslo

Stockholm

Helsinki

Copenhagen

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Belfast

Dublin

York

Newcastle

Manchester

Birmingham

Liverpool

London

Cardiff

Liege

Bruges

Brussels

Amsterdam

Rotterdam

Eindhoven

Luxembourg

Lille

Paris

Nantes

Burdeaux

Lyon

Tolousse

Marseille

Monaco

Barcelona

Bilbao

Madrid

Valencia

Seville

Corduba

Lisbon

Porto

Palma Mallorca

Ibiza

Valletta

Palermo

Naples

Roma

Florencia

Parma

Genoa

Venecia

Turin

Basel

Geneva

Bern

Zurich

Innsbruck

Vienna

Salzburg

Munich

Sttutgart

Dortmund

Dusseldorf

Frankfurt

Hamburg

Hannover

Bremen

Berlin

Warsaw

Krakow

Prague

Budapest

Bucarest

Sofia

Kiev

Minsk

St.Petersburg

Moscow

Zagreb

Split

Belgrade

Thessaloniki

Athens

Istanbul

Impressive list!

thanks, but I'm totally western-oriented

holy fuck! I actually forgot Milan!

JoeTyler said:

Dave1992 said:

Impressive list!

thanks, but I'm totally western-oriented

Not much to see behind that wall, trust me!

Dave1992 said:

JoeTyler said:

thanks, but I'm totally western-oriented

Not much to see behind that wall, trust me!

just the hottest women of this planet

JoeTyler said:

Dave1992 said:

Not much to see behind that wall, trust me!

just the hottest women of this planet

Think so? I've become slightly convinced that they have the tendency to be absolutely beautiful at young age, but go massively downhill from 40 onwards (due to bad diet, mainly). And (young) people in general over there have a completely different outlook on material goods than people from where I live do, but that's understandable somehow.

And they're incredibly superstitious too, most of the time; believe in demons and shit like that!

But there's one orger from Croatia here who is sort of like a light at the end of the tunnel for all Eastern women, in my eyes (although she proudly claims that her part of Croatia still belongs to Italy and that they're more Italians than Croatians)!

Dave1992 said:

JoeTyler said:

just the hottest women of this planet

Think so? I've become slightly convinced that they have the tendency to be absolutely beautiful at young age, but go massively downhill from 40 onwards (due to bad diet, mainly).

then I'll take the young one, thank you

And (young) people in general over there have a completely different outlook on material goods than people from where I live do, but that's understandable somehow.

are they greedier?

And they're incredibly superstitious too, most of the time; believe in demons and shit like that!

[Edited 2/1/14 11:18am]

Dave1992 said:

But there's one orger from Croatia here who is sort of like a light at the end of the tunnel for all Eastern women, in my eyes (although she proudly claims that her part of Croatia still belongs to Italy and that they're more Italians than Croatians)!

name of that orger?

JoeTyler said:

Dave1992 said:

Think so? I've become slightly convinced that they have the tendency to be absolutely beautiful at young age, but go massively downhill from 40 onwards (due to bad diet, mainly).

then I'll take the young one, thank you

And (young) people in general over there have a completely different outlook on material goods than people from where I live do, but that's understandable somehow.

are they greedier?

And they're incredibly superstitious too, most of the time; believe in demons and shit like that!

[Edited 2/1/14 11:18am]

Not necessarily, no. They're often extremely hard-working and loyal, but the downside is that they value property as status symbols and are therefore often extremely jealous (of the neighbours' car/house/garden). Furthermore, most of them are often very provincial, even if they live in cities, in that rumours about who did what to whom spread extremely quickly and efficiently.

JoeTyler said:

Dave1992 said:

But there's one orger from Croatia here who is sort of like a light at the end of the tunnel for all Eastern women, in my eyes (although she proudly claims that her part of Croatia still belongs to Italy and that they're more Italians than Croatians)!

name of that orger?

Aelis. She's an extremely tender, wonderful, warm, funny, intelligent and beautiful woman! And a good friend.


So keep your demonic pictures to yourself.

Dave1992 said:

JoeTyler said:

name of that orger?

Aelis. She's an extremely tender, wonderful, warm, funny, intelligent and beautiful woman! And a good friend.


So keep your demonic pictures to yourself.

I am sure I visited way more than 30 European cities, but as I am European I don't need to answer anyway

1. Paris

2. Lyon

3. Marseilles

4. Nice

5. Cannes

6. St. Paul de Vence

7. Aix-en-Provence

8. Perpignon

9. Antibes

10. Monte Carlo

11. Florence

12. Rome

13. Passignano

14. Perugia

15. Amsterdam

16. Brussels

17. Madrid

18. Barcelona

19. Berlin

20. Munich

21. Vienna

22. Lausenne

23. Geneva

24. Cagnes-sur-Mer

25. Seville

26. Warsaw

27. Copenhagen

28. Hoeven

29. Chartres

30. Dresden

1. London

2. Paris

3. Munich

4. Copenhagen

5. Milan

6. Rome

7. Cologne

8. Dublin

9. Nice

10. Venice

11. Barcelona

12. Berlin

13. Liverpool

14. Madrid

15. Athens

16 Amsterdam

17. Brussels

18. Sheffield

19. Manchester

20. Luxenbourg

21. Istanbul

22. Florence

23. Glasgow

24. Warsaw

25. Vienna

26. Geneva

27. Luxenbourg City

28. Moscow?

29. Saint Petersburg?

30. Samara?

I'm pretty sure the last 3 are in Europe but I'm not sure

aardvark15 said:

1. London

2. Paris

3. Munich

4. Copenhagen

5. Milan

6. Rome

7. Cologne

8. Dublin

9. Nice

10. Venice

11. Barcelona

12. Berlin

13. Liverpool

14. Madrid

15. Athens

16 Amsterdam

17. Brussels

18. Sheffield

19. Manchester

20. Luxenbourg

21. Istanbul

22. Florence

23. Glasgow

24. Warsaw

25. Vienna

26. Geneva

27. Luxenbourg City

28. Moscow?

29. Saint Petersburg?

30. Samara?

I'm pretty sure the last 3 are in Europe but I'm not sure

These are Russian cities, and I've never heard a convincing argument as to why Russia shouldn't be considered Asian.