Which European City

gary the great

WHich has been your favourite european city? And why!?

I think this thread could be helpful for people trying to think of somewhere in Europe to go to, if we all put our heads together we could come up a list from best to worst.

For me, its Prague without a doubt. Ive been to London, Rome, Glasgow, Lisbon, Paris. And prague is just so beautiful, easy to get around, dam cheap, lovely women and beer

So what about you?

gary the great

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MrJoeSoap

I hear Barcelona is great, even more so if you get a game in.

tunes81

I thought Munich was great although that was during the beerfest! It is a nice city and people are nice, was in amsterdam also, now thats an experience! Its good to go with the lads which i did, but my cousin went with his gf and they had a great time. Its a very different place that'll open your eyes!

I was also in innsbruck in austria which i would recommend for a relaxing few days, very scenic and you could get in a bit of skiing.

gary the great

Thanks for the suggestions lads, Amsterdam is a little more expensive but i like places that are as different to Ireland as possible. I think thats just in the lead at the moment, the only thing stopping me rushing there is that i would like to save it for a lads weekend, but thats becoming more and more unlikely due to the lads getting hitched etc.

Barca would be second and of course il be booking it the weekend of a match, but that will be just a concidence of course!

Decisions decisions!

hunnymonster

Berlin is my favourite european city. There is just so much to do there. I've been to the others on your shourt list. You can't go wrong with Madrid or Barcelona either but Berlin will win hands down for me every time.

Cheiftan

Gary , you back from Asia already?

gary the great

Ye i am, went in August and came back in November, its all we could afford, although i will be going back! Just looking to book my next trip now, somewhere european for a few days, before I head to the States next summer

Mr. Presentable

Bologna

Doomspell

My favourite would be Prague, it's a beautiful city and I would deffinately go again and again. I also love Paris!

killbillvol2

Berlin wins hands down for me. There's an incredible amount of things to do no matter what you're interested in. The nightlife is fantastic too. It's very cheap for a major European capital. The architecture is stunning, both old and new.

That said, I wouldn't knock anywhere on the list. (Although Madrid and Barcelona are so completely different they should have separate entries).

Other places you can't go wrong: Vilnius, Riga, Porto, Lisbon, St. Petersburgh, Moscow (stunning) and maybe Lucerne (expensive).

gary the great

id love to go to moscow, buts its just to expensive to fly to!

mikedragon32

I'm visiting both Rome and Krakow in the next couple of months.

I guess Nice is my favourite (see my sig!), closely followed by Paris.

London is excellent too, if you walk around and don't insist on taking the tube everywhere!

Tabnabs

For me it has to be Bergen

Cheiftan

Rome or Amsterdam:cool:

Third_Echelon

Berlin uber alles!

Great city. Can't wait to go back. So much interesting stuff to do and see. With regards to night-life, there is something for everyone.... from techno to underground punk clubs in old air raid shelters....

killbillvol2

gary the great wrote:

id love to go to moscow, buts its just to expensive to fly to!

It's not cheap when you're there either. One to save up for!

Miss Fluff

Oh Roma every time! What an amazing city! Worked there for a while while in college and loved it so much. (Of course a wonderfully exciting fling with an Italian rapper helped too lol):p

scaramanga

few places not far of beaten track but good
leiden (sp) bout hour train from amsterdam, real uni town
koblenz 40 min bus from frankfurt hahn
san sebastian - was there for munster match 2 years ago , basque very friendly

Ruu_Old

I liked Heidelberg in Germany. I only wished I had have stayed longer than 2 days. Amazing scenery and lots of history to soak up. I enjoyed it anyway.

gary the great

So Barca and Madrid are leaders! I shouldnt have stuck them together cos then maybe it would be more even.

Seems to be a good distribution, no particular runaway best city in europe to visit!

nialo

Hmm Paris or Copenhagen for me! Lived in paris for ages... but loved cph too..

Linoge

Why isn't London on there? That would have gotten my vote:-)

Milan is not really a popular city destination (if you ever visit it its easy to know why!), this would be better substituted with Florence or Venice maybe? (In fact F and V should really be on there before alot of the other cities)

Raekwon

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Stockholm. It's a lovely city

Out of your list I would pick Prague. I've been there so many times and it is always a pleasure to go back to there. I went to Lisbon at the start of the summer and I loved it there too. I've never been to Barcelona or Madrid, I will have to out them on the 'too do' list

forgodssake22

Kracow for me. The girls are fantastic!

Cant understand why anyone voted for Milan. Its a ****hole.

BeansMeansHynes

Heading to Amsterdam on Monday for a few nights and then on to Munich until Saturday. Paris is definitively top of my list, and Barcelona second. Berlin is next on my to do list.

kraggy

Berlin.

Lovely and chilled out for a large city and very cheap too.

Would like to ask those who also said Berlin what did you like about it in particular?

For me it was the clubs and the people and the cheapness.

What did you find to do whilst there?

just asking, cause didn't a whole lot myself but still came away loving it and want to go back and do some cool stuff.

thanks

gary the great

Hmm a lot of people say paris, i didnt think there was much special about it tbh.

jjbrien

Now this one is a diffcult one to answer as i have about 3 cities I like as much as each other. In nothern europe I would have to say with a hand on my heart that Oslo does it for me the locals are so freindly there is great nightlife some people say its pricy but when you now compare it to Dublin its cheaper and the people are great. The women are very, very pretty. The city itself is also so pretty adn very clean.

At presnt I am sitting on a weekend break in Pisa. I took the train today to Flournce and my is it the nicest place in Italy and in southern europe its november and it was 20 degrees today no wind. Lots of lovely sites and great oppurtunities for photos. The same with pisa at night the city is so pretty. I will update you all when i see more of this fantastic city tomrrow when i get home.

Cool_CM

Berlin or Cologne, great cities, chilled out, cheap with lots of history/culture/clubs

upthere

I'm biased to say Bad Herrenalb, Germany
But Oslo is lovely, so is Amsterdam.

CathyMoran

Paris is by far my favorite city. First went there around 10 years ago now but my dad had been telling me about it for years. I also love Florence and London.

My big honeymoon next year will involve going to London, Paris and Florence - will be one amazing trip and I can not wait to go.

Dellas

Athens and Lisbon are my favourites at the moment followed by Istanbul , they are just different from alot of other European cities. Paris/Amsterdam etc.. get boring for me after a while .

Rb

Paris, have only been once but would go back again in a heartbeat. Have been to a lot of European cities though and Paris has just stood out in my memories.

fricatus

I don't see the logic of putting Barcelona and Madrid together. Sure, they're technically in the same country, but they're 500 km apart, and share a bitter rivalry. They even speak different languages... Catalan being the predominant language on the streets of Barcelona.

Anyway, I lived in Madrid and heartily recommend it. It's the most exciting European city I've ever been to.

As for Italy, Florence and Rome get my vote, especially for a romantic break. Both are stunningly beautiful and very civilised. Great museums and food too. Wonderful.

jonny68

Valencia beats Madrid and Barcelona

Jimoslimos

Berlin for me, though London should also get a special mention, I know I b***h about living there sometimes but it really is such a vibrant city with such a mix of people.

Bacchus

On a French keyboard so please excuse the typos. Typical ones are "q" instead of "a" and "," instead of "m".

I haven't been to ,any European cities but I was in Stockholm last week and it was qmazing. Wonderfull city, wonderfull friendly people, unique landscape (it's spilt of a nu,ber of islands) and is surprisingly easy to get around. Bit pricey though but definitly worth a trip at so,e stage.


Not the right thread but may I highly recommend you avoid Marseille. That's zhere I am now. Crime is unreal here. I was in the city 2 minutes (no exageration) and I was beaten and mugged. Worse was that other people walked by as I was shouting for help and noone bothered to even try. So now I'v no money and a half broken pair of glasses so I'm virtually blind. I'v changed ,y flights so I'm returning ho,e tommorow. Qside from that attack, the city is a hole. It really is one of the worst towns/cities I have ever visited (and I'v been to Thunder Bay, Canada *shudder*). It's so unwelcoming here and hostile. Only positive is the hotel I'm stqying at have been very good to me.

bugler

I'll put in a good word for Stockholm, too. It's very clean and very pretty. It's quite small, I covered it mostly on foot. I stayed in Gamla Stan which is the old part of the city, and is definitely the place to stay. It is very expensive though, particular if you have Irish habits (drinking).

There's plenty to see - I really enjoyed their Military History museum and the Vasa shipwreck (a fully intact ornately built 17c battleship that sank on its maiden voyage - sadly this is irreversibly decaying over time).

Oh and the cliché about the women is true.