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Re: Any Europeans or people who lived in Europe?
Capitals I've visited and really enjoyed because there was enough history related things to keep me entertained: Reykjavik, Berlin (absolute fave), Vienna, Prague (another absolute fave), Ljubljana, Lisbon, Tallinn, Helsinki, Athens.
In Reykjavik we hired a car - so we were able to do things like the Golden Circle. Prague it was easy to get a train to Kutná Hora where there's a fairly famous ossuary, though obviously it's a bit morbid. Ljubljana meant we were able to do a trip to Lake Bled. It's always worth checking out what's close by that you could either drive to or get public transport.
Not-capital cities I enjoyed (again, history emphasis because that's what I like): Dubrovnik, Krakow, Nice, Kotor (though this unfortunately suffers similarly to Dubrovnik in that a lot of cruise ships dock here), Venice, Florence, Lake Garda (those last three all Italy), Mostar.
I'm northern English and live in Scotland, so of course I feel obligated to recommend coming here too, but don't just concentrate on Edinburgh and the Highlands. Though I will say that my husband and I decided to have a long weekend in Fort Augustus on Loch Ness a few years ago because we realised we don't spend much time in our own country. Anyway, those places are of course worth visiting (and you should!) but they tend to be overrun in the popular months, meaning if you want a bit of quiet you need to chance the colder/coldest months where everything might not be open and it gets dark before 5pm. I loved Skye when I visited but it's really expensive. There's some lovely places in the Borders/south Scotland like Peebles and Melrose.
Unlike the stereotype of northerners I don't have a chip on my shoulder about London. It's a great city but again - pretty expensive, especially if it's a once in a lifetime sorta deal and you want to do as much as possible.
Re: Any Europeans or people who lived in Europe?
(Anonymous) 2026-04-19 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Any Europeans or people who lived in Europe?
Off the top of my head, memorable things about some of those places...
- Berlin. Has Museum Island, which is exactly what it sounds like. There's also the Stasi Museum (which is the actual building used by the Stasi in East Berlin, so some of it has been preserved/reconstructed as it was at the time.)
- Vienna. Schönbrunn Palace and Zoo. The zoo is attached to the gardens and they've still got some of the old cages (no longer occupied) to show you how much zoos have tried to improve from a welfare perspective. I saw some very cute panda cubs when I was there. Another attraction I liked was the Imperial Crypt. Quite a lot of the emperors/empresses are buried in there.
- Florence. The Duomo. Specifically, climbing up to the top. But it's a VERY intense effort and even in mid-September the temperatures were over 30C/86F. I don't regret doing it, but I definitely saw some people suffering, especially when it got very narrow nearer the top and you had to squeeze past people coming the other way.
- Speaking of Italy, I didn't care for Naples itself (it's extremely busy) but visiting the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum is extremely worth it. I didn't have enough time to climb up Vesuvius itself but a friend did it and said it was great, but again not the most relaxing thing to do!
- From Ljubljana - as I said, a trip to Lake Bled is worth considering if you have time, and we also travelled to Postojna Cave Park - this features an underground train ride into the cave system. It's a fairly unique experience. Ljubljana itself is pretty (over the river there's a point called the triple bridge, which I don't think I've really seen before in other places) but fairly small so you won't need more than 2-3 days.
- From Krakow - obviously you can get to Auschwitz quite easily if you're interested, but I would get that out of the way earlier in your visit if you're going to do it, and you have to book onto a tour. The Wieliczka Salt Mine is another big thing people do in Krakow and I'd recommend that for sure.
- Lisbon, riding on the funiculars and trams was fun, lots of nice viewpoints in the city too and one our last night we took a couple of cans of beer down to the seafront (in our home city you can't drink on the street) and sat for a while watching the sunset/the waves.
- Prague has the Charles Bridge and a few other interesting monuments scattered across the city, including an interesting astronomical clock in a public square, but generally I loved it so much because of the vibes.
- Athens the Acropolis was really cool. Not the temperature though, it was January but unexpectedly too hot according to my pasty English skin.
Prague, Lisbon and Krakow all had castles. I love a good castle!
I also forgot to mention that I went to Munich in early December once specifically for the Christmas markets. It's probably really touristy, but I had fun :)
(I've also been to Paris, but I'm one of those people who didn't vibe with it, so I don't tend to recommend it. Perhaps I need to go back and try again.)