City guide and language section for the world. | | |
City name | Language | Highlights |
Czestochowa | Polish | Miraculous shine to the Madonna |
Gdansk | Polish | Seaside paradise and birthplace of solidarity |
Baltic coast | Polish | Amber capital of the world |
Nowa Huta | Polish | Communists tried to build a city that rivaled Krakow, they failed, now part of Krakow |
Podgorze | Polish | Austrians tried to build a city that rivaled Krakow, they failed now part of Krakow |
Krakow | Polish | The ancient royal city of Europe. The largest and oldest market in Europe. Magical city where fairy tales come true. |
Lublin | Polish | Ancient eastern Polish city with beautiful old streets. |
Poznan | Polish | Beautiful city where Polish is spoken with a musical accent |
Warsaw | Polish | Polish capital city full of excitement, shopping, and monuments to the brave rising ’44. |
Wroctaw | Polish | Baroque center in Silesia, close to Germany and Czech Republic |
Lodz | Polish | Famous film and Polish cultural center |
Zakopane | Polish | Polish “Alps”, but less commercial and more charm. |
Zamosc | Polish | 400 year old, “off the beaten path” Polish cultural center, featured as a “Unesco world heritage city”. |
Torun | Polish | Torun is the birthplace of Copernicus, Hanseatic-Gothic center |
Malbork | Polish | Castle home of the Teutonic knights, 1475 the Poles defeated the Germans and captured the castle. |
Biskupin | Polish | 1300 BC Bronze age city. Amazing for those interested in pre-history. |
Sandomierz | Polish | You would think your in Italy but this is the center of Poland. |
Mazury | Polish | Beautiful Polish lake district |
London | English | Second largest city next to Moscow with great royal buildings |
Dublin | English | Capital city of the Irish. |
Edinburgh | English | Capital city of Scotland |
Manchester | English | Home of the famed Manchester United football team. |
Boston | English | 400 old city in America, founded in1639 |
Philadelphia | English | Birthplace of America |
Paris | French | Spared from destruction in ’44, has a romantic gothic feel |
Brussels | French | Cross roads between Romantic Germanic languages |
Montreal | French | Second largest French speaking city in the world. A cultureal Mecca for North America |
Quebec | French | Old world charm in Canada |
Orleans | French | Home of Joan of Arc |
Ruhr area | German | Industrial center of Germany |
Frankfurt | German | Financial capital of Europe during the cold war. |
Zurich | German | Capital of the peaceful nation of Switzerland |
Munich | German | International Bavarian city with 10% foreign population. |
Vienna | German | Violins, angel trumpets and devil trombones fill the air in this musical city, home of the Habsburgs |
Berlin | German | Very unusual underground night life. |
Milan | Italian | Fashion capital of Europe |
Rome | Italian | The center of the world for 1000 years |
Naples | Italian | From Amalfi to Pompeii to the bay of Naples, on of the most stunning cities. Red Coral capital of the world. |
Sicily | Italian | Sicily was inhabited by the Latins, Moors, Normans, Greeks and more. Each culture left its impact on this exotic and unsual island. |
Madrid | Spanish | The nexus from which Spanish culture and language spread from. |
Barcelona | Spanish | Beautiful Spanish coastal city. |
Valencia | Spanish | The Valencian or siglo de oro (Golden Age) of Spain leaves its marks on this beautiful Spanish city. |
Buenos Aries | Spanish | Home of the tango and 1920’s fashion center in the Americas |
Lviv | Ukrainian | The last city in Europe, center of Europe geographically, Western Ukraine. |
Kiev | Ukrainian | Ancient fairy-tale city. Famous 1000 year old cave monasteries. Ancient jewel of the East. |
Moscow | Moscow | Russia |
Nice list,
I would definitely add Ljubljana – capitol of Slovenia, small picturesque city between adriatic see and the Alps.
Amogst Irish cities, definitely best is Galway.Dublin by my opinion is ok but for the best list.
In Italy you must see Mantova, Florence, Rom.. etc.
There is so many beautiful cities.