Audio walking tours, by city.

Harderwijk

Netherlands

Harderwijk is a municipality and city of the Netherlands. It is served by the Harderwijk railway station. Its population centres are Harderwijk and Hierden. Harderwijk is on the western boundary of the Veluwe. The southeastern half of the municipality is largely forests.

Delft

Netherlands

Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, and The Hague, to the northwest. Together with them, it is a part of both the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area and the Randstad.

Naarden

Netherlands

Naarden is a city and former municipality in the Gooi region in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It has been part of the new municipality of Gooise Meren since 2016.

Utrecht

Netherlands

Utrecht is the fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the province of Utrecht. The municipality of Utrecht is located in the eastern part of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Netherlands, and includes Haarzuilens, Vleuten and De Meern. It has a population of 378,140 as of January 2026.

Maastricht

Netherlands

Maastricht is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the Meuse, at the point where the river is joined by the Jeker. Mount Saint Peter (Sint-Pietersberg) is largely situated within the city's municipal borders. Maastricht is adjacent to the border with Belgium and is part of the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion, an international metropolis with a population of about 3.9 million, which includes the nearby German and Belgian cities of Aachen, Liège, and Hasselt.

Leiden

Netherlands

Leiden is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 127,046, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration with its suburbs Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten and Zoeterwoude with 215,602 inhabitants. The Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) further includes Katwijk in the agglomeration which makes the total population of the Leiden urban agglomeration 282,207. Further, Teylingen, Noordwijk, and Noordwijkerhout are included in the larger Leiden urban area, which has 365,913 inhabitants. Leiden is located on the Oude Rijn, at a distance of some 20 km (12 mi) from The Hague to its south and some 40 km (25 mi) from Amsterdam to its north. The recreational area of the Kaag Lakes (Kagerplassen) lies just to the northeast of Leiden.

Alkmaar

Netherlands

Alkmaar is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination. The municipality has a population of 111,766 as of 2023.

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Amsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area. Located in the Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its large number of canals, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Haarlem

Netherlands

Haarlem is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Europe; it is also part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area. Haarlem had a population of 162,543 in 2021.

Eindhoven

Netherlands

Eindhoven is een stad en gemeente in het zuidoosten van de Nederlandse provincie Noord-Brabant, gelegen in de Brabantse Kempen. Het is naar inwonertal al sinds 1961 de vijfde gemeente van Nederland. Ze telt 249.873 inwoners op een grondgebied van 88,92 km². Ze omvat naast de gelijknamige stad Eindhoven tevens het dorp Acht en de uitbreidingslocatie Meerhoven.

Rotterdam

Netherlands

Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands by population and the largest by area (319.4 km2). It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the New Meuse inland shipping channel, dug to connect to the Meuse at first and now to the Rhine.

Brielle

Netherlands

Brielle ist eine niederländische Stadt und ehemalige Gemeinde der Provinz Zuid-Holland.

Nijmegen

Netherlands

Nijmegen is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the ninth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands and the first to be recognized as such in Roman times. In 2005, it celebrated 2,000 years of existence.

Alphen aan den Rijn

Netherlands

Alphen aan den Rijn is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The city is situated on the banks of the river Oude Rijn, where the river Gouwe branches off. The municipality had a population of 112,587 in 2021, and covers an area of 132.50 km2 (51.16 sq mi) of which 6.27 km2 (2.42 sq mi) is water.

The Hague

Netherlands

The Hague is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and has been described as the country's de facto capital since the time of the Dutch Republic, while Amsterdam is the official capital of the Netherlands.

Zoetermeer

Netherlands

Zoetermeer is een stad en gemeente in de Nederlandse provincie Zuid-Holland, in de Randstad én in het Groene Hart. Zij ontleent haar naam aan de rivier Zoete, waarschijnlijk zo genoemd naar zijn zoete water, en meer, water. De gemeente Zoetermeer maakt deel uit van de Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag, en telt 130.850 inwoners op een grondgebied van 37,05 km².

Oss

Netherlands

Oss is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant, situated between Nijmegen and 's-Hertogenbosch.

's-Hertogenbosch

Netherlands

's-Hertogenbosch, colloquially known as Den Bosch, is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 160,783. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest city by population. The city is directly south of the Maas river and near the Waal.

Arnhem

Netherlands

Arnhem is een stad en gemeente in Nederland en de hoofdstad van de provincie Gelderland. De gemeente telt 172.002 inwoners. Het is daarmee in grootte de elfde gemeente van Nederland en de tweede gemeente van Gelderland. Ze heeft een totale oppervlakte van 101,54 km², waarvan 97,82 km² land en 3,72 km² water.

Roermond

Netherlands

Roermond is a city, municipality, and diocese in the Limburg province of the Netherlands. Roermond is a historically important town on the lower Roer on the east bank of the river Meuse. It received town rights in 1231. Roermond's town centre has become a designated conservation area.

Dordrecht

Netherlands

Dordrecht, historically known in English as Dordt or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after Rotterdam, The Hague, Leiden, and Zoetermeer, with a population of 123,000 (2025).

Leeuwarden

Netherlands

Leeuwarden is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 127,073 (2023). It is the provincial capital and seat of the Provincial Council of Friesland.

Castricum

Netherlands

Castricum is a municipality and a town in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands.

Hoog-Keppel

Netherlands

Hoog-Keppel is een klein Nederlands dorp gelegen centraal in de gemeente Bronckhorst in de Gelderse Achterhoek.

Vreeland

Netherlands

Vreeland is een stadje in de gemeente Stichtse Vecht, gelegen in het noordwesten van de Nederlandse provincie Utrecht op de kruising van de rivier Vecht en de provinciale weg Zandvoort - Hilversum (N201). Vreeland had in 2023 2.000 inwoners en is van oorsprong een stad. De plaats kreeg in 1265 stadsrechten. Vreeland was tot 31 maart 1964 een zelfstandige gemeente, maar verloor op 1 april 1964 de zelfstandige status toen het werd opgenomen in de gemeente Loenen. Op 1 januari 2011 ging de gemeente Loenen op in de nieuw gevormde gemeente Stichtse Vecht.

Julianadorp

Netherlands

Julianadorp ist ein Ort in der Gemeinde Den Helder im Norden der niederländischen Provinz Nordholland. Er besteht aus den Ortsteilen Julianadorp und Julianadorp aan Zee.

Oostzaan

Netherlands

Oostzaan is een dorp en gemeente in de Zaanstreek in de Nederlandse provincie Noord-Holland. De gemeente telt 9.776 inwoners en heeft een oppervlakte van 16,13 km². De gemeente Oostzaan maakt deel uit van de Vervoerregio Amsterdam.

Gouda

Netherlands

Gouda is een stad en gemeente in het oosten van de provincie Zuid-Holland in Nederland met 77.803 inwoners op een grondgebied van 16,92 km².

Bunnik

Netherlands

Bunnik is a municipality and village in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. The recorded history of the village dates back nearly 2000 years, when the Romans constructed a fort at Fectio with a harbour facing the river Rhine, which marked the border of the Roman Empire. The fort developed into a thriving trading centre, which continued to exist after the Romans abandoned the fort in the fourth century. Subsequently, the area was occupied by the Frisians and the Franks. In the 8th and 9th century, the villages of Bunninchem (Bunnik), Lodichem (Odijk) and Wercundia (Werkhoven) developed.

Kaatsheuvel

Netherlands

Kaatsheuvel, in het plaatselijke dialect Ketsheuvel of De Kets, is een dorp in Noord-Brabant, in de gemeente Loon op Zand. Het dorp wordt omringd door de 3 natuurgebieden, Nationaal Park De Loonse en Drunense Duinen, Landgoed Huis Ter Heide en Westelijke Langstraat en telde op 1 januari 2023 16.945 inwoners.

Nootdorp

Netherlands

Nootdorp is een dorp in de Nederlandse gemeente Pijnacker-Nootdorp. Het ligt vlak bij Den Haag, Pijnacker en Delft. Nootdorp was tot 1 januari 2002 een zelfstandige gemeente. Om financiële redenen en om annexatie door Den Haag, dan wel Delft, voor te zijn, fuseerde Nootdorp met Pijnacker. Het grootste deel van de Vinex-locatie Ypenburg was oorspronkelijk Nootdorps grondgebied. Dit ging in het jaar 2002 gedeeltelijk over naar de gemeente Den Haag.

Boskoop

Netherlands

Boskoop is a town in the province of South Holland. It was a separate municipality until it merged into Alphen aan den Rijn in 2014. The town had a population of 15,050 in 2012 and covers an area of 7.29 km2 (2.81 sq mi) of which 1.39 km2 (0.54 sq mi) is water. It's the world's biggest joined floriculture area.

Roelofarendsveen

Netherlands

Roelofarendsveen is een dorp in de gemeente Kaag en Braassem, in de Nederlandse provincie Zuid-Holland. Het gemeentehuis van de gemeente Kaag en Braassem staat in Roelofarendsveen. Het dorp had 9.900 inwoners (2023). Inwoners van het dorp noemen zichzelf Veenders en korten de naam van het dorp vaak af tot "De Veen".

Hardenberg

Netherlands

Hardenberg is a city and municipality in the province of Overijssel in north-eastern Netherlands. It has borders with the province of Drenthe and an international German border. The population of Hardenberg municipality is 63,895. Other than Hardenberg itself, the second largest population center is Dedemsvaart, and Gramsbergen is the only other city in the municipality.

Purmerend

Netherlands

Purmerend is een stad in de regio Waterland in de Nederlandse provincie Noord-Holland. Het is de hoofdstad van de gelijknamige gemeente Purmerend. De stad had op 1 januari 2024 een inwonertal van 83.536. De plaats maakte als groeikern vanaf de jaren 1960 een stormachtige groei door.

Amersfoort

Netherlands

Amersfoort is een stad en gemeente in het oosten van de Nederlandse provincie Utrecht in het midden van het land. De gemeente telt 163.766 inwoners, en heeft een totale oppervlakte van 63,86 km², waarvan 62,62 km² land en 1,24 km² water. Het is qua bevolkingsaantal de tweede stad van de provincie Utrecht en de zestiende gemeente van Nederland. Behalve de gelijknamige hoofdplaats bestaat de gemeente Amersfoort uit de kleinere kernen Hoogland en Hooglanderveen, die ondertussen in het geheel binnen het stedelijke gebied vallen.

Barendrecht

Netherlands

Barendrecht is een plaats en gemeente in de Nederlandse provincie Zuid-Holland. De gemeente telt 48.678 inwoners en heeft een totale oppervlakte van 21,73 km², waarvan 19,75 km² land en 1,98 km² water. Een inwoner van Barendrecht wordt een Barendrechter genoemd. De gemeente ligt op het eiland IJsselmonde. Ze was een van de BAR-gemeenten en behoort tot de Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag.

Cuijk

Netherlands

Cuijk is a town in the northeastern part of the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. It is the successor of a Roman settlement on the west bank of the Meuse, 13 km (8.1 mi) south of Nijmegen. Cuijk, which had a population of 18,170 as of 2020, was the centre of an eponymous municipality, which ceased to exist on 1 January 2022, when it was replaced by the larger Land van Cuijk municipality.

Tilburg

Netherlands

Tilburg is een stad in de Nederlandse provincie Noord-Brabant en hoofdplaats van de gelijknamige gemeente Tilburg. Op 1 januari 2023 had de stad 203.690 inwoners. Tilburg maakt deel uit van het ruimtelijk samenwerkingsverband BrabantStad en de Brabantse Stedenrij.

Breda

Netherlands

Breda is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. Breda has 185,072 inhabitants on 13 September 2022 and is part of the Brabantse Stedenrij; it is the tenth largest city/municipality in the country, and the third largest in North Brabant after Eindhoven and Tilburg. It is equidistant from Rotterdam and Antwerp.

Buren

Netherlands

Buren is a town and municipality in the Betuwe region of the Netherlands. Buren has 27,168 inhabitants as of 1 January 2022.

Woerden

Netherlands

Woerden is een stad en gemeente in het westen van de Nederlandse provincie Utrecht, in het oosten van het Groene Hart. De gemeente bestaat uit de kernen Woerden, Harmelen, Kamerik en Zegveld. De gemeente Woerden heeft 54.208 inwoners en de stad Woerden heeft 38.800 inwoners.

Assen

Netherlands

Assen is een gemeente en stad in het noorden van de Nederlandse provincie Drenthe, waarvan het de hoofdstad is.

Middelburg

Netherlands

Soesterberg

Netherlands

Soesterberg is een dorp in het noordoosten van de Nederlandse provincie Utrecht dat deel uitmaakt van de gemeente Soest. Soesterberg ligt tussen Amersfoort, Zeist en Soest. Langs de zuidkant loopt de A28, langs de noordkant en deels door het dorp loopt de N237. Op 1 januari 2023 telde het dorp 7.535 inwoners. Bekend is de gelijknamige Vliegbasis Soesterberg.

Den Helder

Netherlands

Den Helder is een stad en gemeente in de Nederlandse provincie Noord-Holland. Het is de noordelijkste plaats op het vasteland van de Nederlandse provincie Noord-Holland. De gemeente ligt in de regio Kop van Noord-Holland of Noordkop. Ten noordwesten van de stad ligt de zandplaat Noorderhaaks, ten noorden het Marsdiep met aan de overkant het eiland Texel en ten oosten de uitgestrekte waddenplaat Balgzand.

Beekbergen

Netherlands

Beekbergen is een dorp en voormalige gemeente in de Gelderse gemeente Apeldoorn. Het dorp, dat op de rand van de Veluwe en net ten zuiden van de plaats Apeldoorn ligt, wordt buiten de bebouwde kom gedomineerd door bossen in het zuidwesten en landbouwgrond in het noordoosten. Buiten de bebouwde kom bevindt zich naast de buurtschap Engeland een aantal bungalowparken, campings en hotels en daarnaast ook verscheidene verzorgings-/verpleegtehuizen, o.a. de Vier Dorpen en Het Zonnehuis en een daklozenopvang, genaamd Het Hoogeland. Op 1 januari 2023 telde Beekbergen 4.925 inwoners. Van dat aantal woonde drie vijfde in de kern van het dorp.

Zwolle

Netherlands

Zwolle is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality, after Enschede, and has a population of 132,441 as of December 2023. Zwolle borders the province of Gelderland and lies on the eastern side of the River IJssel.

Linschoten

Netherlands

Haren

Netherlands

Wijchen

Netherlands

Wijchen is a municipality and a collection of towns in the province of Gelderland, in the eastern part of the Netherlands.

Milan

Italy

Milan is the regional capital of Lombardy, in northern Italy, and the seat of the Metropolitan City of Milan. It is the second-most populous city in Italy after Rome, with a population of 1,362,863 in 2026. The city's wider metropolitan area is the largest in Italy, and the fourth-largest in the European Union, with an estimated population of 6.55 million. Milan is considered Italy's economic capital, and its metropolitan area accounts for about 20% of the country's GDP.

Lenno

Italy

Lenno was a comune (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Milan and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,800 and an area of 9.6 km2 (3.7 sq mi).

Lecce

Italy

Lecce is a city and comune (municipality) in the region of Apulia in southern Italy, and the capital of the province of Lecce. It is on the Salentine Peninsula, at the heel of the Italian Peninsula. With a population of 94,387, it is also the largest city in the province.

Bellagio

Italy

Bellagio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Lombardy region of Italy. It is situated on Lake Como, known also by its Latin name Lario, where the lake's two southern arms branch, creating the Triangolo lariano. Bellagio's location at the tip of this promontory, looking out across the lake's northern arm towards the Alps, has long been noted for its scenic beauty. Bellagio is part of the Comunità montana del Triangolo lariano, headquartered in Canzo.

Gravedona ed Uniti

Italy

Gravedona ed Uniti is a comune (municipality) in the province of Como in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Milan and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Como.

Domaso

Italy

Domaso is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Milan and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Como. As of 9 October 2011, it had a population of 1,455 and an area of 6.1 km2 (2.4 sq mi).

Province of Lucca

Italy

The Province of Lucca is a province in the region of Tuscany in central Italy. Its capital is the city of Lucca.

Province of Siena

Italy

The province of Siena is a province in the region of Tuscany in central Italy. Its capital is the city of Siena.

Roma

Italy

Rome is the capital city and most populated comune (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special comune named Roma Capitale with a population of 2.7 million in an area of 1,287.36 km2 (497.1 mi2), Rome is the third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4.2 million, is the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city. Rome is often referred to as the "City of Seven Hills" due to its geography, and also as the "Eternal City". Rome is generally considered to be one of the cradles of Western civilization and Western Christian culture, and the centre of the Catholic Church.

Metropolitan City of Florence

Italy

The Metropolitan City of Florence is a metropolitan city in the region of Tuscany in Italy. Its capital is the city of Florence. It was first created by the reform of local authorities and then established by the Law 56/2014, replacing the province of Florence, and has been operative since 1 January 2015.

Colico

Italy

Colico is a town and comune in the province of Lecco, in Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated on the northern arm of Lake Como, where the river Adda enters the lake. Colico is the largest town in the northern part of Lake Como, which is often identified as its Colico branch.

Tremezzo

Italy

Tremezzo is a comune of some 1,300 people in the Province of Como, in the Italian region Lombardy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia.

Como

Italy

Como is a city and comune (municipality) in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como.

Dervio

Italy

Dervio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located on the eastern shore of Lake Como, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) north of Milan and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Lecco. It is located on a peninsula with same name on the Lake Como, at the mouth of the Varrone river Valley.

Trier

Germany

Trier is sinds 16 v.Chr., samen met Worms, de oudste stad van Duitsland en ook het oudste bisdom ten noorden van de Alpen. De kreisvrije stad Trier ligt op de rechteroever van de Moezel. De stad telt 110.674 inwoners op een oppervlakte van 117,13 km².

Berlin

Germany

Berlin is the capital of Germany as well as its largest city by both area and population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the highest population within its city limits of any city in the European Union. The city is also one of the states of Germany, being the third-smallest state in the country by area. Berlin is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, bordering Brandenburg's capital Potsdam to the southwest. The urban area of Berlin has a population of over 5 million, making it the most populous in Germany. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6 million inhabitants and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region, as well as the fifth-biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union.

Braunschweig

Germany

Braunschweig or Brunswick is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser. In 2025, it had a population of 255,500. The Braunschweig-Wolfsburg-Salzgitter region had 1.02 million residents including the cities Wolfsburg and Salzgitter. It is the second largest urban center in Lower Saxony after Hanover. The urban agglomeration of Braunschweig had a population of 551,000 with over 40% having a migration background, making it the most diverse urban agglomeration in the whole state. The city consists of 42.2% immigrants with a high number of migrants coming from other European countries, Asia and Africa. 73% of the Germans residing in Braunschweig come from different parts of the country, particularly North Rhine Westphalia, Hessen and the former states of East Germany. The city has one of the highest integrated proportions of migrants in the nation, having nearly 8 out of 10 people with migration background speak German on a daily basis. Braunschweig is considered an important regiopolis. It is one of the largest regiopolitan cities in Northern Germany and the largest regiopolis in Lower Saxony. The city is seen as a major hub within the region due to it having multiple characteristics of a metropolitan city on a smaller scale or in a comparative amount to other metropolitan cities in Germany.

Cologne

Germany

Cologne is the fourth-most populous city of Germany and the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with over 1.0 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region. Cologne is also part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, the second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Centred on the left bank of the Rhine, Cologne is located on the River Rhine, about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of the North Rhine-Westphalia state capital Düsseldorf and 22 kilometres (14 mi) northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany.

Lingen (Ems)

Germany

Lingen (Ems) ist eine Mittelstadt im Süden des Landkreises Emsland und im Westen von Niedersachsen. Die an der Ems und grenznah zu den Niederlanden gelegene Stadt ist mit 56.539 (55.092 lt. Zensus am 15. Mai 2022) Einwohnern die mit Abstand größte Stadt des Landkreises. Lingen hat den Status einer großen selbständigen Stadt und ist raumplanerisch als Mittelzentrum mit Teilfunktionen eines Oberzentrums eingestuft.

Lübeck

Germany

Die Hansestadt Lübeck ist eine kreisfreie Großstadt im Norden Deutschlands. Sie liegt im Südosten Schleswig-Holsteins an der Lübecker Bucht, einer Meeresbucht der Ostsee. Lübeck ist mit rund 220.000 Einwohnern nach der Landeshauptstadt Kiel die zweitgrößte und hinsichtlich der Fläche die größte Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein. Die Hansestadt an der Trave ist eines der vier Oberzentren des Landes, mit einem Hafen, einer spezialisierten Universität mit Klinikum, einer Technischen Hochschule und einer Musikhochschule. Das Theater Lübeck, die Musik- und Kongresshalle sowie fünfzehn Museen bieten ein reiches Kulturangebot. Lübeck wurde 1143 an heutiger Stelle gegründet und war von 1226 bis 1937 ein Stadtstaat. Als Hauptort der Hanse gehörte Lübeck im 13. und 14. Jahrhundert zu den bedeutendsten Städten Nordeuropas. Die erhaltenen Bereiche der Lübecker Altstadt mit über tausend Kulturdenkmalen gehören seit 1987 zum UNESCO-Welterbe. Darunter befinden sich einige bedeutende Bauwerke mittelalterlicher Backsteinarchitektur, wie die Lübecker Marienkirche, das Rathaus, einer der ältesten Dome im Ostseeraum, das Heiligen-Geist-Hospital, das Holstentor oder das Burgtor. Bekannt ist die Stadt außerdem für ihre sieben Türme und Lübecker Marzipan.

Duisburg

Germany

Duisburg is een kreisfreie Stadt in de Duitse deelstaat Noordrijn-Westfalen. De stad telt 495.885 inwoners op een oppervlakte van 232,80 km². Op 31 december 2020 had 24,26% van de inwoners een niet-Duits staatsburgerschap en hadden 1.600 inwoners het Nederlandse staatsburgerschap.

Bielefeld

Germany

Bielefeld   ist eine kreisfreie Großstadt im Regierungsbezirk Detmold im Nordosten Nordrhein-Westfalens. Mit 331.419 Einwohnern ist sie die größte Stadt der Region Ostwestfalen-Lippe und deren wirtschaftliches Zentrum. In Nordrhein-Westfalen ist Bielefeld hinsichtlich der Bevölkerungszahl die achtgrößte Stadt. In der Landesplanung ist Bielefeld als Oberzentrum eingestuft. In Deutschland steht die Stadt der Bevölkerung nach an 18. Stelle und der Fläche nach an 11. Stelle.

Heidelberg

Germany

Heidelberg [ˈhaɪ̯dl̩bɛɐ̯k]  ist eine Großstadt mit 156.092 Einwohnern in Baden-Württemberg. Die Stadt liegt am Neckar an der Stelle, wo dieser den Odenwald verlässt und in die oberrheinische Tiefebene eintritt. Die ehemalige kurpfälzische Residenzstadt ist bekannt für ihre malerische Altstadt, ihre Schlossruine und die Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, welche die älteste Hochschule auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Deutschland ist. Die Stadt zieht Besucher und Wissenschaftler aus der ganzen Welt an.

Wiesbaden

Germany

Wiesbaden ist die Landeshauptstadt des Landes Hessen und mit ihren 15 Thermal- und Mineralquellen eines der ältesten Kurbäder Europas.

Darmstadt

Germany

Darmstadt ist eine kreisfreie Großstadt mit 168.253 Einwohnern im Süden Hessens, Verwaltungssitz des Regierungsbezirks Darmstadt und des Landkreises Darmstadt-Dieburg. Die Stadt gehört zum Rhein-Main-Gebiet und ist eines der zehn Oberzentren des Landes Hessen. Darmstadt ist nach Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden und Kassel die viertgrößte Stadt des Landes. Sie trägt seit dem 13. August 1997 die amtliche Zusatzbezeichnung Wissenschaftsstadt, mit der sie sich bereits seit der Nachkriegszeit profiliert.

Sankt Peter-Ording

Germany

Sankt Peter-Ording ist eine Gemeinde im Kreis Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein.

Pommern

Germany

Pomerania is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The central and eastern part belongs to the West Pomeranian, Pomeranian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian voivodeships of Poland, while the western part belongs to the German states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg.

Lingen

Germany

Lingen (Ems) ist eine Mittelstadt im Süden des Landkreises Emsland und im Westen von Niedersachsen. Die an der Ems und grenznah zu den Niederlanden gelegene Stadt ist mit 56.539 (55.092 lt. Zensus am 15. Mai 2022) Einwohnern die mit Abstand größte Stadt des Landkreises. Lingen hat den Status einer großen selbständigen Stadt und ist raumplanerisch als Mittelzentrum mit Teilfunktionen eines Oberzentrums eingestuft.

Munich

Germany

Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is not a state of its own, and it ranks as the 11th-largest city in the European Union (EU). The metropolitan area has around 3 million inhabitants, and the broader Munich Metropolitan Region is home to about 6.2 million people. It is the third largest metropolitan region by GDP in the EU. Munich is located on the river Isar north of the Alps. It is the seat of the Upper Bavarian administrative region. With 4,500 people per km2, Munich is Germany's most densely populated municipality. It is also the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialect area after Vienna.

New York

United States

St. Louis

United States

St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while its metropolitan area, which extends into Illinois, had an estimated population of over 2.8 million. It is the largest metropolitan area in Missouri and the second-largest in Illinois. The city's combined statistical area is the 20th-largest in the United States.

Chicago

United States

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the third-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.74 million at the 2020 census. The Chicago metropolitan area has 9.41 million residents and is the third-largest metropolitan area in the country. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S.

North Judson

United States

North Judson is a town in Wayne Township, Starke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,857 as of the 2020 census.

Simi Valley

United States

Simi Valley is a city in the valley of the same name in southeastern Ventura County, California, United States. It is 37 miles (60 km) northwest of Downtown Los Angeles, making it part of the Greater Los Angeles Area. Simi Valley borders Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, and the Chatsworth neighborhood of Los Angeles. As of the 2020 census, Simi Valley had a population of 126,356. The city of Simi Valley is surrounded by the Santa Susana Mountains and the Simi Hills, west of the San Fernando Valley, and northeast of the Conejo Valley. It grew as a bedroom community for the cities in the Los Angeles area and the San Fernando Valley when a freeway was built over the Santa Susana Pass.

Santa Fe

United States

San Jose

United States

The City of San José, often simply called San Jose,, is the most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California, and the 13th-most populous in the United States, with an estimated 989,814 residents as of 2025. The city's metropolitan area is home to nearly two million people, while the broader combined statistical area has a population of over nine million. Located in Santa Clara Valley on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of 179.97 sq mi (466.1 km2) and is the county seat of Santa Clara County.

San Francisco

United States

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth-most populous city in California and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with a population of 826,079 in 2025. Among U.S. cities with a population of 200,000 or more, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income, third by population density, and sixth by aggregate income as of 2024. Some 4.6 million residents live in the city's metropolitan statistical area, which is the 13th-largest in the United States. Around 9.2 million live in the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area, the fifth-largest in the United States.

Seattle

United States

Seattle is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is the 18th-most populous city in the United States with a population of 784,777 in 2025, while the Seattle metropolitan area at over 4.15 million residents is the 15th-most populous metropolitan area in the nation. The city is the county seat of King County, the most populous county in Washington. Seattle's growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 made it one of the country's fastest-growing large cities.

Los Angeles

United States

Los Angeles, also known as L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3.87 million residents within the city limits as of 2025, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind New York City, and the largest city in the Western United States. The city has an ethnically and culturally diverse population, and it is the principal city of a metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18 million residents.

Santa Monica

United States

Santa Monica is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast. As of the 2020 census, Santa Monica had a population of 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing to its climate, beaches, and hospitality industry. It has a diverse economy, hosting headquarters of companies such as Hulu, Activision Blizzard, Universal Music Group, Starz Entertainment, Lionsgate Studios, Illumination, Snap Inc., Paramount Skydance, and The Recording Academy.

Paris

France

Paris is the capital and largest city of France, with an estimated city population of 2.04 million in an area of 105.4 km2 (40.7 sq mi), and a metropolitan population of 13.2 million as of January 2026. Located on the river Seine in the centre of the Île-de-France region, it is the largest metropolitan area and fourth-most populous city in the European Union (EU). Nicknamed the "City of Light", partly because of its role in the Age of Enlightenment, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, fashion, and gastronomy since the 17th century.

Strasbourg

France

Strasbourg is a prefecture and commune, and the largest city of the Grand Est region of northeastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin department and the official seat of the European Parliament.

Albert

France

Albert is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Lyon

France

Lyon is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, 391 km (243 mi) southeast of Paris, 278 km (173 mi) north of Marseille, and 113 km (70 mi) southwest of Geneva, Switzerland.

Antwerp

Belgium

Antwerp is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest municipality in Belgium by area at 208.22 km2 (80.39 sq mi). With a population of 565,039, it is the most populous municipality in Belgium, and with a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million people, the country's second-largest metropolitan area after Brussels.

Ghent

Belgium

Ghent is a city and a municipality in the East Flanders province of the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the province and the third largest in the country, after Brussels and Antwerp. It is a port and university city.

Brugge

Belgium

Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country, and is the sixth most populous city in Belgium. The predominant language is Dutch.

Liège

Belgium

Liège is a city and municipality in the Belgian region of Wallonia, and the capital of the eponymous province. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from borders with the Netherlands and with Germany. In Liège, the Meuse meets the river Ourthe. The city is part of the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia. It is still the principal economic and cultural centre of the region.

Brussels

Belgium

Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country. It is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, and is separate from the Flemish Region (Flanders), within which it forms an enclave, and the Walloon Region (Wallonia), located less than 4 km (2.5 mi) south.

Tarragona

Spain

Tarragona is a city and municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town of Tarragonès county, the Camp de Tarragona region and the province of Tarragona. Geographically, it is located on the Costa Daurada area on the Mediterranean shore, around the mouth of the Francolí.

Córdoba

Spain

Córdoba, or sometimes Cordova, is a city in Andalusia, Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba. With a population of 324,902 as of 2024, it is the 12th-largest city in Spain and the 3rd-largest in Andalusia.

Palma de Mallorca

Spain

Palma is de hoofdplaats van het eiland Mallorca en de hoofdstad van de Spaanse autonome eilandengroep der Balearen. De stad telt 434.786 inwoners (2025). Ze is gelegen aan de zuid-westkust van het eiland aan de Middellandse Zee.

Alicante

Spain

Alicante, in Spanish, or Alacant, in Valencian, is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historical Mediterranean port. With a population of 358,608 as of 2024, it is the 2nd-largest city in the Valencian Community and the 10th-largest in Spain.

Campanet

Spain

Campanet is een gemeente in de Spaanse provincie en regio Balearen met een oppervlakte van 35 km². Campanet heeft 2.859 inwoners (2025). De gemeente ligt op het eiland Mallorca.

Ciutadella

Spain

Ciutadella [siwtəðˈeʎə] ist eine Gemeinde auf der Westseite der Insel Menorca mit 32.431 Einwohnern. Die Stadt war vom Altertum bis ins 18. Jahrhundert die Hauptstadt Menorcas und wurde dann durch Maó abgelöst. Heute ist sie mit geringem Vorsprung vor Maó die größte Stadt auf der Insel sowie Sitz des Inselbischofs, Fährhafen und Touristenziel.

Palma

Spain

Palma, also known as Palma de Mallorca, is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca on the Bay of Palma. With a population of 438,234 as of 2024, it is the 8th-largest city in Spain.

Barcelona

Spain

Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.7 million within city limits, its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 5.7 million people, making it the fifth most populous urban area of the European Union after Paris, the Ruhr area, Madrid and Milan. It is one of the largest metropolises on the Mediterranean Sea, located on the coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola mountain range.

Madrid

Spain

Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain. It had a population of over 3.4 million in the city proper in 2025, and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.8 million. Madrid is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), after Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the second-largest in the EU, after Paris. The municipality covers an area of 605.77 square kilometres (233.89 sq mi). Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about 660 metres (2,170 ft) above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid, it is the political, economic and cultural centre of the country.

Kraków

Poland

Kraków, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 816,614 (2025), with 1,428,363 people living in the Kraków metropolitan area. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish economic, academic, cultural, and artistic life. Its Old Town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, one of the world's first sites granted the status.

Racławice

Poland

Racławice is a village located in Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It became famous after the victorious Battle of Racławice (1794) in the Kościuszko Uprising. It is the seat of a municipality within Miechów County.

Coimbra

Portugal

Coimbra, officially the City of Coimbra, is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of around 319.40 square kilometres (123.3 sq mi). It is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto, and Braga, and it is the largest city of the district of Coimbra and the Central Region, and about 460,000 people live in its intermunicipal community.

Porto

Portugal

Porto, also known in English as Oporto, is the second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of 273,476 people in a municipal area of 41.42 km2 (16 sq mi). As of 2025, the Porto metropolitan area has around 1.9 million people in an area of 2,395 km2 (925 sq mi), making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognized as a global city with a Gamma + rating from the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.

London

United Kingdom

London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9.1 million people in 2024. Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 15.1 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a 50-mile (80 km) tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the site of the national government and parliament for centuries. London grew rapidly in the 19th century, becoming the world's largest city at the time. Since the 19th century the name "London" has referred to the metropolis around the City of London, historically split among the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent and Hertfordshire. Since 1965 it has largely comprised the administrative area of Greater London, governed by 33 local authorities and the Greater London Authority.

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. It is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh had a population of 506,520 in 2020, making it the second-most-populous city in Scotland and the seventh-most-populous in the United Kingdom. The wider metropolitan area had a population of 912,490 in the same year.

Innsbruck

Austria

Innsbruck ist eine Großstadt im Westen Österreichs und Hauptstadt des Bundeslandes Tirol. Wahrzeichen der alten Hauptstadt der Gefürsteten Grafschaft Tirol ist das Goldene Dachl.

Vienna

Austria

Vienna is the capital, most populous city, and one of the nine states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the cultural, economic, and political centre of the country, the fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most populous of the cities on the river Danube.

Tulln an der Donau

Austria

Tulln an der Donau is een gemeente in de Oostenrijkse deelstaat Neder-Oostenrijk, gelegen in het district Tulln. De gemeente heeft ongeveer 13.600 inwoners.

Copenhagen

Denmark

Copenhagen is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1.4 million. The city is situated mainly on the island of Zealand (Sjælland), with a smaller part on the island of Amager. Copenhagen is separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road.

Bagenkop

Denmark

Bagenkop is a town in south Denmark, located in Langeland Municipality on the island of Langeland in Region of Southern Denmark.

Aarhus

Denmark

Aarhus is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately 187 kilometres (116 mi) northwest of Copenhagen. Its urban population was 305,227 in 2026.

Bern

Switzerland

Bern, or Berne, is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city". With a population of about 146,000, Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland, behind Zurich, Geneva, Basel and Lausanne. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 36 municipalities, had a population of 406,900 in 2014. The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in 2000.

Zürich

Switzerland

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. As of the end of 2024, the municipality had a population of 436,551, while the urban area was home to 1.45 million people (2020), and the Zurich metropolitan area had a total population of 2.1 million (2020). Zurich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zurich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country.

Cork

Ireland

Cork is the second-largest city in the Republic of Ireland, the county town of County Cork, the largest city in the province of Munster and the third-largest on the island of Ireland. At the 2022 census, it had a population of 224,004.

Dublin

Ireland

Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, part of the Wicklow Mountains range. Dublin is the largest city by population on the island of Ireland; at the 2022 census, the city council area had a population of 592,713, while the city, including suburbs, had a population of 1,263,219, and County Dublin had a population of 1,501,500. Various definitions of a metropolitan Greater Dublin Area exist.

Sarajevo

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo Canton, containing the city of Sarajevo and nearby municipalities, is home to 413,593 inhabitants. Located within the greater Sarajevo valley of Bosnia, it is surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of the Balkans, a region of Southeastern Europe.

Vancouver

Canada

Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Metro Vancouver area had a population of 2.6 million in 2021, making it the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Greater Vancouver, along with the Fraser Valley, comprises the Lower Mainland with a regional population of over 3 million. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, with over 5,700 inhabitants per square kilometre (15,000/sq mi), and the fourth highest in North America.

Hlavní město Praha

Czechia

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Located on the Vltava River, the city has a population of about 1.4 million, making it the twelfth-largest city in the European Union. Its metropolitan area is home to approximately 2.3 million people.

Mumbai

India

Mumbai, also known as Bombay, is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India, with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, which is among the most populous metropolitan areas in the world with a population of over 23 million. It lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It has the highest number of billionaires of any city in Asia.

Bishkek

Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek, formerly known as Pishpek, and then Frunze (1926–1991), is the capital and largest urban city of Kyrgyzstan. The city is also the capital of the Chüy Region. It is situated near the border with Kazakhstan and has a population of around 1,200,000 people as of 2024.

Il-Belt Valletta

Malta

Valletta, also known as Città Umilissima, is the capital city of Malta and one of its 68 council areas. Located between the Grand Harbour to the east and Marsamxett Harbour to the west, its population as of 2021 was 5,157. As Malta's capital city, it is a commercial centre for shopping, bars, dining, and café life. It is also the southernmost capital of Europe, and, at just 0.61 square kilometres (0.24 sq mi), it is the European Union's smallest capital city.

Quezon City

Philippines

Quezon City, also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C., is the most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 3,084,270 people. It was founded on October 12, 1939, and was named after Manuel L. Quezon, the second president of the Philippines. Quezon City served as the capital of the Philippines from 1948 until 1976, when the designation was returned to Manila.

Sandton

South Africa

Sandton is a financial, commercial and residential city, located in the northern part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Formerly an independent municipality, Sandton's name came from the combination of two of its suburbs, Sandown and Bryanston.