Philip Blazdell on worthwhile cities

Philip's been all around Europe (amongst other places), and he gave his take on some of the cities we're kicking around:

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from your list, here are some initial thought of the things I would do or
see:

UK & Ireland
Edinburgh – festival, drink scotch
Dublin – drink Guinness, go to a pub, drink..
London – go clubbing, see a show, go to the British museum, eat a curry
Glasgow – go see a footy match
Liverpool – see Abbey Road, see some footy, take the ferry across the Mersey
Manchester – great for clubbing, footy and shopping
Newcastle – er? I do hear it has a cracking night life….

Scandinavia
Oslo – Viking museum, lots of museum, the main street on a sunny day,
Norwegian girls….mmmmmmmmmmm
Stockholm – Ice bars, the harbour, the old town (except when its snowing and
-20)
Helsinki – the parliament, cathedral, lovely food. See some Ice hockey.

Western Europe
Paris – Louvre, Notre Dam, walk along the Seine…
Rotterdam – its just a dump and not too safe
Brussels – beer, French fries and lots of mussels
Amsterdam – art galleries. Rijksmuseum, red light district, visit Ann Franks house… essential….
Frankfurt – er…. visit our office?
Berlin – Pretend you are Liza Minelli and go drinking…
Vienna – walk along the river, eat cakes, go to a classical recital..
Athens –
Rome – Vatican city, the coliseum, the Spanish steps
Marseilles -
Barcelona – I think I have been here – maybe the Picasso museum?
Madrid
Lisbon – ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Bomb the place please…
Paris
Munich – beer, beer and er, beer… Munich Beer Festival
Antwerp – not the best place unless you want to buy diamonds…
Luxembourg – I passed through here once – lots of banks and nothing else
Liechtenstein
Bordeaux – oh, just the wine…
Pamplona
Leon
Salzburg
Innsbruck
Zurich – ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. So so dull. you could visit our
office….
Interlaken – I know a magnificent hotel here but like the rest of CH I find it dull… eat lots of chocolate though
Bern
Geneva
Venice- magnificent galleries, trips to Murano and Burano….. wonderful
Milan – get mugged at the station as I nearly did last week
Strasbourg – wonderful wine, gateway to the black forest, magnificent clock
tower, EU parliament

Eastern Europe & the Balkans
Prague – good food, cheap beer, lots of art
Warsaw – Chopin’s head (don’t ask its a long story). Opera is excellent and cheap.
Krakow – wonderful cloth market, trips to Auswitz and Salt mines are essential
Bratislava
Budapest
Belgrade
Bucharest
Sofia
Skopje
Ljubljiana

hope this helps,

Philip