Which cities in Europe have the nicest parks and gardens? (country, people)

[The Postman]

Include the metropolitan area (e.g. Greater London or the built up Paris metro, not Il-de-France) but not surrounding countryside.

List your top 1, 5 or 10 cities.

I've only been to the UK and Italy so I won't give a list, but for gardens the English countryside had many, but London is really a lovely city for parks and gardens.

[Stewart G. Griffin]

I think London is much better catered for with parks and open spaces than all the other major European cities. Aside from the large parks there are a multitude of smaller local parks and gardens. It's a surprisingly green city for such a large capital. Hyde Park, Regents Park, Green Park, Battersea Park, Hampstead Heath and so on are complimented by smaller parks and gardens way too numerous to mention.

Paris has Tuileries & Luxembourg Gardens and various other smaller parks, but nowhere near as many as London.

[Ariete]

Helsinki, hands down.

Others are Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo and Reykjavík.

[Ruth4Truth]

Vienna, Helsinki.

[Minato ku]

Originally Posted by Stewart G. Griffin

Paris has Tuileries & Luxembourg Gardens and various other smaller parks.

It is a tourist view to believe that Tuileries & Luxembourg Gardens are the largest in Paris.
What about Bois de Boulogne, Bois de Vincennes, Parc de Sceaux, Parc de Saint Cloud, Parc de la Courneuve, Parc du Sausset, Les Buttes Chaumont...

[BigSwede]

Stockholm.

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As Stewart mentioned, London has a lot of parks and open areas of greenery dotted all over the place, while retaining high levels of density.



Richmond Park:


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Other UK cities have some of the largest parks in Europe..

Sutton Park, Birmingham:


Sutton Park by Birmingham News Room, on Flickr


Sutton Park by cactusinthesea, on Flickr

Roundhay Park, Leeds:


A great day for dogs by yorkiebrian, on Flickr


DSC_6683_ by Old Bluebeard, on Flickr

My nearest park is Temple Newsam:


Temple Newsam_Panorama1 by ShakeyDave, on Flickr

[Amy1190]

Amazing how despite being more congested and urban than their American counterparts, Western European cities have always made room for beautiful parks. Not every piece of land has to be sold to the highest bidder and developed!

[KathrynAragon]

London has some beautiful parks. So does Berlin. Ghent is a smaller town in Belgium but it has some great parks and walking areas.

I loved living in Aschaffenburg, Germany, a town of about 80,000 people. In the middle of the city is a park containing the ruins of a long abandoned monastery, as well as the remnants of the original city wall from about the 1100s. It's so green and quiet, almost sacred in that park, surrounded by a busy city.

This is the area that they set up their Christkindlmarkt in December (LOVE THAT!). This park sits between the Fussganger area at one end and a pretty rare (in Germany) enclosed mall. Great memories!





Another thing I love about so many European cities is how they make the most of every bit of space. Here is a typical roof garden in Aschaffenburg, Germany:





And here are vineyards and terraced gardens overhanging a main thoroughfare through town:



Really very typical of small villages and large cities throughout Bavaria.