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Old 10-18-2011, 09:05 PM
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My pick would be Lisbon, Portugal:

Lisbon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nice temperature range, nothing too cold but the summer has some heat. Decent amount of rain though a bit drier than I'd like, especially the summers.

What do others pick?

For this thread, I'd like to define Europe as anything west of the Urals and north of the Mediterranean / Black Sea or Caucasus Mountains. So, European Russia counts.
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Old 10-18-2011, 09:23 PM
 
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I wouldn't even consider Portugal's climate European. A true European climate is something similar to Munich or London. My favorite European climate is St. Petersburg.
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Old 10-18-2011, 10:34 PM
 
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Seville, Spain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seville#Climate
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Old 10-18-2011, 11:10 PM
 
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Lisbon definitely has the mildest climate. An excellent if a bit boring option. I think I'll go with Madrid: seems slightly more interesting.
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Old 10-18-2011, 11:42 PM
 
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Athens, Greece
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Old 10-19-2011, 12:29 AM
 
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Seville by far !


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I wouldn't even consider Portugal's climate European. A true European climate is something similar to Munich or London. My favorite European climate is St. Petersburg.
Care to explain why? I understand you don't like warm climates but Portugal and Spain are as European as the UK, and probably more European than Russia for that matter (geographically, politically, and so on).
It's like if I said Seoul is not Asian because it gets cold in winter, and that true Asian climates are limited to Bangkok or Singapore
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Old 10-19-2011, 01:17 AM
 
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As much as the city is ugly and polluted, I find Zaporizhia, Ukraine's climate very nice. It has well-defined and balanced seasons, though not too extreme. The only problem is its rather low precipitation totals (abit like London's). At least the rainfall pattern is continental and allows vegetation to thrive during summer.
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Old 10-19-2011, 02:29 AM
 
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As much as the city is ugly and polluted, I find Zaporizhia, Ukraine's climate very nice. It has well-defined and balanced seasons, though not too extreme. The only problem is its rather low precipitation totals (abit like London's). At least the rainfall pattern is continental and allows vegetation to thrive during summer.
Too dry for me. One of my favourite climates anywhere is Ljubljana: proper seasons but nothing too extreme, plenty of snow, plenty of thunderstorms, plenty of winter fog and summer sun. Plus it's a beautiful place.
Ljubljana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Zagreb, a couple of hours down the road is similar only a little warmer and drier. Both would suit me fine.
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Old 10-19-2011, 02:30 AM
 
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It seems the best climate for me is just east of the Baltic Sea, with cool, snowy winters and mild summers. Some places with this climate:

Riga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helsinki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tampere - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tallinn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kaunas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 10-19-2011, 02:43 AM
 
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Too dry for me.
Yes that's its main flaw.
Sure Ljubljana and Zagreb have very nice climates. The summer lows are somewhat cool though. Milan, Italy isn't bad too, but it's too mild in winter.
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