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Old 10-27-2016, 09:34 AM
 
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
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I would suggest that Venice is also a very 'swimmable' city too.
Yes, If the water was clean.
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Old 10-28-2016, 05:53 AM
 
Location: SE UK
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Wouldn't fancy swimming in the Canals.

Wasn't Birmingham Tourist Board going on about Birmingham having more canals than Venice.

Although I definately wouldn't want to swim in the Canals in Birmingham.

It has more miles of canals than Venice, more trees than Paris and smells of brown sauce. Ar, I'm proud to be a Brummie

Most British Cities are very walkable, with many having lots of parks and green space.

Home - Walk London

London's best walks - Telegraph
I once had breakfast on a barge café on a Brummie canal, very nice it was too.
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Old 10-28-2016, 07:02 AM
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Location: Great Britain
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I once had breakfast on a barge café on a Brummie canal, very nice it was too.


They have done a nice job of cleaning up the canals and redeveloping Birmingham, although I still wouldn't fancy swimming in a Canal full stop.
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Old 10-30-2016, 10:27 PM
 
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Madrid and Bologna are extremely walkable. I lived in both. In Bologna, I never once took a bus and only hailed a cab a few times. Besides that, I walked absolutely everywhere. Venice is walkable, but not pedestrian-friendly IMO. The bridges are spread out and you have to know exactly which streets have bridges. The streets follow no grid or pattern whatsoever, so without a map, getting lost is easy.

Madrid, for being a city of several million people, is very compact. There are a few districts in the city with over 70k/sq mi and one that I know of with over 80k/sq mi. It also has one of the best subway systems in the entire world, but is much smaller than its competing cities.
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Old 11-03-2016, 11:39 AM
 
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All cities in the Balkans.
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Old 11-03-2016, 06:39 PM
 
Location: United Kingdom
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New York city
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Old 11-07-2016, 04:43 AM
 
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All cities have areas where you're looking over your shoulder... just depends which neighbourhood you plan on walking in surely.Venice might be "walkable" but if you've seen the movie "Don't Look Now" lol
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