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View Poll Results: Your favorite?
London 7 11.67%
Paris 4 6.67%
Brussels 1 1.67%
Berlin 9 15.00%
Moscow 3 5.00%
Milan 1 1.67%
Barcelona 6 10.00%
Athens 1 1.67%
Lisbon 6 10.00%
Stockholm 3 5.00%
Dublin 0 0%
Amsterdam 2 3.33%
Oslo 1 1.67%
Helsinki 1 1.67%
Geneva 2 3.33%
Another 13 21.67%
Voters: 60. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01-25-2016, 02:43 AM
 
Location: Hong Kong / Vienna
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Oh good to know, I don't know much about German cities so I didn't know Why do you think that of Cologne and Frankfurt?
Frankfurt is known for it's (financial) service industry, Cologne is known for... well... TV stations and carnival? Don't get me wrong, I assume both are fine cities to live in, but I don't think they are very dynamic and interesting.

Frankfurt in particular seems to be a very static place. Lot's of white collar workers on the one side, lots of homeless people on the other side. Both places are architecturally bland and lack things to do.

Munich and Hamburg are pretty nice cities with nice job markets. A lot of students and young people keep the city interesting. Both cities just seem to be more innovative than Cologne and Hamburg, things change quite quickly.
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Old 01-25-2016, 03:33 AM
 
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Frankfurt is known for it's (financial) service industry, Cologne is known for... well... TV stations and carnival? Don't get me wrong, I assume both are fine cities to live in, but I don't think they are very dynamic and interesting.

Frankfurt in particular seems to be a very static place. Lot's of white collar workers on the one side, lots of homeless people on the other side. Both places are architecturally bland and lack things to do.

Munich and Hamburg are pretty nice cities with nice job markets. A lot of students and young people keep the city interesting. Both cities just seem to be more innovative than Cologne and Hamburg, things change quite quickly.
I see, I understand What is interesting in Germany is that it doesn't have a huge capital concentrating most of political and economic power like Paris in France or London in the UK, it's more like the US. Pretty cool
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Old 01-25-2016, 04:34 AM
 
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GENEVA

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Old 01-25-2016, 05:11 AM
 
Location: Finland
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Saint Petersburg













And more Helsinki:

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Old 01-25-2016, 06:23 AM
 
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Nice St Peterburg ��
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Old 01-25-2016, 09:42 AM
 
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I loved living in London for 8 months....but I missed warm dry sunny weather.

Paris I got to live in for three years but moved away just as I was beginning to feel more at ease speaking French.

It's a toss up between the two though I hear Glasgow, Vienna and Barcelona are must visit places.
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Old 01-25-2016, 10:42 AM
 
Location: Taipei
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Saint Petersburg
And more Helsinki:

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I would love to visit Helsinki this spring/summer, too bad Ryanair doesn't really fly there.

I would love to visit St. Pete as well, unfortunately Russia's visa policy is all kinds of hostile.
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Old 01-25-2016, 11:12 AM
 
Location: Finland
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I would love to visit Helsinki this spring/summer, too bad Ryanair doesn't really fly there.

I would love to visit St. Pete as well, unfortunately Russia's visa policy is all kinds of hostile.
Ryanair will start probably this year shuttle services to Helsinki. Norwegian and Air Baltic can have quite cheap flights too.
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Old 01-25-2016, 11:16 AM
 
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Ryanair will start probably this year shuttle services to Helsinki. Norwegian and Air Baltic can have quite cheap flights too.
I'm sure I'll visit Stockholm at some point this year, I might find a way to Helsinki then. I thought about taking a ferry but ferries seem to be so ****ing expensive.
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Old 01-25-2016, 11:30 AM
 
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I'm sure I'll visit Stockholm at some point this year, I might find a way to Helsinki then. I thought about taking a ferry but ferries seem to be so ****ing expensive.
What? €50-60 is too much? It's cheaper than a hotel room for the night.

Take the crappiest boat, the crappiest cabin, not a cruise but a commuting fare and don't spend much money on the ship. Sometimes they can have campaigns with a fare like €30.

edit: and you get the genuine booze cruise experience, integral to Stockholm-Helsinki culture.
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