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Poznan is nice: very underrated, but it's one of the oldest and most historic Polish cities. Also I think quite prosperous nowadays. In a similar vein I would mention Wroclaw and Gdansk, two historically German/Polish cities full of fine architecture and a generally pleasing urban ambience.
But my Top 3 would consist of Prague and Krakow, with Kiev and St. Petersburg battling it out for the 3rd slot. I live in Moscow and generally like it, and it has the advantages of a big cultural center; but on the other hand, huge cities of this type don't appeal to me that much.
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I miss places on your list like Plovdiv, Bulgaria, (UNESCO world heritage site) or Ljubljana or Zagreb. Your list seems to consist only of capital cities (and one capital village which is nothing special - guess which one :-P )
My top-5 would be:
1) Kraków
2) Praha
3) Plovdiv
4) Wrocław
5) Ljubljana or Bratislava (toss-up between the two)
I miss places on your list like Plovdiv, Bulgaria, (UNESCO world heritage site) or Ljubljana or Zagreb. Your list seems to consist only of capital cities (and one capital village which is nothing special - guess which one :-P )
My top-5 would be:
1) Kraków
2) Praha
3) Plovdiv
4) Wrocław
5) Ljubljana or Bratislava (toss-up between the two)
Great list. I love Plovdiv and I'm surprised that people don't mention it more often.
Glad someone mentioned Krakow. That's definitely on my list.
One less-known (or at least less-mentioned) city is L'viv, Ukraine. It is a gorgeous city, quite a bit like Krakow in some ways, but gets little pub. Look it up...it's gorgeous.
I like Odessa and Kyiv, too.
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True, Lwów is also great, I just didn't think of it straight away as it's usually a cheap weekend party destination for students from Kraków...
But it does have a special sort of charm... A bit Polish, but with all the Ukrainian surprises which make it unpredictable and interesting... Add to that cigarettes for PLN 2 and bottles of wódka for 8 PLN make it a very enjoyable weekend getaway... :-)
Here is my quick question; what exactly "Slavic" about central European cities mentioned above? I mean Central Europe has been under German influence for so long, that I'm trying to figure out how exactly those cities look distinctively different as "Slavic?"
I mean even St. Pet leaves me questioning this matter, since it has been built by Italian architect (Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli) and its prototype was favorite city of Peter the Great - Amsterdam. Granted, Rastrelli came up with "Russian Barocco" when he was designing St. Pet's buildings, but still, how "Slavic" St. Petersburg really looks?
Moscow ( and Kiev I suppose) - yes, they have architecture that's very distinctive in that sense, but the rest of mentioned above cities?
Here is my quick question; what exactly "Slavic" about central European cities mentioned above?
Well now I'm confused...I assume they're Slavic in the sense that they're located in Slavic countries and have Slavic populations. (nowadays, anyway)
Yes, the history and architecture are a mishmash - much of the historic buildings in some of these places were built by Italians, Germans and others; and some of these places had large non-Slavic populations once upon a time - but I assume we're talking about the present...aren't we?
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