Places we know

Hallstatt

Postcard lakeside village.

Salzburg

Baroque city, Alpine backdrop.

Vienna

Imperial grandeur and coffee houses.

Antwerp

Fashion, diamonds, grand station.

Bruges

Fairytale medieval canals.

Brussels

Grand squares, waffles, EU buzz.

Ghent

Medieval looks, student energy.

Prague

Storybook old town, cheap beer.

Aalborg

Northern Jutland, gateway to the ferries.

Aarhus

Denmark's compact second city.

Copenhagen

Design, cycling and harbour swimming.

Copenhagen

Design, bikes, cosy hygge.

Odense

Funen's hub, on the way across Denmark.

Tallinn

Walled old town, two hours by ferry from Helsinki.

Tartu

Estonia's university town.

Helsinki

Baltic capital; ferries to Tallinn and Stockholm.

Tampere

Between two lakes, sauna capital.

Turku

Old capital and the Stockholm ferry port.

Bordeaux

Wine country elegance.

Lille

Flemish-French charm, great markets.

Lyon

France's food capital.

Nice

Riviera sun and pebble beaches.

Paris

The classic — art, food, icons.

Strasbourg

Half-timbered canals, German-French mix.

Berlin

History and legendary nightlife.

Cologne

Giant cathedral, Rhine-side bars.

Freiburg

Sunny Black Forest base.

Hamburg

Harbour city, canals and a serious music scene.

Hamburg

Harbour city, canals, music.

Munich

Beer gardens and Alp gateway.

Cinque Terre

Cliff villages and coast trails.

Florence

Renaissance art everywhere.

Milan

Fashion and a stunning duomo.

Rome

Ancient ruins and great food.

Venice

Canals like nowhere else.

Riga

Art nouveau streets and a huge central market.

Kaunas

Interwar modernist architecture.

Vilnius

Baroque old town, very good value.

Luxembourg City

Dramatic ravines and cheap fuel nearby.

Amsterdam

Canals, world-class museums, buzzing nightlife.

Enschede

Green student city on the German border.

Groningen

Lively northern university town.

Maastricht

Roman roots, cave tunnels, cafe culture.

Rotterdam

Bold modern architecture and a huge port.

Utrecht

Amsterdam's calmer, canal-laced cousin.

Bergen

Fjord gateway, wooden wharf, a lot of rain.

Oslo

Fjord head, hiking straight from the tram.

Gdańsk

Hanseatic waterfront on the Baltic.

Kraków

Intact medieval centre, cheap and busy.

Poznań

Halfway between Berlin and Warsaw.

Szczecin

First Polish city on the road east from Berlin.

Warsaw

Rebuilt old town, strong food scene.

Lisbon

Hills, trams, seafood, sun.

Porto

Port wine and riverside tiles.

Lake Bled

Island church on an alpine lake.

Ljubljana

Green, walkable little capital.

Barcelona

Gaudí, beach, tapas, party.

Madrid

Grand plazas and late nights.

San Sebastián

Pintxos capital by the sea.

Gothenburg

West-coast seafood and archipelago.

Malmö

Across the Øresund bridge from Copenhagen.

Stockholm

Fourteen islands, old town, ferries east.

Interlaken

Between two lakes under the Alps.

Zurich

Lakeside, pricey, pristine.

London

Endless museums and neighbourhoods.