New 7 wonders cities.

[royal rose1]

Originally Posted by Kiboko

Another subjective top-# list. Here is my version

London
Paris
Rome
Prague
Berlin
Amsterdam
Vienna

hmmmmmmmm, seems to be pretty unbiased! hahaha

[Harry_Harry]

01. Rome
02. Venice
03. Paris
04. Florence
05. Vienna
06. Stockholm
07. Prague

IMHO classical beauty is in Europe and in Europe only.

[royal rose1]

Originally Posted by Harry_Harry

01. Rome
02. Venice
03. Paris
04. Florence
05. Vienna
06. Stockholm
07. Prague

IMHO classical beauty is in Europe and in Europe only.

Wow, I'm sorry but there's no way to not call you ignorant after that statement.

[Harry_Harry]

Originally Posted by royal rose1

Wow, I'm sorry but there's no way to not call you ignorant after that statement.

I'm sorry but there's no way to not call your manner rude and impolite.

What part of IMHO was not clear?

Anyway. Don't care.

Toodles.

[royal rose1]

Originally Posted by Harry_Harry

I'm sorry but there's no way to not call your manner rude and impolite.

What part of IMHO was not clear?

Anyway. Don't care.

Toodles.

Well, IMHO having lived in Wiesbaden, Germany 6 years, and having travelled to Paris at least 20 times. I believe it is the most overrated city I've been to. Not to say it isn't beautiful, but not worth the hype it's gotten. There are much greater cities in Europe, such as Budapest, Koln, Heidelberg, etc. that don't receive half the hype of Paris, but are much nicer.

[tpe]

On the contrary, I always find something new in Paris on each and every visit. I never tire of it. It is the city I feel most comfortable with. But perhaps I am biased...

[Manila-X]

From how I see it, The cities with the largest chance of making it would be, New York City, London, Paris, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

[royal rose1]

Originally Posted by tpe

On the contrary, I always find something new in Paris on each and every visit. I never tire of it. It is the city I feel most comfortable with. But perhaps I am biased...

Maybe I'm biased because of the 3 months I've spent in total in Paris, I only
Once stayed in a hotel for one night. Every other day I slept in the car in the ghetto of Paris. Even my hotel was in the ghetto! So I've pretty much seen all of Paris that I desire to see haha.

I just think France as a whole is pretty overrated, and I've taken French now in college and high school for 6 years! So it's a bold statement for me. I just think countries like Germany and Austria have much nicer cities with IMO better cultures. I don't think there are much better cities out there than dusseldorf and Vienna.

[royal rose1]

Originally Posted by Manila-X

From how I see it, The cities with the largest chance of making it would be, New York City, London, Paris, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Agreed! I might add Sydney as well

[Manila-X]

Originally Posted by royal rose1

Agreed! I might add Sydney as well

Sydney, true!

[tita01]

1.tokyo(modern)
2.roma(old and classic)
3.nairobi(wild)
4.dubai(future -modernistic)
5.mumbai(city of contrast)
6.pyongyang(city of stranger )
7.nyc(city of heights)

[Manila-X]

Originally Posted by tita01

1.tokyo(modern)
2.roma(old and classic)
3.nairobi(wild)
4.dubai(future -modernistic)
5.mumbai(city of contrast)
6.pyongyang(city of stranger )
7.nyc(city of heights)

Cool choices! Though Tokyo is more futuristic.

[tita01]

Other List

1.Cairo(city of civilization)
2.Paris(city of cultural -modernistic)
3.San'a(city of unique and classical architectural)
4.Kathmandu(city of mountain)
5.Mecca(city of conservative)
6.Sydney(city of beauty)
7.Manila (city of forgotten the past)

[NordikNerd]

Originally Posted by royal rose1

Well, IMHO having lived in Wiesbaden, Germany 6 years, and having travelled to Paris at least 20 times. I believe it is the most overrated city I've been to. Not to say it isn't beautiful, but not worth the hype it's gotten. There are much greater cities in Europe, such as Budapest, Koln, Heidelberg, etc. that don't receive half the hype of Paris, but are much nicer.

Most big german cities are boring with modern architecture and kebab-parlors in each corner. Look at Cologne, Mannheim, Munich, especially in the area where you find the central railway station. It's good that you can find cheap hotels and eat kebab for 3$ which is impossible in Paris.

Still Paris is the most elegant city in the world, been there twice and could go there much more and never get bored, so much to see, all the museums, the seine, the international atmosfear and the well dressed people. No baggy t-shirts and sneakers except on the tourists.

[khoojyh]

Originally Posted by tita01

1.tokyo(modern)
2.roma(old and classic)
3.nairobi(wild)
4.dubai(future -modernistic)
5.mumbai(city of contrast)
6.pyongyang(city of stranger )
7.nyc(city of heights)

Yeah Pyongyang, difficult to go in and difficult to leave. Adventure....

[royal rose1]

Originally Posted by NordikNerd

Most big german cities are boring with modern architecture and kebab-parlors in each corner. Look at Cologne, Mannheim, Munich, especially in the area where you find the central railway station. It's good that you can find cheap hotels and eat kebab for 3$ which is impossible in Paris.

Still Paris is the most elegant city in the world, been there twice and could go there much more and never get bored, so much to see, all the museums, the seine, the international atmosfear and the well dressed people. No baggy t-shirts and sneakers except on the tourists.

I still think it's overrated. I just don't think it lives up to the hype. But maybe I've been there so much that the shine has really worn away. The only place I really like in France in Mont-Saint-Michelle. I think that place is absolutely amazing, and one of the 7 medieval wonders of the world indefinitely. But the rest of France to me is just underwhelming. I remember as a kid, it became tradition that every time we drove into Paris the first person to see the Eiffel tower got $1. I got probably $10 by the end haha.

Granted, I haven't been to Paris in 5 years, so a lot might have changed. I don't deny that it is an amazing city, I just don't think it's as great as a lot of cities to the East. Also, to be fair I don't like Portugal or Spain either. I'm a sucker for Vienna, Prague, Copenhagen, Brussels, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Munich, and especially BUDAPEST!

[Fitzrovian]

Originally Posted by royal rose1

I still think it's overrated. I just don't think it lives up to the hype. But maybe I've been there so much that the shine has really worn away. The only place I really like in France in Mont-Saint-Michelle. I think that place is absolutely amazing, and one of the 7 medieval wonders of the world indefinitely. But the rest of France to me is just underwhelming. I remember as a kid, it became tradition that every time we drove into Paris the first person to see the Eiffel tower got $1. I got probably $10 by the end haha.

Granted, I haven't been to Paris in 5 years, so a lot might have changed. I don't deny that it is an amazing city, I just don't think it's as great as a lot of cities to the East. Also, to be fair I don't like Portugal or Spain either. I'm a sucker for Vienna, Prague, Copenhagen, Brussels, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Munich, and especially BUDAPEST!

Interesting perspective. I think that Budapest and especially Prague are two of the most overrated cities in Europe. Although both are very beautiful, Budapest was probably the slowest of any city with a population of 1m+ that I have ever been to in Europe. And Prague looked like a city entirely dedicated to tourism and culturally still stuck in the 80s.

[royal rose1]

Originally Posted by Fitzrovian

Interesting perspective. I think that Budapest and especially Prague are two of the most overrated cities in Europe. Although both are very beautiful, Budapest was probably the slowest of any city with a population of 1m+ that I have ever been to in Europe. And Prague looked like a city entirely dedicated to tourism and culturally still stuck in the 80s.

I don't think Budapest is overrated! Then again, my whole family on my mother's side is from 30 km north of Budapest, so I'm a bit biased. It's my second home practically. But I almost thought it was underrated, not many Americans know what it is, and most Europeans I talk to haven't ever been there. And I agree to some extent about Prague.

I think the reason I don't like Paris to a large extent, is that it feels like a city that is faking it's culture at this point for the sake of tourism. With all the immigrants from Africa and Southeast Asia, and even other parts of Europe, I don't feel Paris is truly "French" anymore, at least no more than NYC is truly "american." Only difference is NYC was never meant to be American, while Paris is supposed to be the headquarters of French culture, which I think it has lost. All of Paris almost feels like Little Italy to me, in that little italy used to be Italian immigrants, and has since been replaced with other immigrants and only the shell is still the same. Indeed, the landmarks of Paris are amazing, but the culture seems to lack in authenticity.

While cities like Budapest and Amsterdam have been able to retain their true cultures even with the huge tourism base.

[tpe]

Originally Posted by royal rose1

Maybe I'm biased because of the 3 months I've spent in total in Paris, I only
Once stayed in a hotel for one night. Every other day I slept in the car in the ghetto of Paris. Even my hotel was in the ghetto! So I've pretty much seen all of Paris that I desire to see haha.

I suspect that there is still a lot for you to see and experience in Paris. Over the years (probably way before you were born?) I have gotten used to how things "run" over there, so perhaps my perspective would be different. 3 months is really not enough. I visit multiple times every year, and I always find something changing, something new. It is a popular myth: that Paris is unchanged/unchanging.

I just think France as a whole is pretty overrated, and I've taken French now in college and high school for 6 years! So it's a bold statement for me. I just think countries like Germany and Austria have much nicer cities with IMO better cultures. I don't think there are much better cities out there than dusseldorf and Vienna.

I like Vienna very much. The size is very manageable, the core is beautiful (it is, after all, an Imperial city),and the people are friendly. As in Paris, I have also accumulated a lot of Viennese friends over the years, and it is through them (as in Paris) that I get to experience the life of the city.

[Zach759]

New York City
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Alexandria
Jerusalem
Tokyo
Sydney

Tried to have one for each continent, but Antarctica doesn't have anything so there are two from Asia, one from the East and one in the Middle East.