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Candidate Capital of Culture Cities...
Aarhus - Bruges - Cork - Essen - Genoa - Graz -
Guimaräes - Istanbul - Košice - Leeuwarden - Lille - Linz -
Liverpool - Luxembourg - Maribor - Marseille - Mons -
Paphos - Patras - Pécs - Pizeň - Porto - Riga -
Rotterdam - Salamanca - San Sebastián - Sibiu - Stavanger - Tallinn
- Turku - Umeá - Valletta - Vilnius - Wroclaw |
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Once part of Poland
Hannibal Lecter born here
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Euro 2016:
Wales v Belgium
Charles De Gaulle born here |
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Capital of Liguria
Christopher Columbus
born here |
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Vilnius |
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Lille |
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Genoa |
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Donostia in local language
Home to Real Sociedad |
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Europe’s oldest Chinese quarter
Évoque cars made here |
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On River Douro
Won European Champions Cup in 1987 & 2004 |
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San Sebastián |
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Liverpool |
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Porto |
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German ‘Breslau’
Capital of Lower Silesia on River Oder |
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Lace-making
Audrey Hepburn film
The Nun’s Story
set here |
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Erasmus born here
Alternative to anywhere for Beautiful South |
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Wroclaw |
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Bruges |
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Rotterdam |
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Largest city in its country
Straddles strait meaning ‘oxford’ |
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Big oil city
Rated by some
the world’s most expensive
city |
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On River Lee
Motto:
‘A safe harbour for ships’ |
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Istanbul |
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Stavanger |
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Cork |
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Capital of Hainaut
Scene of last shot of World War 1 |
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Key role in WW2
Founded by the Knights of St John |
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River Aura
Oldest and
most southerly city in
its country |
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Mons |
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Valletta |
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Turku |
