Geography

Bern (bɛrn), also spelled Berne, is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their “federal city”, in German Bundesstadt, French…

Stockholm (Swedish pronunciation: ˈstɔ̂kː(h)ɔlm) capital and largest city of Sweden; it is an archipelago in the Baltic Sea consisting of 14 islands. 975,904 people live…

Majorca (English: /məˈjɔːrkə, -ˈdʒɔːr-/ mə-YOR-kə, -⁠JOR-) or Mallorca (Catalan: məˈʎɔɾkə, Spanish: maˈʎoɾka), ancient (Latin) Balearis Major, or Majorica, island, Balearic Islands Provincia (province) and Comunidad…

Oviedo (UK: /ˌɒviˈeɪdoʊ/, US: /ˌoʊvi-, oʊˈvjeɪdoʊ, -ˈvjɛ-, -ðoʊ/; Spanish: oˈβjeðo), ancient (Latin) Ovetum, city, Asturias provincia (province) and comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), northern Spain. In…

San Sebastián (Spanish: san seβasˈtjan) or Donostia (Basque: doˈnos̺tia) is the principal city of the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country, Spain. The city…

Valencia (Spanish: baˈlenθja), officially València (Valencian: vaˈlensia), is one of Spain’s largest and most famous towns/city. It is the capital of both the province of…

Ljubljana (UK: /ˌljuːbˈljɑːnə, ˌlʊbliˈɑːnə/, US: /ˌljuːbliˈɑːnə, liˌuː-/, Slovene: ljuˈbljàːna, locally also called: luˈblàːna), German Laibach, Italian Lubiana, the capital city and economic, political, and cultural…

Bratislava (/ˌbrætɪˈslɑːvə/, also US: /ˌbrɑːt-/, Slovak: ˈbracislaʋa), German Pressburg (Preßburg), Hungarian Pozsony, city, capital of Slovakia. It is a small historic town but the largest…

Belgrade (/ˈbɛlɡreɪd/ BEL-grayd; Serbian: Beograd/Београд, lit. ‘White City’, pronounced – beǒɡrad) city, capital of Serbia, and it lies at the confluence of the Danube and…

Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербург, tr. Sankt-Peterburg, IPA: ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly (1914–24) Petrograd (Петроград) and (1924–91) Leningrad (Ленинград), city and port, extreme northwestern Russia. Built by…

Bucharest (UK: /ˌbuːkəˈrɛst/ BOO-kə-REST, US: /ˈbuːkərɛst/ -⁠rest; Romanian: București (bukuˈreʃtʲ)) city and municipality, the economic, administrative, and cultural center of Romania. For most people who…

Brașov (UK: /bræˈʃɒv/, US: /brɑːˈʃɔːv, -ɔːf/, Romanian: braˈʃov; Latin: Corona; German: Kronstadt; Transylvanian Saxon: Kruhnen; Hungarian: Brassó), formerly (1950–60) Oraşul Stalin, is a city in…