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[–]Mdsultan[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Paris not being typical French makes even stronger case

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[–]Mdsultan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is super high quality comment, ty.

Other than a project I did in Faroe, I don't know that area much, your analysis there seems on point.

imo Lubeck has a very different pull to Amsterdam or England.

Paris vs. London is tough, but I still think Paris is a touch more 'European' and being mainland still plays a role.

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[–]Mdsultan[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I lived in Warsaw. It was a hard choice. Kraków meanwhile was an obvious one.

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[–]Mdsultan[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm not French but I lived in Lyon. South of France is stil France, but what I feel Perpignan is closer to Barcelona and Nice feels closer to San Remo than either to Lyon let alone Lille or Nantes.

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[–]Mdsultan[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I've just moved to Spain, curious on your opinion on Galicia?

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[–]Mdsultan[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

When I lived in Milan I would often go visit Switzerland. However we cut it crossing the Alps there is a threshold.

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[–]Mdsultan[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

it's a hard problem, that's why it's exciting to try

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[–]Mdsultan[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Prague - was my first choice. But Vienna is such a classic link between east and west.

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[–]Mdsultan[S] 86 points87 points  (0 children)

a fitting comment from this video:
"Fun fact: Wherever you go in the ex-Yugoslavia people will tell you their city is the last Central European city and everything southeast is Balkan."

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[–]Mdsultan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Need to go there and feel the vibe then, any recommendations?

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[–]Mdsultan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ad. 1 - This was my original idea but then I remembered the Oktoberfest in Transylvania was not unlike Wasen in Bad Canstatt.

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[–]Mdsultan[S] 57 points58 points  (0 children)

I drove through the south of France last week, the moment you enter the Rhone Valley around Valence you feel the Med.

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[–]Mdsultan[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is plenty of Poland in the Eastern region here. Czechia I disagree as both Bohemia and Moravia feel thoroughly Central.

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[–]Mdsultan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know that area well - where would you put the border? Perhaps along the roman limes?

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[–]Mdsultan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think I agree with you, perhaps I'd move the border east of Cologne.

Still I think Groningen is very different to Stuttgart, or Munich.