6 Cities in Europe You May Not Think About
Rotterdam, Holland
Why it’s great: Skyscrapers and boat taxis
When you should go: Spring. Warm weather.
What you should do: Rotterdam as a ton of museums some of which focus on German occupation during WWII. Also, The Euromast
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Why it’s great: So. Much. History.
When you should go: How about do NOT go in July and August. Things get a little hairy in Belfast sometimes….
What you should do: Black Taxi Cab Tour and Titanic Museum
Stirling, Scotland
Why it’s great: Small town with winding roads and a giant castle on a rock. Does it get much better than that?
When you should go: The summer! It’s beautiful! And warm! And the students are away (it’s a college town).
What you should do: The Wallace Monument, Battle of Bannockburn, Stirling Bridge, and Stirling Castle
Interlaken, Switzerland
Why it’s great: Adventure town at the foothills of the Alps
When you should go: Depends on what type of activities you like! Great for year-round travel!! They have snow stuff for the winter and canyoning in the river in the summer. It really is perfect year-round!
What you should do: Skiing, paragliding, canyoning, hiking, yodeling, exploring, snow boarding, etc.
Tromsø, Norway
Why it’s great: Um, it’s in the Arctic Circle? Soooo.. Literally the top of the world.
When you should go: December-February (high season) for the Northern Lights and June-July for the Midnight Sun
What you should do: Winter – dog sledding, chase the Northern Lights, ski, snow board. Summer – Midnight Sun Marathon, hiking, boating
Malmö, Sweden
Why it’s great: Right across the bay from Copenhagen, has the tallest building in Sweden, and the biggest mall in Northern Europe
When you should go: Summer is nice and warm while winter is nice and cold. It’s a toss up.
What you should do: Emporia, the beach, and Copenhagen
Interesting… I’m going to add Tromso to my bucket list 😉
You should!! I loved it!
Oh my lanta, I want to visit all of those cities…!!! Norway is the first on my bucket list right now! <3 I mean, snow. What more can you want?! <3
The snow is pretty from afar… But I hate it after the first five minutes haha
Great guide, I’ve been trying to plan sterling and Belfast trips, but I’ll have to look into the others as well!
It’s a great town!
Fantastic cities.!!! I want to go to all of them 🙂 Thanks for sharing your photos.!
You are most welcome 😀
Love this post so much!! Interlaken looks incredible, hoping to visit myself this summer! Sounds like there’s so much to do there!
There is a ton to do there. It’s a total adventure town
That Norway landscape is absolutely mesmerizing.
It really is. I fell in love with it
Please dont just come to Northern Ireland to see the relics of our tainted past, and a big building about a ship that sunk. Go North (for example) and see Carrick-a-rede, Bienevenagh, Downhill, Gortmore, Dunseverick Grassland walk, Portbradden, and the host of beautiful places that has brought shows like Game of Thrones here for four seasons already.
Oh I am so sorry! That’s not what I meant by that at all! I love the North! I was just references purely Belfast. No, some of the most beautiful places in all of Ireland are in the North. I love it there.
No I didnt think you did, dont worry. It just seems sometimes (reading through the NI Tripadvisor forum for example) that people coming here only ever mention 3 things, the murals (which i have to say the majority of us hate), the Titanic Quarter (about a big ship that sunk over a century ago) and The Giants Causeway (which is beautiful but almost all of the North Coast is). I started my own site purely to post a few pictures of the hundreds of places worth checking out that rarely get a mention. With a car, its possible to see almost anywhere in NI (from any starting point) in a maximum of 120mins. The country (well this Northern part) is relatively small. I guess its a little ironic now that the thing which kept people away from here for decades is now one of the major things that people come to see (black taxi tours of the sectarian murals) but like i said, most decent thinking people living here would like to take a brush and paint and wipe those out forever. But without doubt, its great seeing visitor figures soar, so as trip reports like your own (which is fantastic) get posted, hopefully more will come here and find out for themselves whats been hidden for so long. Miles of beaches without a soul around, ancient history as old 3000bc, a shore where you can search for hours for fossils in rocks (and pick them up), numerous castles, and hikes that take you past caves, waterfalls, crashing waves, and harbours that have been on a TV show which the world has heard of. And really, weve only just started opening our doors 😀 😉
You should totally write a guest post for me. That was beautiful.
I’m for real.
I totally agree with you about Rotterdam! Such a colorful and fun city!
It’s fantastic! I loved the buildings.
Great list! Belfast is fine in August, just not around the 12th of July (maybe the week before and the week after) but truthfully if you’re not Irish or English it isn’t really an issue at all anyhow!
That’s true! A friend of mine was in college there for a year. Loved visiting her all the time
Stirling is amazing, i visited the castle and it was awesome ! I loved the people dressed up inside, that was so interesting !
RIGHT?! One of the best castles I’ve been to!
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Ah thank you!! 😀