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Best European Capitals

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Rome (Italy)1424

The worldwide ranking generated by 11.9k votes

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Rome (Italy)1424

Paris (France)1403

Athens (Greece)1366

Lisbon (Portugal)1360

Stockholm (Sweden)1340

Amsterdam (Netherlands)1334

Berlin (Germany)1309

Madrid (Spain)1304

Prague (Czech Republic)1298

#10

Vienna (Austria)1294

#11

Moscow (Russia)1292

#12

Warsaw (Poland)1291

#13

Copenhagen (Denmark)1274

#14

London (United Kingdom)1250

#15

Reykjavik (Iceland)1250

#16

Ljubljana (Slovenia)1239

#17

Helsinki (Finland)1235

#18

Oslo (Norway)1223

#19

Budapest (Hungary)1221

#20

Dublin (Ireland)1220

#21

Brussels (Belgium)1205

#22

Sofia (Bulgaria)1202

#23

Tbilisi (Georgia)1199

#24

Bern (Switzerland)1196

#25

Tallinn (Estonia)1178

#26

Vilnius (Lithuania)1172

#27

Bratislava (Slovakia)1167

#28

Tirana (Albania)1166

#29

Zagreb (Croatia)1165

#30

Monaco (Monaco)1164

#31

Riga (Latvia)1160

#32

Bucharest (Romania)1159

#33

Kyiv (Ukraine)1159

#34

Yerevan (Armenia)1153

#35

Valletta (Malta)1148

#36

Vatican City (Vatican)1138

#37

Vaduz (Liechtenstein)1136

#38

Minsk (Belarus)1134

#39

Belgrade (Serbia)1133

#40

Luxembourg (Luxembourg)1125

#41

Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)1114

#42

Podgorica (Montenegro)1093

#43

Ankara (Turkey)1092

#44

Andorra la Vella (Andorra)1091

#45

Nicosia (Cyprus)1058

#46

San Marino (San Marino)1055

#47

Chișinău (Moldova)1048

#48

Baku (Azerbaijan)1036

#49

Pristina (Kosovo)1024

What the community says

Rome (Italy) leads with an ELO of 1,424, ahead of Paris (France) (1,403) and Athens (Greece) (1,366). Ranked over 11,879 duels between 49 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

Rank the most beautiful capitals of Europe! From Paris to Moscow, discover and vote for your favorite European capital among 49 iconic cities.

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.