Ten Best Known Cities in Europe

10.) Vienna: Located in Austria this city was founded back in  , it has just under two million people and is visited by over eleven million people every year.

9.) Warsaw: The capital of Poland and the nation`s capital has under two million residents as well, in terms of tourists it has over fourteen million.

8.) St. Petersburg: This northern city has more than five million residents and is the most populous city to be that far north to ever exist. It makes Russia proud. About five million people visit every year.

7.) Madrid: Less well known among English speakers Madrid is the capital of Spain. Over three million people call it home and over six million visit it annually.

6.) Budapest: The capital of Hungary has a little less than two million people living in it. It`s not too hungry for tourists either, it has a mouth full--over eight million.

5.) Berlin: The capital of Germany. Berlin isn`t lacking in population or tourism. It has a population of over three million and 20+ million tourists annually.

4.) Moscow: The capital of the largest country on Earth (by far) and of Putin`s government this city is huge with twelve million people and five million visited the city.

3.) Rome: This city has been known to north Africans, southern Europeans and Middle-Easteners since at least the 3rd century BC. It`s empire ruled every land around the Mediterranean without exception and every educated Westerner knows it as the foundational city of their culture. Today it has a population of over two and a half million with more than thirty million tourists a year.

2.) Paris: The capital of the French has a population of near two and a half million. How many people visit Paris? Over thirty million.

1.) London: At the top of the list is the capital and economic center of Great Britain. This is no small capital: 8.6 million people along with the Queen of the Commonwealth call this city home. Over 16 million people visit it every year.