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Bath EnglandBath is a city in Somerset in the south west of England. It is situated 99 miles (159 km) west of London and 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Bristol. The population of the city is about 80,000. It was granted city status by Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I in 1590, and was made a county borough in 1889 which gave it administrative independence from its county, Somerset. The city became part of Avon when that county was created in 1974. Since 1996, when Avon was abolis... - More Bath England Information |
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Dublin IrelandDublin is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. Founded as a Viking settlement, the city has been Ireland's primary city for most of the island's history since medieval times. Today, it is an economic, administrative and cultural centre for the island of Ireland and has one of the fastest growing populations of any European capital city. ... - More Dublin Ireland Information |
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Edinburgh Scotland
Located in the south-east of Scotland, Edinburgh lies on the east coast of the Central Belt, along the Firth of Forth, near the North Sea. Owing to its rugged setting and vast collection of Medieval and Georgian archite... - More Edinburgh Scotland Information |
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London EnglandLondonis the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the largest metropolitan area in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, London's history goes back to its founding by the Romans. Since its foundation, London has been part of many movements and phenomena throughout history, including the English Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution, and the Gothic Revival. The city's core, the ancient City of London, still retains its limited medieval boundaries... - More London England Information |
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Oberhofen SwitzerlandOberhofen am Thunersee is a municipality in the district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Thun (German: Thunersee) about 5 km from the city of Thun (which is located where the river Aare leaves the lake). Ecclestically the village has always been a section of the parish of Hilterfingen, the next village north along the lake (The village church of Hilterfingen is actually on ground that is a part of Oberhofen township). The neighboring v... - More Oberhofen Switzerland Information |
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Paris FranceParis is the capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ÃŽle-de-France region . The city of Paris, within its limits largely unchanged since 1860, has an estimated population of 2,167,994 , but the Paris aire urbaine has a population of nearly 12 million, and is one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Europe. An important settlement for more than two millennia, Paris is today o... - More Paris France Information |
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Thun SwitzerlandThun is a municipality in the district of Thun in the canton of Berne in Switzerland with about 42,136 inhabitants . It is located where the River Aare flows out of Lake Thun , 30 km south of Bern. Besides tourism, machine and apparatus engineering, the largest garrison of the country, the food industry and publishing are of economic importance to Thun. ... - More Thun Switzerland Information |