Cities

Every city has a walking route past its best-known sights, checked against OpenStreetMap. Pick one to see the stops, the distance and how long it takes on foot.

Albania

• Tirana9 stops · about 4 kmColour on every concrete wall.

Austria

• Graz9 stops · about 7 kmRed roofs and a blue bubble.
• Innsbruck8 stops · about 7.5 kmOld town under the Alps.
• Linz8 stops · about 6 kmDanube city of light and art.
• Salzburg11 stops · about 4 kmMozart, mountains and a fortress.
• Vienna11 stops · about 10.5 kmWaltz, coffee and palaces.

Belgium

• Antwerp9 stops · about 6 kmRubens, diamonds and a harbour.
• Bruges10 stops · about 5 kmCanals, lace and chocolate.
• Brussels11 stops · about 4 kmGilded squares, waffles and comics.
• Ghent10 stops · about 3.5 kmCastle, canals and guild quays.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

• Mostar8 stops · about 2.5 kmA bridge that holds a town.
• Sarajevo10 stops · about 3 kmEast meets west in a valley.

Bulgaria

• Plovdiv8 stops · about 3.5 kmSeven hills, three thousand years.
• Sofia11 stops · about 7 kmDomes, ruins and a mountain view.

Croatia

• Dubrovnik11 stops · about 3 kmWalls, stone and the sea.
• Split10 stops · about 6 kmA city built inside a palace.
• Zagreb11 stops · about 7.5 kmUpper town, lower town, market squares.

Cyprus

• Ayia Napa8 stops · about 10 kmSea caves and sandy bays.
• Limassol8 stops · about 4 kmCastle, port and seafront.
• Paphos8 stops · about 6.5 kmMosaics, ruins and a harbour.

Czechia

• Brno8 stops · about 4.5 kmMoravia's hilltop capital.
• Český Krumlov8 stops · about 2 kmA fairy-tale bend in the river.
• Prague11 stops · about 9 kmA hundred spires on the river.

Denmark

• Copenhagen11 stops · about 10.5 kmCanals, spires and bikes.

Estonia

• Tallinn11 stops · about 4 kmOld town. New perspective.

Finland

• Helsinki10 stops · about 9.5 kmFind your way to the waterfront.

France

• Bordeaux10 stops · about 8.5 kmWine, stone and a mirror.
• Cannes8 stops · about 4.5 kmRed carpet by the sea.
• Lille9 stops · about 4.5 kmFlemish gables, French flair.
• Lyon11 stops · about 7 kmTwo rivers, one hill, endless lunches.
• Marseille9 stops · about 9 kmPort city, sun and soap.
• Nantes9 stops · about 6.5 kmDukes, dreams and a mechanical elephant.
• Nice11 stops · about 7 kmBlue coast, old town, big skies.
• Paris11 stops · about 15.5 kmIron lace and river light.
• Strasbourg11 stops · about 6 kmHalf-timbered and European.
• Toulouse9 stops · about 4.5 kmThe pink city on the Garonne.

Georgia

• Tbilisi9 stops · about 4 kmBalconies, baths and a fortress.

Germany

• Berlin11 stops · about 17.5 kmHistory on every corner.
• Cologne11 stops · about 6.5 kmTwo spires and a river.
• Dresden9 stops · about 4.5 kmBaroque skyline on the Elbe.
• Frankfurt9 stops · about 4 kmOld gables below the skyscrapers.
• Hamburg11 stops · about 7.5 kmHarbour, brick and bright lights.
• Heidelberg8 stops · about 3 kmRed castle above the Neckar.
• Munich11 stops · about 6.5 kmBeer halls and Alpine light.
• Nuremberg9 stops · about 3 kmCastle walls and gingerbread.

Greece

• Athens11 stops · about 5.5 kmMarble ruins above the rooftops.
• Corfu8 stops · about 5 kmVenetian lanes by the sea.
• Heraklion8 stops · about 3.5 kmVenetian walls, Minoan roots.
• Rhodes8 stops · about 4 kmKnights' walls on the sea.
• Thessaloniki10 stops · about 6 kmByzantine walls on the bay.

Hungary

• Budapest12 stops · about 11.5 kmTwo banks, one river.

Iceland

• Reykjavík10 stops · about 6.5 kmColourful roofs, cold sea.

Ireland

• Dublin11 stops · about 5.5 kmPubs, poets and the Liffey.

Italy

• Bologna11 stops · about 5.5 kmPorticoes, towers and tortellini.
• Florence11 stops · about 5 kmRenaissance in every street.
• Genoa10 stops · about 11 kmPort, palaces and narrow alleys.
• Milan11 stops · about 9.5 kmMarble spires and sharp style.
• Naples11 stops · about 6 kmPizza, chaos and Vesuvius.
• Pisa10 stops · about 4 kmLeaning tower, lively river.
• Rome11 stops · about 8.5 kmEvery corner is a ruin.
• Turin11 stops · about 5.5 kmArcades, Alps and the Mole.
• Venice11 stops · about 6.5 kmStreets made of water.
• Verona10 stops · about 4 kmRomeo, Juliet and a Roman arena.

Latvia

• Riga11 stops · about 4.5 kmSpires, guilds and Art Nouveau.

Lithuania

• Vilnius10 stops · about 5 kmBaroque lanes and a free republic.

Luxembourg

• Luxembourg City10 stops · about 3 kmA fortress on a gorge.

Malta

• Valletta8 stops · about 3 kmHoney stone on a bastion.

Montenegro

• Kotor8 stops · about 1.5 kmWalls between the fjord and the rock.

Netherlands

• Amsterdam11 stops · about 9.5 kmCanals, spires and bikes.
• Rotterdam9 stops · about 8 kmBold towers on a working river.
• Utrecht9 stops · about 5.5 kmSunken canals and a tall tower.

Norway

• Bergen9 stops · about 4 kmWooden wharf under seven mountains.
• Oslo11 stops · about 16 kmFjord city, built to be walked on.

Poland

• Gdańsk8 stops · about 3 kmAmber, gables and the Motława.
• Kraków11 stops · about 6 kmDragons, squares and old stones.
• Poznań8 stops · about 6 kmGoats, croissants and a square.
• Warsaw11 stops · about 8 kmRebuilt, brick by brick.
• Wrocław8 stops · about 5.5 kmBridges, islands and gnomes.
• Zakopane8 stops · about 8 kmWooden villas under the Tatras.

Portugal

• Braga9 stops · about 10 kmBaroque stairs and old churches.
• Coimbra10 stops · about 4.5 kmStudents, fado and a hilltop.
• Funchal8 stops · about 6.5 kmAmphitheatre of white houses.
• Lisbon11 stops · about 12 kmSeven hills and yellow trams.
• Porto11 stops · about 3.5 kmTiles, port wine and bridges.
• Sintra9 stops · about 7 kmPalaces in the green hills.

Romania

• Brașov8 stops · about 2 kmMedieval walls under Tâmpa.
• Bucharest11 stops · about 10 kmLittle Paris, big palace.
• Constanța8 stops · about 3 kmBlack Sea port, Roman roots.
• Sibiu8 stops · about 5.5 kmSaxon towers and watching roofs.

Serbia

• Belgrade10 stops · about 5.5 kmWhere two rivers meet.

Slovakia

• Bratislava11 stops · about 7.5 kmA castle, a Danube and a UFO.

Slovenia

• Bled8 stops · about 9 kmAn island church on a mirror lake.
• Ljubljana11 stops · about 6.5 kmDragons, bridges and a green heart.

Spain

• Alicante10 stops · about 5 kmCastle, palms and mosaic waves.
• Barcelona11 stops · about 13.5 kmGaudí, tiles and sea air.
• Bilbao10 stops · about 6.5 kmTitanium curves on the river.
• Córdoba10 stops · about 4.5 kmWhere mosque meets cathedral.
• Granada11 stops · about 4.5 kmMoorish palaces under the Sierra.
• Madrid11 stops · about 7 kmLate nights, long boulevards.
• Málaga11 stops · about 4 kmSun, sea and Picasso's home.
• Palma de Mallorca10 stops · about 5.5 kmCathedral on the bay.
• Santiago de Compostela9 stops · about 5.5 kmThe end of the pilgrim road.
• Seville11 stops · about 6 kmOrange trees and flamenco.
• Toledo10 stops · about 4 kmThree faiths on a hill.
• Valencia11 stops · about 7.5 kmOld towers, new curves.

Sweden

• Stockholm11 stops · about 9 kmFourteen islands, one city.

Switzerland

• Geneva10 stops · about 6 kmA lake, a jet and the world's talks.
• Lucerne10 stops · about 3.5 kmWooden bridges and a lake.
• Zürich10 stops · about 5.5 kmTwin towers above the Limmat.

Türkiye

• Antalya8 stops · about 2 kmOld harbour under the Taurus.
• Istanbul11 stops · about 10.5 kmTwo continents, one skyline.

Ukraine

• Kyiv11 stops · about 10 kmGolden domes above the Dnieper.

United Kingdom

• Birmingham9 stops · about 4.5 kmCanals, bulls and brass bands.
• Brighton & Hove11 stops · about 6 kmPiers, lanes and pebble beach.
• Bristol10 stops · about 8 kmHarbour, gorge and street art.
• Cambridge10 stops · about 3.5 kmColleges, punts and the Cam.
• Edinburgh10 stops · about 5 kmCastle rock and crooked closes.
• Glasgow11 stops · about 10.5 kmSandstone, murals and the Clyde.
• Liverpool10 stops · about 5.5 kmDocks, Graces and the Beatles.
• London11 stops · about 10.5 kmPalaces, bridges and a river.
• Manchester10 stops · about 4 kmRed brick, canals and music.
• Oxford10 stops · about 4 kmDreaming spires and punts.