The most beautiful city in the world?

[Comboy]

Vancouver?

Say which city and place a picture

 

[cronxeh]

"beauty is in the eye of a beholder"

a quick glimpse at a photo taken of Vancouver and I can tell you it looks somewhat like New York City from one angle, however instead of an open ocean I see mountains covered with snow outside of the city. Personally I find Bahamas, at least from pictures, to have the most amazing eye candy sight. The blue water with white sand and lush green surfaces with mountains of palms and exotic trees and animals. Some might find Hawaii to be an island of paradise, some may find Florida Keys to be beautiful.

It depends on how you want to defnite 'beautiful city' - either by its engineering and archetectural marvels, or by its natural habitat and environment. I'd assume you want a combination of both. Brazil has a nice combination of both natural beauty and engineering in Rio and Brasilia

 

[arildno]

Oslo, of course.
This beautiful lake (Sognsvann) lies in the middle of municipality of our capital:
http://www.oslosurf.com/innhold/00000181.shtml
It's less than half an hour from the urban centre of Oslo (about 15 minutes with private car, instead of public tranport).

Lots of pictures from Oslo may be found under the heading: "Kategorier: Oslo-bilder"
http://www.oslosurf.com/oslobilder/

 

[fourier jr]

Vancouver?

Say which city and place a picture

did you just vist vancouver or something? if you did you should have taken a day or so to visit victoria (metro pop ~385,000) as well. that's the capital city of BC & a ~90min farry ride from vancouver. here are some pics. there are a lot of them so they might kill your computer:
victoria teaser
http://www.urbancanada.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=551

downtown
http://www.urbancanada.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=585

oldtown/chinatown
http://www.urbancanada.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=590

(south) oak bay
http://www.urbancanada.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=595

check this out:
http://img186.echo.cx/img186/1706/p05harbour605kt.jpg

there are lots more where those came from...

 

[matthyaouw]

Prague, anyone?
http://www.ipsl.org/media/Czech-Prague.jpg
http://www.screensavershot.com/nature2/prague.jpg
http://www.scott-applegate.com/album/Prague/images/View from Prague Castle.JPG

I'm also quite fond of Edinburgh.
http://www.mcquone.com/kathleen/Edinburgh.jpg

 

[hypatia]

Prague is by far the most beautiful city I've ever been to. Its just magical.

 

[brewnog]

I was going to post Prague, but Matthyesinfopalogapouw beat me to it.

 

[Bladibla]

Dublin

 

[neurocomp2003]

montreal or northern quebec, i heard most cities by the mediterranian are nice...
there's a plac ein taiwan that's a park andtempl like... oh and I've seen pictures of the azure islands...

i dont' know if you can be biased to one city because it depends on what your looking for ...snowy peaks, clear blue water, safari animals, green lands, open lands
perhaps we should break it down into sub categories ie
best mountain city, water etc.

i did like those pics of prague especially the night shot.
and i did hear that victoria was n ice.

 

[Galileo]

Bah, buildings and roads. Where are the babes? Bring on the babes.

 

[Kerrie]

Portland Oregon baby :!)

Look in the east, and you will see a dormant volcano, look to the west towards the great Pacific Ocean, look to the south to our great farms, look all around for the beautiful green trees.

 

[PerennialII]

Florence by a narrow margin to Prague.

 

[klusener]

my favourite place: (Kerala)

http://www.screensavershot.com/nature2/kerala.jpg

2nd: (Lotus Temple, Delhi)

http://portfolio.iu.edu/jahrusse/lotus_temple.jpg

 

[Moonbear]

my favourite place: (Kerala)

Wow! That doesn't even look real. Very pretty!

 

[ek]

did you just vist vancouver or something? if you did you should have taken a day or so to visit victoria (metro pop ~385,000) as well. that's the capital city of BC & a ~90min farry ride from vancouver. here are some pics. there are a lot of them so they might kill your computer:
victoria teaser

(south) oak bay
http://www.urbancanada.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=595

Hahaha. That's my neighbourhood. You can almost see my house in one of the pics. I live right on Oak Bay Avenue.

I was going to say this is one of the most beautiful places in the world but coming from someone who lives here it probably wouldn't mean much. Nice to see right away how someone acknowledged this!

Edit: Looking at the pics again I realize some of the captions are wrong. But I guess that really doesn't matter.

 

[Danger]

This beautiful lake (Sognsvann) lies in the middle of municipality of our capital:
http://www.oslosurf.com/innhold/00000181.shtml

Hey, I can read Norweedish! That side picture says 'send postcard', right? I got it, didn't I? Geez, I am so smart...

 

[Evo]

Kansas City

http://www.kc.net/~trish/pleasefount3.jpg

http://www.kcadc.com/images_projects/photos/BrushCreek.jpg

http://www.kc.net/~trish/bartle.jpg

 

[loseyourname]

http://lib1.store.vip.sc5.yahoo.com/lib/fsc/Rio-De-Janeiro-4.jpg

Rio de Janeiro. It's not quite as beautiful on street level as, say, Portland or Vancouver, and doesn't have the magical quality of a Prague or Edinburgh, but it wins out because it combines a beautiful city with beautiful weather, beautiful beaches, and beautiful women. You can't beat the overall beauty.

 

[matthyaouw]

I was going to post Prague, but Matthyesinfopalogapouw beat me to it.

Really, don't ever try to pronounce my name. I don't want you to hurt yourself.

 

[Persefone]

Hahaha. That's my neighbourhood. You can almost see my house in one of the pics. I live right on Oak Bay Avenue.

I was going to say this is one of the most beautiful places in the world but coming from someone who lives here it probably wouldn't mean much. Nice to see right away how someone acknowledged this!

Edit: Looking at the pics again I realize some of the captions are wrong. But I guess that really doesn't matter.

Are you the one who is crossing the street in the fourth picture ?

 

[arildno]

Hey, I can read Norweedish! That side picture says 'send postcard', right? I got it, didn't I? Geez, I am so smart...

Wow!
You are a linguistic genius, I'm sure you would have understood all by yourself that the word "gjelgje" means:
"the (swingable) beam above the fireplace on the underside of which the hook is attached on which the cauldron can be hung" (so that the contents in the kettle/cauldron can be heated easily, without making its handle too hot).

 

[Monique]

Noone mentioned Paris yet? It has great architecture.
http://www.frenchmbaclub.com/fileadmin/clal_upload/FMBA/photos/Paris%20-%20Pont%20des%20Invalides.jpg

 

[zoobyshoe]

Bah, buildings and roads. Where are the babes? Bring on the babes.

San Diego, California, USA

Beach-sun_5900.jpg
Address:http://www.inetours.com/San_Diego/Images/MsnBch/Beach-sun_5900.jpg

Pretty typical beach shot from Mission Beach.

 

[fourier jr]

Edit: Looking at the pics again I realize some of the captions are wrong. But I guess that really doesn't matter.

what?! I've been living here since 1981 how could any of the captions be wrong?

 

[Danger]

I'm sure you would have understood all by yourself that the word "gjelgje" means:

Well, no, actually...

(I thought it was that J.Lo/Affleck movie that nobody watched.)

 

[arildno]

Well, no, actually...

(I thought it was that J.Lo/Affleck movie that nobody watched.)

Ah, well, most Norweedians don't know what that word means either (it is the most obscure Norweedish word I know..)

 

[matthyaouw]

How about York?
http://www.eriding.net/media/photos/geography/040427_rfoster_mp_geo_eng_york_minster2.jpg
http://photos1.blogger.com/img/219/1246/640/westend towers from crossing tower, york minster.jpg
http://www.svenbugarski.de/travel/Europe/Grossbritannien/Grossbritannien_York_Minster.jpg
http://www.zitaglio.com/globustour/Town%20of%20York,%20The%20Shambles,%20800x600%20%203%20(3).jpg

 

[loseyourname]

San Diego, California, USA

Beach-sun_5900.jpg
Address:http://www.inetours.com/San_Diego/Images/MsnBch/Beach-sun_5900.jpg

Pretty typical beach shot from Mission Beach.

Still my favorite, as popularized by MTV's "The Real OC," Laguna Beach:

http://www.rapp.org/albums/OrangeCountyCoastline/071904_laguna_beach.sized.jpg

 

[Kalimaa23]

Shameless...

BRUSSELS!

http://www.ilotsacre.be/site/nl/default_nl.htm

http://www.fourfa.com/photo/Galleries/Europe/thumbs/brussels%20town%20hall.jpg

But if I'm perfectly honest, I'd have to say Paris or Firenze...

 

[loseyourname]

I've never been there, but some of my favorite photographs come from Hong Kong:

I mean, come on, try to match that. It might not have the gothic/baroque architecture, but that is a gorgeous skyline, and the island itself is equally beautiful - lush and exotic.

 

[Dr.Brain]

Ofcourse Srinagar is known as 'The Heaven Of Earth'.It is the capital of Kashmir(India).


http://www.jktourism.org/cities/kashmir/images/pgno47.jpg

http://www.jktourism.org/cities/kashmir/images/s-6.jpg

http://www.jktourism.org/cities/kashmir/images/s-6.jpg
http://www.jktourism.org/cities/kashmir/images/ho61.jpg

http://www.jktourism.org/cities/kashmir/images/pgno47.jpg

 

[Dr.Brain]

Srinagar (india)

http://www.jktourism.org/cities/kashmir/images/ho61.jpg

 

[Dr.Brain]

SRINAGAR(INDIA)

 

[honestrosewater]

I have to go with a whole island (but it's small), Santorini (a.k.a Thera or Thira). It's the southernmost island in the Cyclades Group (Greece). Just looking at it relaxes me.
http://www.santorini.com/gallery/sunset/sun05b.jpg

http://www.omogenia.com/albums/Santorini/santorini_sun.sized.jpg
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/17483/painter-santorini.jpg

 

[physics4ever]

What about Bangalore(India)?
The Vidhan Saudha bulding
http://www.indtravel.com/bang/graphic6/bang012.jpg
And Mysore(which is near Bangalore)?
http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Mysore/blog-5458.html

 

[Persefone]

What about Bangalore(India)?
The Vidhan Saudha bulding
http://www.indtravel.com/bang/graphic6/bang012.jpg
And Mysore(which is near Bangalore)?
http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Mysore/blog-5458.html

Dorn, it looks like my friend's hometown!

 

[matthyaouw]

I have to go with a whole island (but it's small), Santorini (a.k.a Thera or Thira). It's the southernmost island in the Cyclades Group (Greece). Just looking at it relaxes me.

Its certainly a colourful place, but I don't think I could ever relax there, knowing that the whole island once went boom, and probably will again.

 

[honestrosewater]

Its certainly a colourful place, but I don't think I could ever relax there, knowing that the whole island once went boom, and probably will again.

Yeah, but you would have ample warning... probably...

 

[neurocomp2003]

wow that island is beautiful

 

[matthyaouw]

Yeah, but you would have ample warning... probably...

I suppose it would make trips there more exciting. Like a regular holiday, only you might explode.

 

[honestrosewater]

There's more.

And don't worry:

- http://www.urban75.org/photos/santorini/index.html

- http://www.decadevolcano.net/photos/santorini/santorini_photos.htm

Okay, I'll stop.

I suppose it would make trips there more exciting. Like a regular holiday, only you might explode.

I actually just read- now that you got me worried- that it's one of the most studied volcanoes in the world. And it's dormant now. There's a healthy tourism industry. Actually too healthy- they better not ruin my paradise before I get there.
It also has a long and fascinating history. I'm not sure about Atlantis, but...

 

[ek]

what?! I've been living here since 1981 how could any of the captions be wrong?

It's not a big deal or anything, but...

1. The Oak Bay Barbarians do not play at Windsor Park, they play on the high school field.
2. The first time you mention St. David, the street is in fact St. Denis.
3. The "little park" is in fact Queen's Park (formerly Haynes Park but renamed for the jubilee).

Just nit-picking.

 

[mattmns]

Those Oak Bay pics are quite nice. Plenty of trees, green grass, nice houses.

 

[fourier jr]

give it up everybody. nothing can match my cute little city.

from the steps of the BC legislature:
http://img186.echo.cx/img186/5360/p01legsteps608ka.jpg

the BC legislature:
http://img186.echo.cx/img186/3107/p02legfront608kh.jpg

http://www.urbancanada.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=6213

http://www.urbancanada.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=6215

 

[fourier jr]

It's not a big deal or anything, but...

1. The Oak Bay Barbarians do not play at Windsor Park, they play on the high school field.

i didn't mean the high school team i meant the club in town. the club that plays against james bay. they've got the same name as the high-school team

edit: re santorini there are 5000 islands around here that look like santorini. maybe they don't have white towns all over one side but they all look the same. on my bus route to school I can see the san juans (part of wash state) which look just like that, except with trees.

 

[honestrosewater]

edit: re santorini there are 5000 islands around here that look like santorini. maybe they don't have white towns all over one side but they all look the same. on my bus route to school I can see the san juans (part of wash state) which look just like that, except with trees.

I've been looking for a place like Santorini (minus the volcano) and haven't found one yet- not even around the Mediterranean- nor in the Pacific. I'm looking at pictures of the San Juans, and they're not even close. Do you have some other pictures? BTW, the architecture is a BIG deal, and there are trees on Santorini. And I live on the beach in Florida- all beaches and islands are not the same. Oh, and the climate is very different (it doesn't snow in Santorini).