Which Imperial Capital in the Victorian era do you think was best-looking?

[poiuytrewq0987]

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[Magister Eckhart]

Easy choice. Vienna.

Why is London even on the list, though? Of all the cities of the 19th century I'd want to visit, London is by far at the bottom of the list. The entire city was covered in soot and crawling with poor; even the few monumental structures were constantly filthy.

Compare typical view of London:
http://rhulvictorian.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/dore_london.jpg

To Vienna:
http://countries-of-europe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Ringstrasse.jpg

To Paris:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050511/images/claude300.jpg

Even Moscow was less claustrophobic than London - it was (is) a cramped, tight little city with barely room to breathe.

[Sahson]

Paris, and Vienna would be the two on the list.

[Susi]

To Vienna:
http://countries-of-europe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Ringstrasse.jpg


That's obviously not taken in the Victorian era...
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[Magister Eckhart]

That's obviously not taken in the Victorian era...
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No, you're right. That photo is more crowded and dirtier than the Ringstraße ever was in the Victorian era.

[Kosovo je Sjrbia]

paris is everytime the most beautiful one.

[poiuytrewq0987]

>.> By Moscow I meant Petrograd.

[Magister Eckhart]

>.> By Moscow I meant Petrograd.

I was going to mention how surprised I was to see St. Petersburg missing.

[Laubach]

Wien und Paris sind wunderbar! Die schönsten europäischen Hauptstädte

[Kosovo je Sjrbia]

Budapest and Barcelona were very nice during Victorian age. Why didn't you consider them?