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Brussels, Belgium
Brussels' gilded market square, ringed by guild houses and the town hall.
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Main Market Square Kraków
Kraków, Poland
One of Europe's biggest medieval squares, with the Cloth Hall, a bugle call from a church tower and street mus...
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Old Town Square
Prague, Czechia
Prague's historic heart: Gothic spires, pastel facades and a monument to Jan Hus.
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Marienplatz
Munich, Germany
Munich's central square, home of the neo-Gothic New Town Hall and its famous glockenspiel.
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Piazza del Campo
Siena, Italy
Siena's shell-shaped medieval square and the stage of the Palio.
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St Peter's Square
Vatican City, Vatican City
Bernini's huge oval square, framed by curved colonnades.
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Warsaw Old Town Market Square
Warsaw, Poland
The colourful heart of Warsaw's rebuilt Old Town, ringed by pastel townhouses and cafés.
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Council Square
Brasov, Romania
The pastel-coloured heart of Brasov, with the old Council House in the middle.
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Large Square
Sibiu, Romania
Sibiu's main plaza, lined with baroque buildings and the famous roof windows.
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Long Market and Neptune's Fountain
Gdańsk, Poland
Gdańsk's grandest street, lined with tall merchant houses and anchored by the town hall and Neptune's Fountain...
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Lviv Market Square
Lviv, Ukraine
The central square of Lviv, with a town hall tower and colourful townhouses with decorated facades.
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Piazza Navona
Rome, Italy
A lively baroque square built on the shape of an ancient Roman stadium.
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Place de la Bourse
Bordeaux, France
18th-century square facing the Garonne, with a famous reflecting pool.
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Place du Capitole
Toulouse, France
Toulouse's grand central square, fronted by the city hall.
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Plaza de Espana, Seville
Seville, Spain
A semicircular brick-and-tile palace and canal built for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition.
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Plaza Mayor of Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain
A baroque square of golden stone, considered one of the most beautiful in Spain.
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Plaza Mayor, Madrid
Madrid, Spain
A grand enclosed seventeenth-century square surrounded by arcades, cafes and painted facades.
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Praza do Obradoiro
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
The monumental square in front of the cathedral where pilgrims finish the Camino.
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Senate Square
Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki's neoclassical heart, framed by the cathedral, the university and the Government Palace.
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Skanderbeg Square
Tirana, Albania
Tirana's huge central square, named after the national hero and surrounded by museums, mosque and government b...
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Wrocław Market Square
Wrocław, Poland
A huge square ringed by pastel gabled houses with an ornate Gothic town hall in the middle.
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Ban Jelacic Square
Zagreb, Croatia
Zagreb's main square, where trams rattle past and locals meet under the clock.
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Burg Square
Bruges, Belgium
A square with the Gothic town hall and the Basilica of the Holy Blood.