A few years ago, the New7wonders foundation launched a voting all around the world through the internet. The objective was to chose the new 7 world wonders. The event had a great success, and in 2011 they repeated the process in order to select the 7 wonders of nature. Now it is the turn of the cities, and after a few rounds the 28 finalists have been selected. The other day I was looking at the list and realized that I have been in only one of them. That made me think about the cities I have visited and which ones I liked the most, why, and which ones I would like to visit again.
Stockholm
It was introduced to me as the ‘Venice in the north’, and if you have a look at a city map, you will understand why. It is a placid city settled on 14 islands, calm, with a historic city center and new areas, with channels and gardens, museums and restaurants. I have been there already thrice and I never get tired of it.
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| A city to visit in winter... |
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| In spring... |
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| Or summer |
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| With channels... |
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| And art in the metro |
Rome
Rome is an outdoors museum, a city full of history. A city there the modern buildings are mixed with Roman ruins, where past and present share the same space.
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| The Colosseum, one of the most famous places in the city |
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| Vatican City |
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| Past and present in a single image |
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| It had been a circus, now it is a place to relax |
Viena
Viena is an elegant city, a place of palaces, music and gardens. It is a city that I would have liked to explore more deeply, because we were there only for two days so we visited the best known places. I would have liked to explore the other areas, walk along the Danube, and see the less touristic, less Mozart, less Sissi sides of Viena.
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| Palaces and gardens |
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| An elegant city |
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| Musikverein, where the New Year concert takes place |
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| I like this tradition of filling the balcony with flowers |
Rio de Janeiro
My global impression of the city was that Rio is a city to see from above. When you are inside the city, it is a big city with lots of cars, traffic, people, a lot of life and good atmosphere. But when I really liked Rio was when I saw it from above: the sightseeing from Pão de Açucar (Sugarleaf) and Corcovado were really amazing.
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| From Pão de Açucar |
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| From Corcovado |
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| In addition, in Rio you might find forests like this one... |
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| and the Christ Redeemer, magic at night |
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