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Best Attractions in Europe (2026)

Landmarks, museums, historic sites, parks and viewpoints that draw visitors to a city, with practical notes on planning a visit.

320 places · Updated November 12, 2026

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204. Englischer Garten

City parkSchwabing / Lehel

One of the largest city parks in the world, laid out from 1789, with the Chinese Tower beer garden, the Monopteros temple, a boating lake and the Eisbach surf wave.

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205. Fotografiska

Photography museumSödermalm

Photography museum in a 1906 Art Nouveau customs house on the Södermalm waterfront, with changing exhibitions and a top-floor restaurant and bar.

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208. Höfði House

Historic house and Cold War summit siteBorgartún

The white wooden house by the sea where Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev held their 1986 summit, now used by the City of Reykjavik for official receptions.

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209. Horta Museum

Art Nouveau house museumSaint-Gilles

Victor Horta's own house and studio, built between 1898 and 1901 and listed by UNESCO in 2000, a key work of Belgian Art Nouveau.

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212. Luža Square

Historic square with palace, church and columnOld Town

The square at the eastern end of Stradun, framed by Sponza Palace, the Church of St Blaise, the Bell Tower and the 15th-century Orlando's Column.

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