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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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81. Munich Residenz

Royal palace museumAltstadt

The former city palace of the Wittelsbach rulers, with around 130 rooms, the Renaissance Antiquarium, a treasury of crown jewels and the Rococo Cuvilliés Theatre.

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82. Musée d’Orsay

Art museum (Impressionism)7th arrondissement

A former Beaux-Arts railway station on the Left Bank holding the world's best-known collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art.

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83. Musée Matisse

Art museumCimiez

A seventeenth-century Genoese villa in the Cimiez olive grove holding nearly 600 works donated by Henri Matisse and his heirs, from early paintings to late cut-outs.

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90. Perlan

Nature museum and observation deckÖskjuhlíð

Glass-domed nature museum on Öskjuhlíð hill, built over the city's hot water tanks, with an indoor ice cave, a northern lights planetarium show and a 360-degree viewing deck.

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91. Plaza de España

Historic square and pavilionParque de María Luisa

A vast semicircular square built by Aníbal González for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition, lined with tiled alcoves representing the provinces of Spain.

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94. Speicherstadt

UNESCO World Heritage warehouse districtSpeicherstadt

A 1.5-kilometre run of red-brick Neo-Gothic warehouses on oak piles and canals, inscribed by UNESCO in 2015 together with the Kontorhaus district and the Chilehaus.

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97. Amalienborg

Royal palace complex and museumFrederiksstaden

The Danish royal family's home since the 18th century: four Rococo palaces around an octagonal square, with a daily changing of the guard and a museum of royal rooms.

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99. Basilica Cistern

Byzantine cisternSultanahmet

A sixth-century underground reservoir near Hagia Sophia, with 336 marble columns, two Medusa-head column bases and atmospheric lighting after its 2022 restoration.

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