How many of the world's capital cities have you been to?
Sep 16, 2019, 10:27 am
#76
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- Helsinki
- Stockholm
- Oslo
- Copenhagen
- Reykjavik
- Tallinn
- Riga
- Vilnius
- Moscow
- Warsaw
- Berlin
- Vienna
- Prague
- Budapest
- Kiev
- Brussels
- London
- Paris
- Amsterdam
- Madrid
- Luxembourg
- Athens
- Rome
- San Marino
- Valletta
- Washington D.C.
- Seoul
- Singapore
- Tokyo
- Bangkok
- Canberra
- Kuala Lumpur
- Doha
- Abu Dhabi
- Hong Kong
Still many to go.
Sep 16, 2019, 10:56 am
#77
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Washington
Ottawa
Lima
Buenos Aires
London
Dublin
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Prague
Budapest
Ljubljana
Rome
Bratislava
Moscow
Beijing
Tokyo
New Delhi
Kathmandu
Madrid
Lisbon
Amsterdam
Cairo
Copenhagen
Brussels
Some others of interest:
Vatican City
Macau
Hong Kong
Hamilton (Bermuda)
San Juan (PR)
Roseau (Dominica)
Monaco
Cardiff
Edinburgh
Road Town (BVI)
Philipsberg (Netherlands portion of St. Martin)
Fort de France Bay (Martinique)
Planned for 2020:
Bangkok
Singapore
Reykjavik
Planned for 2021: some sort of Scandinavian trip that will likely include at least Oslo and Helsinki
So I'm somewhere between 25 and 35 depending on how you count them and a few more big ones in my near future.
Ottawa
Lima
Buenos Aires
London
Dublin
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Prague
Budapest
Ljubljana
Rome
Bratislava
Moscow
Beijing
Tokyo
New Delhi
Kathmandu
Madrid
Lisbon
Amsterdam
Cairo
Copenhagen
Brussels
Some others of interest:
Vatican City
Macau
Hong Kong
Hamilton (Bermuda)
San Juan (PR)
Roseau (Dominica)
Monaco
Cardiff
Edinburgh
Road Town (BVI)
Philipsberg (Netherlands portion of St. Martin)
Fort de France Bay (Martinique)
Planned for 2020:
Bangkok
Singapore
Reykjavik
Planned for 2021: some sort of Scandinavian trip that will likely include at least Oslo and Helsinki
So I'm somewhere between 25 and 35 depending on how you count them and a few more big ones in my near future.
Sep 19, 2019, 11:42 am
#79
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Washington DC
Mexico City
Tokyo
Beijing
Seoul
Saipan (if that counts)
Manila
Bangkok
Singapore
Phnom Penh
Kuala Lumpur
Paris
London
Edinburgh
Dublin
Looking forward to adding Addis Ababa, Windhoek, and Cape Town to the list before the end of the year!
Mexico City
Tokyo
Beijing
Seoul
Saipan (if that counts)
Manila
Bangkok
Singapore
Phnom Penh
Kuala Lumpur
Paris
London
Edinburgh
Dublin
Looking forward to adding Addis Ababa, Windhoek, and Cape Town to the list before the end of the year!
Sep 19, 2019, 3:14 pm
#80
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North America
USA - Washington, DC
Mexico - Mexico City (airport only, count it if you want)
South America
Argentina - Buenos Aires
Europe
UK - London
France - Paris
Spain - Madrid (airport only, count it if you want)
Netherlands - Amsterdam
Belgium - Brussels
Italy - Rome
Vatican - Vatican City
Czech Republic - Prague
Austria - Vienna
Slovakia - Bratislava
Hungary - Budapest
Asia
Japan - Tokyo (airport only, count it if you want)
Taiwan - Taipei
Down Under
New Zealand - Wellington
Antarctica - Well, there's no capital city. And I've only visited the Peninsula. But I've been there!
So...Sorta 18. Or 14. Depending on how/what you count.
-mvitale
USA - Washington, DC
Mexico - Mexico City (airport only, count it if you want)
South America
Argentina - Buenos Aires
Europe
UK - London
France - Paris
Spain - Madrid (airport only, count it if you want)
Netherlands - Amsterdam
Belgium - Brussels
Italy - Rome
Vatican - Vatican City
Czech Republic - Prague
Austria - Vienna
Slovakia - Bratislava
Hungary - Budapest
Asia
Japan - Tokyo (airport only, count it if you want)
Taiwan - Taipei
Down Under
New Zealand - Wellington
Antarctica - Well, there's no capital city. And I've only visited the Peninsula. But I've been there!
So...Sorta 18. Or 14. Depending on how/what you count.
-mvitale
Last edited by mvitale; Sep 23, 2019 at 12:20 am Reason: ++Vatican
Sep 21, 2019, 7:35 pm
#81
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1) Washington DC - US
2) Panama City - Panama
3) Bonn - West Germany before reunification in 1989
4) Paris - France
5) Rome - Italy
6) The Hague - Netherlands
7) London - UK
8) Luxembourg City - Luxembourg
9) Vatican City
10) Riyadh - Saudi Arabia
11) Manama - Bahrain
12) Tokyo - Japan]
13) San Jose - Costa Rica
13) Seoul - South Korea
2) Panama City - Panama
3) Bonn - West Germany before reunification in 1989
4) Paris - France
5) Rome - Italy
6) The Hague - Netherlands
7) London - UK
8) Luxembourg City - Luxembourg
9) Vatican City
10) Riyadh - Saudi Arabia
11) Manama - Bahrain
12) Tokyo - Japan]
13) San Jose - Costa Rica
13) Seoul - South Korea
Nov 24, 2019, 11:56 am
#82
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Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 78
EUROPE:
London
Reykjavik
Berlin
Paris
Lisbon
Monaco
Madrid
Andorra La Vella
Rome
Vatican City
City of San Marino
Oslo
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Brussels
Amsterdam
Luxembourg City
Valetta
Vaduz
Vienna
Warsaw
Prague
Bratislava
Budapest
Sofia
Bucharest
Zagreb
Belgrade
Athens
Minsk
Kiev
Moscow
Vilnius
Riga
Tallinn
Helsinki
AFRICA:
Cairo
Tunis
Nairobi
Cape Town
Windhoek
ASIA:
Jerusalem
Amman
Doha
Muscat
Nur-Sultan
Tashkent
New Delhi
Male
Kathmandu
Bangkok
Hanoi
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Taipei
Tokyo
Manila
Beijing
Seoul
NORTH AMERICA:
Mexico City
Nassau
Santo Domingo
San Jose
Panama City
San Salvador
SOUTH AMERICA:
Bogota
Lima
Buenos Aires
Santiago
Montevideo
London
Reykjavik
Berlin
Paris
Lisbon
Monaco
Madrid
Andorra La Vella
Rome
Vatican City
City of San Marino
Oslo
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Brussels
Amsterdam
Luxembourg City
Valetta
Vaduz
Vienna
Warsaw
Prague
Bratislava
Budapest
Sofia
Bucharest
Zagreb
Belgrade
Athens
Minsk
Kiev
Moscow
Vilnius
Riga
Tallinn
Helsinki
AFRICA:
Cairo
Tunis
Nairobi
Cape Town
Windhoek
ASIA:
Jerusalem
Amman
Doha
Muscat
Nur-Sultan
Tashkent
New Delhi
Male
Kathmandu
Bangkok
Hanoi
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Taipei
Tokyo
Manila
Beijing
Seoul
NORTH AMERICA:
Mexico City
Nassau
Santo Domingo
San Jose
Panama City
San Salvador
SOUTH AMERICA:
Bogota
Lima
Buenos Aires
Santiago
Montevideo
Last edited by mahlerfan; Dec 7, 2019 at 12:47 pm
Dec 2, 2019, 2:47 am
#85
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Bucharest
Budapest
Vienna
Prague
Berlin
Amsterdam
Brussels
Luxembourg City
Paris
Rome
Vatican City
Lisbon
Vilnius
Riga
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Oslo
Reykjavik
London
Marrakesh
Cairo
Bangkok
Kuala Lumpur
Tokyo
Seoul
While visiting capitals was never on my bucket list, my 25 are rookie numbers taking into account that I have been to almost 50 countries.
Budapest
Vienna
Prague
Berlin
Amsterdam
Brussels
Luxembourg City
Paris
Rome
Vatican City
Lisbon
Vilnius
Riga
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Oslo
Reykjavik
London
Marrakesh
Cairo
Bangkok
Kuala Lumpur
Tokyo
Seoul
While visiting capitals was never on my bucket list, my 25 are rookie numbers taking into account that I have been to almost 50 countries.
Dec 2, 2019, 6:33 am
#86
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London (Edinburgh, Cardiff)
Dublin
Paris
Madrid
Lisbon
Brussels
Amsterdam (The Hague, Willemstad)
Luxembourg
Berlin (Bonn)
Bern
Vienna (it means nothing to me)
Rome
Vatican City
Copenhagen (Christiania)
Oslo
Stockholm
Helsinki
Warsaw
Bratislava
Prague
Budapest
Ljubljana
Zagreb
Sarajevo
Bucharest
Tallinn
Riga
Vilnius
Moscow
Tashkent
Islamabad
New Delhi
Bangkok
Seoul
Kuala Lumpur
Tokyo
Manila
Canberra
Wellington
Mexico City
Lima
La Paz
Rabat
Doha
Colombo
Monaco
46 in total, with 6 dubious extras if you're inclined to count them.
So, excluding transit, that means I've visited the US, Canada, Liechtenstein, Bulgaria, China and Turkey, without visiting their capitals. Am particularly proud of doing so in Liechtenstein, given its size!
Dublin
Paris
Madrid
Lisbon
Brussels
Amsterdam (The Hague, Willemstad)
Luxembourg
Berlin (Bonn)
Bern
Vienna (it means nothing to me)
Rome
Vatican City
Copenhagen (Christiania)
Oslo
Stockholm
Helsinki
Warsaw
Bratislava
Prague
Budapest
Ljubljana
Zagreb
Sarajevo
Bucharest
Tallinn
Riga
Vilnius
Moscow
Tashkent
Islamabad
New Delhi
Bangkok
Seoul
Kuala Lumpur
Tokyo
Manila
Canberra
Wellington
Mexico City
Lima
La Paz
Rabat
Doha
Colombo
Monaco
46 in total, with 6 dubious extras if you're inclined to count them.
So, excluding transit, that means I've visited the US, Canada, Liechtenstein, Bulgaria, China and Turkey, without visiting their capitals. Am particularly proud of doing so in Liechtenstein, given its size!
Dec 2, 2019, 3:00 pm
#87
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Twenty, assuming I was in the capitals of Luxembourg, San Marino, and the Vatican/Holy See when I visited years ago. Too lazy to try to look it up, but we were in big cities and there can't be that many....
Dec 2, 2019, 8:29 pm
#88
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I’ve been to 32 country capitals - 33 if you count Amsterdam as well as The Hague - including one then-capital of a country that no longer exists (Bonn, West Germany). In those, I’ve been to (*) 14 country capitols/ parliaments/ legislative buildings. (I’ve also been to 33 US state capitols, 7 Canadian territorial or provincial assemblies, and 2 Australian state assemblies.)
Tirana, Albania
*Canberra, Australia
Manama, Bahrain
Bridgetown, Barbados
Brussels, Belgium
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
*Ottawa, Canada
Beijing, China
*San Jose, Costa Rica
*Zagreb, Croatia
Paris, France
*Budapest, Hungary
*Nairobi, Kenya
Luxemboug, Luxembourg
Skopje, Macedonia (before the name change)
*Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
*Valletta, Malta
Mexico City, Mexico
*The Hague and Amsterdam, Netherlands
*Oslo, Norway
Muscat, Oman
Panama City, Panama
Doha, Qatar
Singapore, Singapore
*Cape Town, South Africa
*Seoul, South Korea
Bangkok, Thailand
Abu Dhabi, UAE
*London, UK
*Washington, DC, USA
Bonn, West Germany (before reunification)
In addition, I’ve visited Edinburgh, Scotland, although I don’t count it as a country capital; I’ve ridden through Belgrade, Serbia (but didn't stop there); and I’ve been to the airports (including exiting one) that serve five more country capital cities but which are not actually in said cities.
Tirana, Albania
*Canberra, Australia
Manama, Bahrain
Bridgetown, Barbados
Brussels, Belgium
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
*Ottawa, Canada
Beijing, China
*San Jose, Costa Rica
*Zagreb, Croatia
Paris, France
*Budapest, Hungary
*Nairobi, Kenya
Luxemboug, Luxembourg
Skopje, Macedonia (before the name change)
*Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
*Valletta, Malta
Mexico City, Mexico
*The Hague and Amsterdam, Netherlands
*Oslo, Norway
Muscat, Oman
Panama City, Panama
Doha, Qatar
Singapore, Singapore
*Cape Town, South Africa
*Seoul, South Korea
Bangkok, Thailand
Abu Dhabi, UAE
*London, UK
*Washington, DC, USA
Bonn, West Germany (before reunification)
In addition, I’ve visited Edinburgh, Scotland, although I don’t count it as a country capital; I’ve ridden through Belgrade, Serbia (but didn't stop there); and I’ve been to the airports (including exiting one) that serve five more country capital cities but which are not actually in said cities.
Total US state capital cities is 36 (33 state capitols).
Total Canadian provincial capitals is 7 (6 legislative assemblies).
Dec 2, 2019, 10:22 pm
#89
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North American:
Phoenix, Arizona (PHX)
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)
San Francisco, CA (SFO)
San Jose, CA (SJC)
Seattle, WA (SEA)
San Diego, CA (SAN)
Las Vegas, NV (LAS)
Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)
Ft. Myers, FL (RSW)
Raleigh Durham, NC.(RDU)
Charlotte, NC (CLT)
New York, NY (JFK)
Cincinnati, OH (CVG)
Memphis, TN (MEM)
Houston-Bush Intercontinental, TX (IAH)
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX (DFW)
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)
Detroit, MI (DTW)
Baltimore, MD (BWI)
Orlando, FL (MCO)
Jacksonville, FL (JAX)
Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood, FL (FLL)
Miami, FL (MIA)
West Palm Beach, FL (PBI)
Atlanta, GA (ATL)
Boston, MA (BOS)
Manchester, NH (MHT)
Hartford, CT (BDL)
Tampa, FL (TPA)
Honolulu, HI (HNL)
Kona, HI (KOA)
Chicago-O'Hare, IL (ORD)
New Orleans, LA (MSY)
Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
Caribbean/Latin American:
Nassau, Bahamas (NAS)
Cancun, Mexico (CUN)
Europe/UK:
Paris, France (CDG)
Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS)
London, UK (LHR)
Basel, Switzerland (BSL)
Zurich, Switzerland (ZRH)
Frankfurt, Germany (FRA)
Rome, Italy (FCO)
Venice, Italy (VCE)
Middle Eastern:
Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV)
I have been at different airports around of the United States. Next year, I will try to fly more. If I visit at different airports.
Also, we don't have nonstop flight from PHX-ASE (Aspen, CO).
Phoenix, Arizona (PHX)
Los Angeles, CA (LAX)
San Francisco, CA (SFO)
San Jose, CA (SJC)
Seattle, WA (SEA)
San Diego, CA (SAN)
Las Vegas, NV (LAS)
Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)
Ft. Myers, FL (RSW)
Raleigh Durham, NC.(RDU)
Charlotte, NC (CLT)
New York, NY (JFK)
Cincinnati, OH (CVG)
Memphis, TN (MEM)
Houston-Bush Intercontinental, TX (IAH)
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX (DFW)
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)
Detroit, MI (DTW)
Baltimore, MD (BWI)
Orlando, FL (MCO)
Jacksonville, FL (JAX)
Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood, FL (FLL)
Miami, FL (MIA)
West Palm Beach, FL (PBI)
Atlanta, GA (ATL)
Boston, MA (BOS)
Manchester, NH (MHT)
Hartford, CT (BDL)
Tampa, FL (TPA)
Honolulu, HI (HNL)
Kona, HI (KOA)
Chicago-O'Hare, IL (ORD)
New Orleans, LA (MSY)
Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
Caribbean/Latin American:
Nassau, Bahamas (NAS)
Cancun, Mexico (CUN)
Europe/UK:
Paris, France (CDG)
Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS)
London, UK (LHR)
Basel, Switzerland (BSL)
Zurich, Switzerland (ZRH)
Frankfurt, Germany (FRA)
Rome, Italy (FCO)
Venice, Italy (VCE)
Middle Eastern:
Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV)
I have been at different airports around of the United States. Next year, I will try to fly more. If I visit at different airports.
Also, we don't have nonstop flight from PHX-ASE (Aspen, CO).