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Europe food guides

From tapas bars in Spain to Paris bistros, Roman trattorias and Istanbul meyhanes: what to eat and where in every European country.

Europe packs more distinct food cultures into a short train ride than anywhere else on earth. Cross a border and the menu changes language, the bread changes shape and the rules change too: a coperto in Italy, service compris in France, tapas at the bar in Spain and a tip in Germany handed straight to the server. These Europe food guides cover what to eat in each country, how to read the menu in the local language, how tipping and paying work, and where to eat city by city, from Paris, Rome and Barcelona to Lisbon, Istanbul, Budapest and Reykjavik.

Start with the most visited food countries below, or browse every European country guide, each with sections on its major cities.

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A Paris bistro terrace in France with steak frites, French onion soup, a basket of baguette and glasses of red wine on a small marble table facing a Haussmann street

France food guide

The dishes to order, the menu words that matter, service compris and tipping, and where to eat in seven French cities.

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A tapas bar in Madrid, Spain, with patatas bravas, tortilla de patatas, croquetas and two small glasses of beer on a wooden table under hanging legs of jamón

Spain food guide

The dishes to order, the menu words that matter, tapas etiquette and tipping, and where to eat in seven Spanish cities.

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Diners at a traditional trattoria in Rome, Italy, with spaghetti carbonara and red wine on a rustic table by a cobblestone lane

Italy food guide

The dishes to order, the menu words that matter, coperto and tipping, and the food scene in eight Italian cities.

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A restaurant terrace by the New Bazaar in Tirana, Albania, with tavë kosi in a clay dish, fërgesë and byrek on the table and painted buildings behind

Albania food guide

The dishes to order, Albanian menu words, paying in lek and tipping, and where to eat in eight Albanian cities and coastal towns.

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A restaurant terrace in the old quarter of Andorra la Vella, Andorra, with trinxat topped with crisp pork belly, cured sausages and pa amb tomàquet, stone houses and Pyrenean slopes behind

Andorra food guide

Trinxat, mountain bordas and Catalan cooking, menu words, tipping and paying, and where to eat across six Andorran parishes.

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A restaurant terrace in Yerevan, Armenia, with khorovats on lavash, tolma with yoghurt, fresh herbs and red wine, with pink stone buildings and Mount Ararat beyond

Armenia food guide

Khorovats, lavash and tolma, the Armenian menu words that matter, tipping, and where to eat in seven places.

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A traditional Viennese restaurant in Vienna, Austria, with a golden Wiener Schnitzel, potato salad, a slice of Sachertorte with whipped cream and a glass of Grüner Veltliner on a white tablecloth

Austria food guide

The dishes and cakes to order, Austrian menu words, coffee houses and tipping, and where to eat in six Austrian destinations.

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A restaurant in a stone caravanserai in the Old City of Baku, Azerbaijan, with shah plov in a golden crust, qutab, dolma and tea in pear-shaped glasses

Azerbaijan food guide

Plov, dolma and Sheki piti, the Azerbaijani menu words that matter, tipping, tea houses and where to eat in six places.

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A brasserie in Brussels, Belgium, with a black pot of mussels, a bowl of frites with mayonnaise and a chalice of Belgian beer on a table facing the guild houses of the Grand-Place

Belgium food guide

The dishes, frites and beers to try, menu words in French and Dutch, tipping and paying, and where to eat in six Belgian cities.

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Ćevapi in somun bread with raw onion and kajmak and a Bosnian coffee set on a table in Baščaršija, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with wooden shopfronts behind

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina food guide

The dishes to order, menu words in both alphabets, tipping and paying, and where to eat in seven Bosnian and Herzegovinian towns.

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A restaurant terrace in central Sofia, Bulgaria, with shopska salad, kavarma in a clay pot and a glass of rakia, the gold domes of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral behind

Bulgaria food guide

The dishes to order, the Cyrillic menu words that matter, tipping and paying, and where to eat in seven Bulgarian towns.

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A konoba terrace inside the old town walls of Dubrovnik, Croatia, with black risotto, grilled fish and Dalmatian ham on the table and stone houses behind

Croatia food guide

The dishes to order, Croatian menu words, tipping and paying, and where to eat in eight Croatian cities and regions.

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A meze table at a harbourside taverna in Paphos, Cyprus, with grilled halloumi, sheftalia, tahini and village salad, and the old harbour fort behind

Cyprus food guide

The dishes to order, how a Cypriot meze works, menu words, tipping, and where to eat in six towns and regions of Cyprus.

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A restaurant terrace in Prague's Old Town, Czech Republic, with svíčková and goulash with bread dumplings and two foaming lagers, the Gothic spires of Týn Church behind

Czech Republic food guide

The dishes to order, the Czech menu and beer words that matter, tipping, and where to eat in seven Czech towns.

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A canal-side table at Nyhavn in Copenhagen, Denmark, with smørrebrød open sandwiches, pickled herring, a glass of akvavit and a beer, colourful gabled houses and old wooden ships behind

Denmark food guide

The dishes to order, the Danish menu words that matter, tipping and paying, and where to eat in six Danish destinations.

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A table in a vaulted stone cellar restaurant in Tallinn Old Town, Estonia, with sprat sandwiches on dark rye bread, sauerkraut with pork and a glass of beer

Estonia food guide

Rye bread, sprats and blood sausage, the menu words that matter, tipping, and where to eat in six Estonian destinations.

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A restaurant table by the harbour in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, with pan-fried cod and potatoes, thin slices of skerpikjøt on rye bread and a glass of beer, turf-roofed red houses of Tinganes behind

Faroe Islands food guide

Skerpikjøt, ræst fish and North Atlantic seafood, Faroese menu words, home dining, and where to eat on six islands and villages.

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A harbourside terrace table in Helsinki, Finland, with creamy salmon soup, Karelian pies with egg butter and rye bread, the red-brick Uspenski Cathedral behind

Finland food guide

The dishes to order, the Finnish menu words and labels that matter, tipping, and where to eat from Helsinki to Lapland.

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A Paris bistro terrace in France with steak frites, French onion soup, a basket of baguette and glasses of red wine on a small marble table facing a Haussmann street

France food guide

The dishes to order, the menu words that matter, service compris and tipping, and where to eat in seven French cities.

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A restaurant balcony in Old Tbilisi, Georgia, with Adjarian khachapuri, khinkali, walnut pkhali and amber wine, overlooking the sulphur bath domes and Narikala Fortress

Georgia food guide

Khachapuri, khinkali and qvevri wine, the Georgian menu words that matter, tipping, and where to eat in six regions.

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A traditional wood-panelled restaurant in Berlin, Germany, with a schnitzel, currywurst with chips and a glass of pilsner on a table by a tall window

Germany food guide

The dishes to order, the menu words that matter, how tipping and paying work, and where to eat in seven German cities.

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A restaurant terrace in Casemates Square, Gibraltar, with squares of golden calentita, a bowl of rosto pasta and a pint of beer, the limestone Rock rising above the old barrack buildings behind

Gibraltar food guide

Calentita, rosto and pub classics, local food words, tipping and paying in pounds, and where to eat across Gibraltar and over the border.

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A taverna terrace in Athens, Greece, with moussaka, a Greek salad with feta and grilled octopus on the table and the floodlit Acropolis behind

Greece food guide

The dishes to order, Greek menu words, bread charges and tipping, and where to eat in eight Greek cities and islands.

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A restaurant window table in Nuuk, Greenland, with a musk ox steak, smoked Greenland halibut and a bowl of cold-water prawns, colourful wooden houses and a fjord with floating ice behind

Greenland food guide

Suaasat, musk ox, halibut and Arctic prawns, Greenlandic and Danish menu words, paying in kroner, and where to eat in six places.

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A riverside restaurant terrace in Budapest, Hungary, with goulash soup, chicken paprikash with nokedli and red wine, the Chain Bridge and Buda Castle behind at dusk

Hungary food guide

The dishes to order, the Hungarian menu words that matter, service charges and tipping, and where to eat in seven places.

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A window table in a Reykjavik restaurant, Iceland, with lamb soup, plokkfiskur with dark rye bread and a bowl of skyr, colourful corrugated-iron houses and the tower of Hallgrímskirkja outside

Iceland food guide

The dishes to order, the Icelandic menu words that matter, tipping and prices, and where to eat around the Ring Road.

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A traditional pub in Dublin, Ireland, with a bowl of Irish stew, brown soda bread with butter and a pint of stout on a wooden table beside a turf fire

Ireland food guide

The dishes to order, Irish menu terms and pub etiquette, tipping and paying, and where to eat in seven Irish towns and cities.

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Diners at a traditional trattoria in Rome, Italy, with spaghetti carbonara and red wine on a rustic table by a cobblestone lane

Italy food guide

The dishes to order, the menu words that matter, coperto and tipping, and the food scene in eight Italian cities.

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A café terrace on Mother Teresa Boulevard in Pristina, Kosovo, with a wedge of layered flija with honey, peppers in cream sauce and two glasses of macchiato on the table

Kosovo food guide

Flija, qebapa and macchiato culture, Albanian menu words, tipping and paying in euros, and where to eat in five Kosovo cities.

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A restaurant table in Riga, Latvia, with grey peas and bacon, cold pink beetroot soup, dark rye bread and beer, by a window facing the spires and gabled houses of Old Riga

Latvia food guide

Grey peas, rye bread and smoked fish, the menu words that matter, tipping, and where to eat in six Latvian towns.

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A restaurant terrace in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, with a pan of Käsknöpfle cheese dumplings topped with fried onions, apple sauce and a glass of Pinot Noir, Vaduz Castle on the wooded cliff above

Liechtenstein food guide

Käsknöpfle, Ribel and Rhine valley wine, German menu words, tipping in francs, and where to eat across Liechtenstein and nearby.

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A restaurant table in Vilnius Old Town, Lithuania, with cepelinai potato dumplings in sour cream, cold pink beetroot soup, fried garlic rye bread and beer by a window onto a baroque street

Lithuania food guide

Cepelinai, pink soup and kibinai, the menu words that matter, tipping, and where to eat in six Lithuanian destinations.

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A restaurant terrace in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, with smoked pork and broad beans, potato fritters and a glass of Moselle Riesling, overlooking the old town and the Grund valley

Luxembourg food guide

The Luxembourgish dishes and wines to try, menu words in French and German, tipping, and where to eat across five destinations.

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An outdoor restaurant table on a stepped limestone street in Valletta, Malta, with rabbit stew, ftira and red wine, and wooden Maltese balconies above

Malta food guide

The dishes to order, Maltese menu words, tipping and paying, and where to eat in six towns across Malta and Gozo.

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A restaurant terrace under linden trees in central Chișinău, Moldova, with mămăligă, crumbled brânză and sour cream, cabbage rolls and a glass of red Fetească Neagră

Moldova food guide

Mămăligă, plăcinte and Moldovan wine, Romanian and Russian menu words, tipping in lei, and where to eat in six Moldovan destinations.

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A restaurant terrace above Port Hercule in Monaco, with a plate of golden barbajuans, a salade niçoise and a glass of rosé, yachts and the Rock of Monaco behind

Monaco food guide

Barbajuans, socca and Riviera cooking, French menu words, service and tipping, and where to eat across Monaco's districts.

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A waterside restaurant terrace on the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro, with mussels buzara, grilled fish and Njeguši prosciutto, and steep mountains behind

Montenegro food guide

The dishes to order, Montenegrin menu words, tipping and paying, and where to eat in eight towns and regions of Montenegro.

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A brown café by a canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with bitterballen and mustard, cubes of Gouda, apple pie with whipped cream and a small glass of beer on a wooden table

Netherlands food guide

The dishes and snacks to try, the Dutch menu words that matter, tipping and paying, and where to eat in seven Dutch cities.

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A table in the Old Bazaar of Skopje, North Macedonia, with tavče gravče in a clay pan, šopska salad, ajvar and kebapi, and Ottoman stone buildings behind

North Macedonia

North Macedonia food guide

The dishes to order, Macedonian menu words in Cyrillic, tipping and paying, and where to eat in seven towns and regions.

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A harbourside table at Bryggen in Bergen, Norway, with creamy Bergen fish soup, smoked salmon and a glass of beer, the colourful wooden Hanseatic warehouses behind

Norway food guide

The dishes to order, the Norwegian menu words that matter, tipping and prices, and where to eat from Oslo to Lofoten.

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A restaurant table on Kraków's Main Market Square, Poland, with pierogi, żurek soup in a bread bowl and a glass of beer, the Cloth Hall arcades behind

Poland food guide

The dishes to order, the Polish menu words that matter, tipping and paying, and where to eat in seven Polish cities.

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A small tasca terrace in the Alfama district of Lisbon, Portugal, with grilled sardines, bacalhau, caldo verde and vinho verde on a table beside blue azulejo tiles

Portugal food guide

The dishes to order, the menu words that matter, the couvert and tipping, and where to eat across seven Portuguese destinations.

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A table in the courtyard of a historic inn in Bucharest, Romania, with sarmale, mămăligă, sour cream, tripe soup and red wine, wooden galleried balconies behind

Romania food guide

The dishes to order, the Romanian menu words that matter, tipping and paying, and where to eat from Bucharest to the Danube Delta.

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A restaurant table in Moscow, Russia, with blini topped with red caviar and sour cream, a bowl of borscht and a plate of pelmeni, colourful onion domes visible through the window behind

Russia food guide

Pelmeni, blini, Tatar pastries and Pacific crab, Russian menu words in Cyrillic, tipping and cash, and where to eat in seven cities.

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A restaurant terrace in the City of San Marino on Monte Titano, with baked nidi di rondine pasta, a folded piadina and a glass of Sangiovese, the hills of Romagna stretching out below

San Marino food guide

Piadina, nidi di rondine and torta Tre Monti, Italian menu words, coperto and tipping, and where to eat in and around San Marino.

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A kafana table on the cobbled Skadarlija street in Belgrade, Serbia, with pljeskavica, ćevapi, šopska salad, ajvar and kajmak, and old townhouses behind

Serbia food guide

The dishes to order, Serbian menu words in both alphabets, tipping and paying, and where to eat in seven Serbian towns.

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A restaurant terrace in Bratislava's Old Town, Slovakia, with bryndzové halušky topped with bacon, kapustnica soup and white wine, pastel baroque houses and St Michael's Gate behind

Slovakia food guide

The dishes to order, the Slovak menu words that matter, tipping, and where to eat from Bratislava to the High Tatras.

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A riverside café terrace in Ljubljana, Slovenia, with Carniolan sausage, štruklji and white wine on the table and the Ljubljanica river and old town behind

Slovenia food guide

The dishes to order, Slovenian menu words, tipping and paying, and where to eat in seven Slovenian towns and wine regions.

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A tapas bar in Madrid, Spain, with patatas bravas, tortilla de patatas, croquetas and two small glasses of beer on a wooden table under hanging legs of jamón

Spain food guide

The dishes to order, the menu words that matter, tapas etiquette and tipping, and where to eat in seven Spanish cities.

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A window table in a restaurant in Gamla stan, Stockholm, Sweden, with Swedish meatballs, mashed potato, lingonberries and gravlax, a cobbled lane and ochre facades outside

Sweden food guide

The dishes to order, the Swedish menu words that matter, tipping and paying, and where to eat from Stockholm to Lapland.

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A wood-panelled restaurant in the old town of Zurich, Switzerland, with a pot of cheese fondue, bread cubes on long forks, rösti and glasses of white wine on the table

Switzerland food guide

The dishes to order, menu words in three languages, francs and tipping, and where to eat in seven Swiss cities.

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A meyhane table in Istanbul, Turkey, with meze plates, grilled fish and glasses of rakı, and the Galata Tower and old rooftops behind

Turkey food guide

The dishes to order, Turkish menu words, tipping and paying, and where to eat in eight Turkish cities and regions.

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A restaurant table in Kyiv, Ukraine, with a bowl of red borshch and sour cream, garlic pampushky rolls, varenyky with fried onions and slices of salo on rye bread, embroidered linen behind

Ukraine food guide

Borshch, varenyky and Carpathian banosh, Ukrainian menu words in Cyrillic, tipping in hryvnia, and where to eat in seven cities.

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A traditional London pub in the United Kingdom with fish and chips, mushy peas and a pint of ale on a dark wooden table, etched glass and brass beer taps behind

United Kingdom food guide

The dishes to order, British menu terms and pub etiquette, tipping and service charges, and where to eat in eight UK cities.

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Where to eat in Europe, city by city

Every city and island with its own section in our Europe food guides.

Albania food guide: Tirana Berat Gjirokastër Shkodër Korçë Durrës Saranda Vlorë
Andorra food guide: Andorra la Vella Escaldes-Engordany La Massana and Ordino Canillo and Soldeu Pas de la Casa Sant Julià de Lòria
Armenia food guide: Yerevan Garni Lake Sevan Dilijan Gyumri Areni Goris
Austria food guide: Vienna Salzburg Innsbruck Graz Linz The Wachau Valley
Azerbaijan food guide: Baku Quba Shamakhi Gabala Sheki Lankaran
Belgium food guide: Brussels Antwerp Ghent Bruges Liège Leuven
Bosnia and Herzegovina food guide: Sarajevo Mostar Banja Luka Trebinje Travnik Jajce Bihać
Bulgaria food guide: Sofia Plovdiv Veliko Tarnovo Varna Burgas Bansko Melnik
Croatia food guide: Zagreb Split Dubrovnik Istria Zadar Hvar Rijeka Osijek
Cyprus food guide: Nicosia Limassol Larnaca Paphos The Troodos Mountains Ayia Napa
Czech Republic food guide: Prague Brno Český Krumlov Plzeň Olomouc Karlovy Vary Mikulov and South Moravia
Denmark food guide: Copenhagen Aarhus Odense Aalborg Skagen Bornholm
Estonia food guide: Tallinn Tartu Pärnu Saaremaa Viljandi Lake Peipus
Faroe Islands food guide: Tórshavn Kirkjubøur Gjógv and Eysturoy Klaksvík and the northern isles Vágar Suðuroy
Finland food guide: Helsinki Turku Tampere Porvoo Kuopio Savonlinna Rovaniemi
France food guide: Paris Lyon Marseille Bordeaux Nice Strasbourg Toulouse
Georgia food guide: Tbilisi Kakheti Kazbegi Kutaisi Mestia Batumi
Germany food guide: Berlin Munich Hamburg Cologne Frankfurt Stuttgart Nuremberg
Gibraltar food guide: Casemates Square Main Street and Irish Town Ocean Village and Marina Bay Queensway Quay Catalan Bay La Línea
Greece food guide: Athens Thessaloniki Chania Heraklion Santorini Naxos Corfu Ioannina
Greenland food guide: Nuuk Ilulissat Sisimiut Kangerlussuaq South Greenland Tasiilaq
Hungary food guide: Budapest Lake Balaton Eger Tokaj Pécs Szeged Debrecen
Iceland food guide: Reykjavik The Golden Circle The South Coast The Snæfellsnes Peninsula The Westfjords Akureyri Lake Mývatn
Ireland food guide: Dublin Cork Galway Limerick Waterford Kinsale Dingle
Italy food guide: Rome Florence Venice Milan Naples Bologna Palermo Turin
Kosovo food guide: Pristina Prizren Peja and the Rugova Valley Gjakova Rahovec
Latvia food guide: Riga Jūrmala Liepāja Kuldīga Cēsis Sigulda
Liechtenstein food guide: Vaduz Schaan Triesenberg and Malbun Balzers and Triesen The Unterland Feldkirch and the Rhine valley
Lithuania food guide: Vilnius Trakai Kaunas Klaipėda The Curonian Spit Druskininkai
Luxembourg food guide: Luxembourg City The Moselle Valley Esch-sur-Alzette Vianden Echternach
Malta food guide: Valletta Sliema and St Julian's Mdina and Rabat Marsaxlokk Birgu Gozo
Moldova food guide: Chișinău Orheiul Vechi Cricova and Mileștii Mici Purcari Soroca Comrat
Monaco food guide: Monte-Carlo La Condamine Monaco-Ville Fontvieille Larvotto Nice and Menton
Montenegro food guide: Kotor Budva Herceg Novi Podgorica Cetinje and Njeguši Lake Skadar Ulcinj Žabljak
Netherlands food guide: Amsterdam Rotterdam The Hague Utrecht Leiden Maastricht Groningen
North Macedonia food guide: Skopje Ohrid Bitola Struga Štip Tikveš Mavrovo
Norway food guide: Oslo Bergen Trondheim Stavanger Ålesund Tromsø Lofoten
Poland food guide: Kraków Warsaw Gdańsk Wrocław Poznań Zakopane Lublin
Portugal food guide: Lisbon Porto The Algarve Coimbra Évora Braga Madeira
Romania food guide: Bucharest Brașov Sibiu Cluj-Napoca Timișoara Iași The Danube Delta
Russia food guide: Moscow St Petersburg Kazan Sochi Yekaterinburg Irkutsk and Lake Baikal Vladivostok
San Marino food guide: The City of San Marino Borgo Maggiore Serravalle Domagnano and the villages Rimini San Leo and Montefeltro
Serbia food guide: Belgrade Novi Sad Niš Subotica Leskovac Zlatibor Sremski Karlovci
Slovakia food guide: Bratislava The Small Carpathians wine region Košice The High Tatras Liptov Orava Banská Štiavnica
Slovenia food guide: Ljubljana Bled Piran Maribor Ptuj The Karst The Vipava Valley
Spain food guide: Madrid Barcelona San Sebastián Seville Valencia Granada Málaga
Sweden food guide: Stockholm Gothenburg Malmö The West Coast Visby Östersund Swedish Lapland
Switzerland food guide: Zurich Geneva Bern Basel Lucerne Lausanne Lugano
Turkey food guide: Istanbul Gaziantep Izmir Antalya Cappadocia Adana Ankara Trabzon
Ukraine food guide: Kyiv Lviv Odesa Kharkiv Ivano-Frankivsk and the Carpathians Chernivtsi Uzhhorod
United Kingdom food guide: London Edinburgh Glasgow Cardiff Manchester Birmingham Bristol Belfast

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