Major Cities Closest to Europe

Can you name the 20 closest cities to the continent of Europe?
Only including cities above 1.5 million; populations from citypopulation.de
Includes transcontinental cities
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Last updated: February 27, 2017
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City
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Istanbul
0
87
Bursa
54
87
İzmir
54
96
Tunis
155
195
Baku
121
218
Yekaterinburg
135
252
Algiers
157
253
Rabat
157
327
Casablanca
203
354
Ankara
220
549
Alexandria
341
663
Tehran
430
640
Adana
397
710
Cairo
441
717
Beirut
445
761
Tel-Aviv
473
778
Gaza
484
801
Damascus
498
858
Amman
533
928
Baghdad
576
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6 Comments
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Level 80
Feb 28, 2017
very nice! I am no expert but I thought Yekaterinburg was on the 'europe-asia border', so is it actually considered an Asian city?
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Level 66
Feb 28, 2017
We are for this :)
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Level 80
Feb 28, 2017
how did you decide that? the 218 km is the distance to which point? thanks!
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Level 66
Feb 28, 2017
We measured the closest distance from Yekaterinburg to the Ural Mountains.
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Level 80
Mar 2, 2017
ok thanks
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Level 64
Jun 14, 2024
why not pyongyang or ulanbataar or a few others that border russia?