|
Rank
|
Population
|
Country
|
Hint
|
City
|
|
1
|
14'026'000
|
Turkey
|
On two Continents
|
Istanbul
|
|
2
|
8'673'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Tower Bridge
|
London
|
|
3
|
3'520'000
|
Germany
|
Brandenburger Tor
|
Berlin
|
|
4
|
3'165'000
|
Spain
|
Real and Atlético
|
Madrid
|
|
5
|
2'642'000
|
Italy
|
Colosseum
|
Rome
|
|
6
|
2'241'000
|
France
|
Eiffel Tower
|
Paris
|
|
7
|
1'922'000
|
Belarus
|
Peace agreement to halt the war in the Donbass
|
Minsk
|
|
8
|
1'883'000
|
Romania
|
In the Walachia
|
Bucharest
|
|
9
|
1'841'000
|
Austria
|
Schönbrunn Palace
|
Vienna
|
|
10
|
1'787'000
|
Germany
|
Big Port on the River Elbe
|
Hamburg
|
|
11
|
1'759'000
|
Hungary
|
Originated from the union of Pest and Buda
|
Budapest
|
|
12
|
1'744'000
|
Poland
|
River Vistula
|
Warsaw
|
|
13
|
1'602'000
|
Spain
|
Sagrada Familia
|
Barcelona
|
|
14
|
1'450'000
|
Germany
|
Oktoberfest
|
Munich
|
|
15
|
1'243'000
|
Czech Republic
|
Charles Bridge
|
Prague
|
|
16
|
1'242'000
|
Italy
|
Fashion Capital
|
Milan
|
|
17
|
1'205'000
|
Bulgaria
|
Capital
|
Sofia
|
|
18
|
1'188'000
|
Belgium
|
De facto Capital of the European Union
|
Brussels
|
|
19
|
1'181'000
|
Denmark
|
Little Mermaid
|
Copenhagen
|
|
20
|
1'167'000
|
Serbia
|
Gateway to the Balkans
|
Belgrade
|
|
21
|
1'101'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Metal processing
|
Birmingham
|
|
22
|
1'061'000
|
Germany
|
A famous Cathedral
|
Cologne
|
|
23
|
962'000
|
Italy
|
Pizza
|
Naples
|
|
24
|
872'000
|
Italy
|
Olympic Winter Games 2006
|
Turin
|
|
25
|
853'000
|
France
|
Biggest French city on the Mediterranean
|
Marseille
|
|
26
|
851'000
|
Sweden
|
Nobel Prize
|
Stockholm
|
|
27
|
845'000
|
Netherlands
|
Canals (Grachten)
|
Amsterdam
|
|
28
|
786'000
|
Spain
|
Paella
|
Valencia
|
|
29
|
766'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Royal Armouries Museum
|
Leeds
|
|
30
|
761'000
|
Poland
|
Second-largest city of Poland
|
Kraków
|
|
31
|
733'000
|
Germany
|
Financial Capital
|
Frankfurt
|
|
32
|
700'000
|
Poland
|
National Film School
|
Lódz
|
|
33
|
697'000
|
Spain
|
Andalusia
|
Seville
|
|
34
|
688'000
|
Croatia
|
Ban-Jelačić-Square
|
Zagreb
|
|
35
|
666'000
|
Spain
|
Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar
|
Zaragoza
|
|
36
|
664'000
|
Greece
|
Acropolis
|
Athens
|
|
37
|
659'000
|
Latvia
|
Capital
|
Riga
|
|
38
|
658'000
|
Italy
|
Cosa Nostra
|
Palermo
|
|
39
|
636'000
|
Netherlands
|
Biggest Port of Europe
|
Rotterdam
|
|
40
|
636'000
|
Poland
|
Stary Ratusz (Town Hall)
|
Wroclaw
|
|
41
|
634'000
|
Norway
|
Peace Nobel Prize
|
Oslo
|
|
42
|
630'000
|
Finland
|
Capital
|
Helsinki
|
|
43
|
624'000
|
Germany
|
Mercedes-Benz
|
Stuttgart
|
|
44
|
612'000
|
Germany
|
Most important airport of the Ruhr area
|
Düsseldorf
|
|
45
|
610'000
|
Albania
|
Skanderbeg
|
Tirana
|
|
46
|
606'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Old Firm
|
Glasgow
|
|
47
|
586'000
|
Italy
|
Riviera
|
Genoa
|
|
48
|
586'000
|
Germany
|
A famous soccer club (Borussia...)
|
Dortmund
|
|
49
|
583'000
|
Germany
|
Zeche Zollverein
|
Essen
|
|
50
|
567'000
|
Spain
|
Costa del Sol
|
Málaga
|
|
51
|
563'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Snooker
|
Sheffield
|
|
52
|
560'000
|
Germany
|
Völkerschlachtdenkmal
|
Leipzig
|
|
53
|
557'000
|
Germany
|
River Weser
|
Bremen
|
|
54
|
553'000
|
Ireland
|
Guinness
|
Dublin
|
|
55
|
545'000
|
Portugal
|
Torre de Belém
|
Lisbon
|
|
56
|
544'000
|
Germany
|
Frauenkirche (destroyed in WWII)
|
Dresden
|
|
57
|
542'000
|
Poland
|
Saint Martin's Croissants
|
Poznań
|
|
58
|
540'000
|
Lithuania
|
Jewish influence
|
Vilnius
|
|
59
|
532'000
|
Germany
|
Queen Victoria was the last Queen of this House
|
Hanover
|
|
60
|
528'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Alhambra
|
Bradford
|
|
61
|
527'000
|
Belarus
|
Radioactive Contamination
|
Gomel
|
|
62
|
524'000
|
Netherlands
|
Seat of the Dutch Government
|
The Hague
|
|
63
|
520'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Old Trafford
|
Manchester
|
|
64
|
517'000
|
Sweden
|
Volvo
|
Gothenburg
|
|
65
|
510'000
|
Germany
|
Trials against Nazis
|
Nuremberg
|
|
66
|
507'000
|
Macedonia
|
Capital
|
Skopje
|
|
67
|
496'000
|
France
|
Gastronomy
|
Lyon
|
|
68
|
493'000
|
Moldova
|
Capital
|
Chisinau
|
|
69
|
491'000
|
Germany
|
Europe's biggest inland harbor
|
Duisburg
|
|
70
|
473'000
|
United Kingdom
|
The Beatles
|
Liverpool
|
|
71
|
465'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Capital of Scotland
|
Edinburgh
|
|
72
|
462'000
|
Poland
|
Polands principal seaport
|
Gdansk
|
|
73
|
462'000
|
Slovakia
|
Capital
|
Bratislava
|
|
74
|
461'000
|
Belgium
|
Diamonds
|
Antwerp
|
|
75
|
453'000
|
France
|
Occitanie
|
Toulouse
|
|
76
|
449'000
|
United Kingdom
|
River Avon
|
Bristol
|
|
77
|
440'000
|
Spain
|
Europe's orchard
|
Murcia
|
|
78
|
430'000
|
Estonia
|
Capital
|
Tallinn
|
|
79
|
406'000
|
Poland
|
Ducal Castle
|
Szczecin
|
|
80
|
400'000
|
Switzerland
|
Financial place
|
Zürich
|
|
81
|
400'000
|
Spain
|
Mallorca
|
Palma de Mallorca
|
|
82
|
395'000
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
Where Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
|
Sarajevo
|
|
83
|
382'000
|
Spain
|
Gran Canaria
|
Las Palmas
|
|
84
|
378'000
|
Czech Republic
|
Seat of judicial authority
|
Brno
|
|
85
|
374'000
|
Belarus
|
Convent of St. Nicholas
|
Mogilev
|
|
86
|
371'000
|
Italy
|
Tortellini / Mortadella / Bolognese sauce
|
Bologna
|
|
87
|
367'000
|
Belarus
|
Slavianski Bazaar
|
Vitebsk
|
|
88
|
365'000
|
Germany
|
In the Ruhr area
|
Bochum
|
|
89
|
360'000
|
Germany
|
Suspension Railway
|
Wuppertal
|
|
90
|
358'000
|
Italy
|
Birthplace of Renaissance
|
Florence
|
|
91
|
357'000
|
Belarus
|
New Castle
|
Grodno
|
|
92
|
356'000
|
Poland
|
Pogroms against National-Germans
|
Bydgoszcz
|
|
93
|
347'000
|
Spain
|
Guggenheim Museum
|
Bilbao
|
|
94
|
346'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Capital of Wales
|
Cardiff
|
|
95
|
344'000
|
France
|
Côte d' Azur
|
Nice
|
|
96
|
342'000
|
Netherlands
|
Dom Tower
|
Utrecht
|
|
97
|
341'000
|
Poland
|
Cracow Gate
|
Lublin
|
|
98
|
338'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Champions of the Premier League 2016
|
Leicester
|
|
99
|
338'000
|
Bulgaria
|
Remains from Antiquity
|
Plovdiv
|
|
100
|
337'000
|
United Kingdom
|
No other UK-City is further away from the coast
|
Coventry
|
|
101
|
335'000
|
Bulgaria
|
Largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast
|
Varna
|
|
102
|
333'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Where the Titanic was built
|
Belfast
|
|
103
|
333'000
|
Germany
|
There's a conspiracy that this city doesn't exist
|
Bielefeld
|
|
104
|
332'000
|
Spain
|
Santa Bárbara Castle
|
Alicante
|
|
105
|
331'000
|
Belarus
|
Not to be confused with the westernmost city of France
|
Brest
|
|
106
|
328'000
|
Spain
|
Warmest summer temperatures
|
Córdoba
|
|
107
|
325'000
|
Romania
|
Gheorghe Funar
|
Cluj-Napoca
|
|
108
|
319'000
|
Germany
|
Capital of West Germany until 1990
|
Bonn
|
|
109
|
319'000
|
Romania
|
Orthodox Cathedral
|
Timisoara
|
|
110
|
318'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Robin Hood
|
Nottingham
|
|
111
|
316'000
|
Italy
|
Capital of Apulia
|
Bari
|
|
112
|
315'000
|
Greece
|
White Tower
|
Thessaloniki
|
|
113
|
310'000
|
Germany
|
Treaty of Westphalia
|
Münster
|
|
114
|
308'000
|
Germany
|
Federal Consitutional Court
|
Karlsruhe
|
|
115
|
307'000
|
Spain
|
Castile and León
|
Valladolid
|
|
116
|
306'000
|
Germany
|
City of the squares
|
Mannheim
|
|
117
|
304'000
|
Lithuania
|
Laisves aleja
|
Kaunas
|
|
118
|
300'000
|
Poland
|
Main city in Upper Silesia
|
Katowice
|
|
119
|
296'000
|
Czech Republic
|
Coal-mining
|
Ostrava
|
|
120
|
295'000
|
Spain
|
Galicia
|
Vigo
|
|
121
|
294'000
|
Italy
|
Mount Etna
|
Catania
|
|
122
|
294'000
|
Sweden
|
Øresund Bridge
|
Malmö
|
|
123
|
294'000
|
Poland
|
Centre of a Belorussian minority
|
Bialystok
|
|
124
|
291'000
|
France
|
Pays de la Loire
|
Nantes
|
|
125
|
290'000
|
Romania
|
Close to Moldova
|
Iasi
|
|
126
|
290'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Tyne Bridge
|
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
|
|
127
|
286'000
|
Germany
|
Fugger city
|
Augsburg
|
|
128
|
284'000
|
Romania
|
Largest city on the Romanian Black Sea Coast
|
Constanta
|
|
129
|
281'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Pier
|
Brighton
|
|
130
|
278'000
|
Norway
|
Starting point of the Hurtigruten
|
Bergen
|
|
131
|
276'000
|
Germany
|
Spa town
|
Wiesbaden
|
|
132
|
276'000
|
Spain
|
Disgrace of the World Cup 1982
|
Gijon
|
|
133
|
275'000
|
Slovenia
|
Capital
|
Ljubljana
|
|
134
|
274'000
|
France
|
Council of Europe
|
Strasbourg
|
|
135
|
274'000
|
Austria
|
Capital of Styria (Steiermark)
|
Graz
|
|
136
|
270'000
|
Finland
|
Helsinki suburb
|
Espoo
|
|
137
|
270'000
|
Romania
|
Big University
|
Craiova
|
|
138
|
268'000
|
France
|
Place de la comédie
|
Montpellier
|
|
139
|
262'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Mayflower
|
Plymouth
|
|
140
|
261'000
|
Italy
|
Gondola
|
Venice
|
|
141
|
260'000
|
Italy
|
Romeo and Juliet
|
Verona
|
|
142
|
260'000
|
Germany
|
Schalke 04 plays here
|
Gelsenkirchen
|
|
143
|
260'000
|
Germany
|
A german team (Borussia...)
|
Mönchengladbach
|
|
144
|
258'000
|
United Kingdom
|
The Deep
|
Kingston-upon-Hull
|
|
145
|
254'000
|
Spain
|
Barcelona's neighbour
|
L' Hospitalet de Llobregat
|
|
146
|
253'000
|
United Kingdom
|
St. Peter's Collegiate Church
|
Wolverhampton
|
|
147
|
253'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Where the RMS Titanic started her maiden voyage
|
Southampton
|
|
148
|
253'000
|
Romania
|
Biserica Neagra
|
Brasov
|
|
149
|
251'000
|
United Kingdom
|
The Potteries
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
|
150
|
251'000
|
Germany
|
In English, it is sometimes called Brunswick
|
Braunschweig
|
|
151
|
250'000
|
Poland
|
Headquarter of the Polish Navy
|
Gdynia
|
|
152
|
250'000
|
Romania
|
River Danube
|
Galati
|
|
153
|
250'000
|
Serbia
|
Petrovaradin Fortress
|
Novi Sad
|
|
154
|
249'000
|
Germany
|
Formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt
|
Chemnitz
|
|
155
|
248'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Centre for advanced transport manufacturing
|
Derby
|
|
156
|
246'000
|
Germany
|
Sailing events
|
Kiel
|
|
157
|
246'000
|
Germany
|
Near the borders with Belgium and the Netherland
|
Aachen
|
|
158
|
245'000
|
Spain
|
Hercules Tower
|
A Coruña
|
|
159
|
243'000
|
Denmark
|
Biggest Containerterminal of Denmark
|
Aarhus
|
|
160
|
243'000
|
Italy
|
On Sicily but close to the Italian mainland
|
Messina
|
|
161
|
242'000
|
Spain
|
European Green Capital
|
Vitoria-Gasteiz
|
|
162
|
242'000
|
Poland
|
Jana Góra Monastery
|
Czestochowa
|
|
163
|
241'000
|
France
|
Wine
|
Bordeaux
|
|
164
|
241'000
|
Slovakia
|
Slovak Constitutional Court
|
Kosice
|
|
165
|
239'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Wales' second largest city
|
Swansea
|
|
166
|
238'000
|
Portugal
|
Port Wine
|
Porto
|
|
167
|
237'000
|
Spain
|
Last Muslim city in Spain (until 1492)
|
Granada
|
|
168
|
237'000
|
Germany
|
Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen
|
Halle
|
|
169
|
236'000
|
Germany
|
Capital of Saxony-Anhalt
|
Magdeburg
|
|
170
|
233'000
|
Belgium
|
Gentse Feesten
|
Ghent
|
|
171
|
230'000
|
Spain
|
Costa Blanca
|
Elche
|
|
172
|
230'000
|
Turkey
|
Emlak Konutlari
|
Corlu
|
|
173
|
229'000
|
France
|
Grand' place
|
Lille
|
|
174
|
229'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Silver city
|
Aberdeen
|
|
175
|
226'000
|
Netherlands
|
Philips
|
Eindhoven
|
|
176
|
226'000
|
Finland
|
"Manchester of Finland"
|
Tampere
|
|
177
|
226'000
|
Germany
|
Black Forest
|
Freiburg im Breisgau
|
|
178
|
225'000
|
Poland
|
Air Show
|
Radom
|
|
179
|
225'000
|
Germany
|
Velvet and silk city
|
Krefeld
|
|
180
|
224'000
|
Spain
|
Capital of Asturias
|
Oviedo
|
|
181
|
223'000
|
Poland
|
Katowice suburb
|
Sosnowiec
|
|
182
|
220'000
|
United Kingdom
|
All Saints' Church
|
Northampton
|
|
183
|
217'000
|
Spain
|
Barcelonas neighbour
|
Badalona
|
|
184
|
216'000
|
Spain
|
The name means "New Carthage"
|
Cartagena
|
|
185
|
216'000
|
Spain
|
Castle of Vallparadís
|
Terrassa
|
|
186
|
216'000
|
Finland
|
Helsinki suburb
|
Vantaa
|
|
187
|
216'000
|
Germany
|
Holstentor
|
Lübeck
|
|
188
|
215'000
|
Belarus
|
Lenin Square
|
Bobruysk
|
|
189
|
214'000
|
Netherlands
|
Tesla Motors
|
Tilburg
|
|
190
|
212'000
|
Spain
|
Flamenco and Sherry
|
Jerez de la Frontera
|
|
191
|
211'000
|
Germany
|
Gasometer
|
Oberhausen
|
|
192
|
211'000
|
Kosovo
|
Capital
|
Pristina
|
|
193
|
210'000
|
France
|
"The most livable city in France"
|
Rennes
|
|
194
|
210'000
|
United Kingdom
|
A London airport
|
Luton
|
|
195
|
210'000
|
Germany
|
Krämerbrücke
|
Erfurt
|
|
196
|
210'000
|
Germany
|
ZDF
|
Mainz
|
|
197
|
210'000
|
Romania
|
Prahova Valley
|
Ploiesti
|
|
198
|
207'000
|
Spain
|
Suburb of Barcelona
|
Sabadell
|
|
199
|
207'000
|
Spain
|
Tenerife
|
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
|
|
200
|
207'000
|
Poland
|
Nicolaus Copernicus
|
Torun
|
|
201
|
206'000
|
Spain
|
Iker Casillas
|
Móstoles
|
|
202
|
206'000
|
Poland
|
Limestone mining
|
Kielce
|
|
203
|
206'000
|
Italy
|
Galileo Galilei
|
Padua
|
|
204
|
206'000
|
Germany
|
Warnemünde
|
Rostock
|
|
205
|
205'000
|
United Kingdom
|
There's a newer, greater one in the USA
|
York
|
|
206
|
203'000
|
Hungary
|
Capital of Hungary 1944-45
|
Debrecen
|
|
207
|
202'000
|
Italy
|
Close to Croatia with an important port
|
Trieste
|
|
208
|
201'000
|
Spain
|
Madrid suburb
|
Alcalá de Henares
|
|
209
|
201'000
|
Belgium
|
Museum of Fine Arts
|
Charleroi
|
|
210
|
201'000
|
Austria
|
Famous Austrian torte
|
Linz
|
|
211
|
201'000
|
Netherlands
|
Martinitoren
|
Groningen
|
|
212
|
201'000
|
United Kingdom
|
Spinnaker Tower
|
Portsmouth
|
|
213
|
201'000
|
Albania
|
Important port for traveling to Italy
|
Durrës
|
|
214
|
200'000
|
Switzerland
|
CERN
|
Geneva
|
|
215
|
200'000
|
Italy
|
"The Spartan City"
|
Taranto
|
|
216
|
200'000
|
Netherlands
|
Newest city of the country
|
Almere
|
|
217
|
200'000
|
Bulgaria
|
2012 bus bombing
|
Burgas
|
Please accept "Babruysk". (I had not seen this alternate spelling).