Talk Elections

EUROPE

1. Lisbon, Portugal
2. Madrid, Spain
3. Barcelona, Spain
4. Geneva, Switzerland
5. Budapest, Hungary
6. Paris, France
7. Brussels, Belgium
8. Amsterdam, Netherlands
9. London, UK
10. Glasgow, UK
11. Frankfurt, Germany
12. Munich, Germany
13. Berlin, Germany
14. Copenhagen, Denmark
15. Stockholm, Sweden
16. St. Petersburg, Russia
17. Moscow, Russia
18. Kiev, Ukraine
19. Prague, Czech Republic
20. Istanbul, Turkey
21. Athens, Greece
22. Warsaw, Poland
23. Vienna, Austria
24. Belgrade, Serbia
25. Zagreb, Croatia
26. Milan, Italy
27. Rome, Italy
28. Helsinki, Finland
29. Oslo, Norway
30. Dublin, Ireland

In the qualifying round, Lyon, France and Cologne, Germany were excluded from the competition. Budapest, Hungary; Frankfurt, Germany; Dublin, Ireland; Oslo, Norway; and Helsinki, Finland joined.

JOIN

Hamburg
Zürich
Frankfurt
Napoli
Budapest

REMOVE

Geneva
Cologne

IN
Dublin, Ireland
Naples, Italy
Palermo, Italy
Helsinki, Finland
Budapest, Hungary

OUT
Cologne, Germany
Brussels, Belgium


EDIT: Budapest isn't here? well, ill change my vote then :P

Join:
Budapest, Hungary
Dublin, Ireland
Marseille, France
Oslo, Norway
Hamburg, Germany

Remove:
Cologne
Lyon

Join:
Thessaloniki, Greece
Bucharest, Romania 
Oslo, Norway
Hamburg, Germany
Budapest, Hungary

Remove:
Cologne
Lyon

Join:
Oslo
Dublin
Odessa
Antwerp
Helsinki

Remove:
Lisbon
Istanbul

JOIN:
Budapest
Frankfurt
Odessa
Napoli
Krakow sorry: Wilna (Vilnius), Lithuania

OUT:
Lyon
Cologne

JOIN:

Budapest, Hungary
Frankfurt, Germany
Dublin, Ireland
Helsinki, Finland
Oslo, Norway

REMOVE:
Glasgow, UK
Cologne, Germany

VOTES FOR REMOVAL:
Cologne -6
Lyon -3
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Brussels -1
Lisbon -1
Istanbul -1
Glasgow -1
Geneva -1

VOTES FOR ADDITION:
Budapest +6
Dublin +4
Oslo +4
Helsinki +3.5 -tiebreak vote
Frankfurt +3.5 -tiebreak vote
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Hamburg +3
Naples +3
Odessa +2
Bucharest +1
Zurich +1
Thessaloniki +1
Palermo +1
Vilnius +1
Antwerp +1
Marseilles +1

Pairings for the next stage will be announced shortly.

PART TWO STARTS NOW

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
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VS

PARIS, FRANCE
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Vote for your preferred city. Voting will last for at least 24 hours.

Paris

Geneva seems nice, but Paris is the obvious choice here. I went there last year and i loved the city, i even saw the finishing laps of the Tour de France from my hotel window ;D (the hotel was 1 block away from the Louvre).

if that wasn't clear enough, i vote for Paris, France :P

Both. But edge to Geneva.

Paris

Geneva

Paris

Geneva, ive never had much fondness for paris.

Paris

Why? I mean, it's such a beautiful city with quite a bit of history :(
I'm just curious :)

It comes across to me in movies and pictures as greyish and depressing. I of course would not mind visiting it and i would probably enjoy it more if i did. I just dont think its the most beautiful city in the world. Plus as far as history gos there are far more historical cities id rather visit.

Paris wins.

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
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VS

ATHENS, GREECE
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Vote for your preferred city. Voting will last for at least 24 hours.

WTF man? two of the most beautiful cities I've visited running against each other? :(
I've been to Athens in 2001. I thought that the acropolis was going to be a disappointment but I'm very glad i was wrong, i found it amazing and i stayed almost a full day just walking around the place. This shows how much i loved it, especially considering that it was July and i got temperatures of about 37ºC or 38ºC :P. The city is also very nice, pity i went there during the summer, the heat is very annoying. Although that week i also went to Ephesus and the heat was much worse there, so maybe i got lucky ;D
Oh yeah, and i experienced a mild earthquake one day. I noticed the bed was shaking and i immediately got dressed and went to the lobby in a mild state of panic. Of course when i got downstairs everyone was acting normal and a guy told me these mild earthquakes happen all the time :P

I travelled to Prague more recently and thankfully the weather was fine :P. It's arguably the most beautiful city I've been to, i absolutely loved it. I spent most of the days just walking around those narrow streets, stopping to eat something and then walking some more. If i had to described everything i liked about the city i could spend hours doing it. It's currently on my list of cities that i HAVE to go back sometime.

I'm going to have to vote Prague. It has better weather ;D (although i never experienced a Prague winter but according to my mom, who went a few years before me, it wasn't THAT bad)

Athens

Hard choice, Athens doesn't have plumbing but is sunnier; Prague has plumbing but is colder.

Athens

OMG, Riyadh-Kampala in one group and Prague-Athens in another one...

Prague, just because I'm fond of Central Europe. Athens "was" (more than "is") a great city

Prague

That's no question for me

Prague

It's one of the nicest cities of the world

Prague

Prague.

Prague wins.

MILAN, ITALY
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VS

ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
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Vote for your preferred city. Voting will last for at least 24 hours.

Milan

ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

Hmph. Neither particularly appeals, but i'll go with St. Petersburg

Been to Milan several times, but just to the airport, i haven't seen the city :P

But on the other hand St Petersburg is one of my favorite cities and one of the few i visited more than twice. I absolutely love it and i never experienced any kind of problem there. Every time i went to Russia i had to make a stop there, it's just irresistible to me. I always went during summer, so i haven't experienced the harsh winters, maybe i could change my mind after that. It is similar to Venice in the sense that it has lots of rivers and canals (it is built over a swamp after all) and the architecture of every friggin building i saw was beyond amazing. I can't really find bad things to say about it.

This is a crap round because Milan also looks spectacular, but I'll have to go with one of my favorite cities. So, I vote St Petersburg

St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg wins.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
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VS

WARSAW, POLAND
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Vote for your preferred city. Voting will last for at least 24 hours.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

I know a few people who have lived in Poland, and they all loved Warsaw. That said, London is tone of the world's very best cities and so it has to progress to the finals. Warsaw got a tough draw.

Tough decision, but I have to go with London.

Both cities have such rich history...A hard choice, but I'd have to choose London.

Warsaw

London

Both Beautiful cities. I've been to Warsaw once when i toured all around Poland, but London is another one of my favorites, i've been there 3 times in 10 years.

So i vote London

London

London, one of the World's best cities


I agree.

Warsaw, duh. I can't vote against my home.

I wonder how many of you actually ever been there and had chance to see anything.

People are saying this is a though round mate, it's not like this is an easy vote for London :P

And i liked Gdańsk better to be honest, though Warsaw was a close second :)

London wins.

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
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VS

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
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Vote for your preferred city. Voting will last for at least 24 hours.

Copenhagen

Another tough one. I vote Copenhagen.

I went to Belgium last year and while most of my week and a half was based on Bruges, i also spent a couple of days in Brussels and compared to Bruges it was kind of dull. On the other hand, i greatly enjoyed my short stay (4 days) in Copenhagen.

I vote Copenhagen.

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, I perceive Brussels to be very dull.

I have very little interest in ever going to Brussels, but i'd like to visit Copenhagen some day.

Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen.

Copenhagen

Brussels, but that's because it's the only one I visited.

Copenhagen wins.

LISBON, PORTUGAL
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VS

BERLIN, GERMANY
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Vote for your preferred city. Voting will last for at least 24 hours.

Lisbon, Portugal

This is probably the hardest matchup in the whole competition. I'm voting for Berlin, but both deserve to go through.

Berlin

LISBON, PORTUGAL

I've never been to Portugal, certainly a place i would want to go to in the future.
But i enjoyed Berlin a lot, spent a little more than a week and a half there. I was much more of a history buff back then than nowadays and i remember feeling like i had drank 50 red bulls during the time i spent there ;D Some cop gave

I vote Berlin

Berlin.

Lisboa

All the top tier matches seem to be in Europe...

I vote Berlin.

Berlin

Another tough round. I like both cities.


Berlin

Berlin

Berlin wins.

MADRID, SPAIN
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VS

BELGRADE, SERBIA
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Vote for your preferred city. Voting will last for at least 24 hours.

Madrid

Madrid, pero unicamente porque necesito practicar mi castellano.

MADRID, SPAIN

Madrid

Madrid

I've been twice to Madrid. Once in the middle of summer of 2008 (i remember watching the opening ceremony of the olympic games there) and the heat was killing me. Then i went in winter and i freezed my butt all week. But despite that i really liked the city and it was good to finally being able to speak my first language when i traveled :P

I vote Madrid.

Madrid

Madrid

Madrid

Madrid

Madrid wins.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA
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VS

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
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Vote for your preferred city. Voting will last for at least 24 hours.

Damn, yet another incredibly difficult decision.

Moscow

Some people here might know that i love Russia and Moscow is one of the cities i visited more than once in my life. Never went to Amsterdam so this is pretty easy for me ;D
Though i think Moscow will lose :P

I vote Moscow

Moscow

Amsterdam

This is quite hard, but I've always had a soft spot for Russia... but then, Amsterdam is a great city and it has the best voting patterns ever.

Ugh. Moskva.

Moscow of course.

Moscow

300 years ago, Amsterdam; 200 years ago, Moscow; 100 years ago Amsterdam; today Moscow.

Moscow wins.

ROME, ITALY
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VS

HELSINKI, FINLAND
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Vote for your preferred city. Voting will last for at least 24 hours.

Rome

(Helsinki shouldn't have been here: Vilnius should have)

Helsinki

ROME, ITALY

Rome

Roma

Been to both, but while Helsinki is a very nice city, Rome is another one of my favorites, plus about half of my family was from there before they came to Argentina in the 19th century (the other half is from Sicily and i have one relative that came from Spain) so i have an extra incentive to vote for it ;D

I vote Rome easily.

Rome

Rome

Damn it, tough choice this time.

I'll vote Helsinki.

Helsinki. Already lost, sure, but a protest vote against Italy is never really wasted.

Rome wins.

BARCELONA, SPAIN
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VS

VIENNA, AUSTRIA
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Vote for your preferred city. Voting will last for at least 24 hours.

Vienna, so beautiful, so musical, so historical.

Vienna I guess.

Wien!

Vienna

Wien

I like Barcelona, but I like Vienna more ;)

Wien

I've been to different parts of Spain over the years, but not to Barcelona. The city is beautiful according to friends of mine. But it doesn't stand a chance against Vienna which is one of the most beautiful cities I've been to. It was a hot summer and i remember the hotel not having air conditioning, but that didn't deter me from enjoying the city ;D

I vote Vienna

Barcelona


I like Vienna too. Not an easy decision

A very hard decision because both are great cities.

Vienna, I guess....

Barcelona for a weekend, but Vienna for anything else.

Vienna wins.

OSLO, NORWAY
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VS

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
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Vote for your preferred city. Voting will last for at least 24 hours.

Hard choice, but bitchy ex-housemate was Norwegian, so Budapest gets my vote.


Wait! Eurovision is in Oslo this year!

Have to go with Oslo here.

I loved Budapest when i went over there (the same year i went to Poland) and frankly while Oslo looks nice it doesn't appear that much more appealing. Plus i met a girl there that made my opinion of my visit improve quite a lot ;D

I strongly vote for Budapest.

Budapest

Budapest

Oslo

Oslo

Budapest

Budapest

(Oslo winning would really be outrageous :P)

Oslo

This one's just impossible.  Budapest I guess.  DAMNIT, but I feel bad for being Norwegian.  But Budapest is amazing, BUT so is Oslo.  Alright, fine.  I'm sticking with Budapest.

Budapest wins.

MUNICH, GERMANY
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VS

ISTANBUL, TURKEY
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Vote for your preferred city. Voting will last for at least 24 hours.

Constantinople

This one's easy. Istanbul

ISTANBUL, TURKEY

München (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UvYavFq_q8&feature=related)

Never been to Munich (i have travelled to the north of Germany mostly, like Berlin or Rostock, but never to the south as far as i know :P). I visited Istambul in 2001 and it was very interesting, it's probably one of the cities i would like to go back sometime.

I vote Byzantium :P

Munich

Living in Munich sucked balls, largely because of the weather. But still Munich.

Munich

Istanbul

sorry Hans

:'( :'( :'( :'(

Istanbul wins.

GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM
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VS

DUBLIN, IRELAND
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Vote for your preferred city. Voting will last for at least 24 hours.

Tough decision. I vote Dublin.

Damn it! another hard one.
Been to both and i could certainly retire to any of them. But while Dublin was probably the city in Ireland i liked the best, Glasgow while nice, wasn't the best in Scotland (i liked Edinburgh and Inverness better).

So, i have to vote Dublin in this one :(

GLASGOW, Scotland

Dublin, quite obviously

Baile Átha Cliath

Glasgow

Dublin!

You'll need to clarify that one.

I vote Dublin, just cos.

Dublin easily.

Dublin



Dublin

It's the Irish name for Dublin.

Dublin wins.

FRANKFURT (am Main), GERMANY
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VS

ZAGREB, CROATIA
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Vote for your preferred city. Voting will last for at least 24 hours.

I'm obviously not playing this game, but Glasgow is actually much better - in almost all ways - than Dublin.

Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main

Zagreb

Frankfurt

I've only visited the Frankfurt airport and not much else and i have never been to Zagreb but i'll try to make this competitive. Plus i heard good things about it.

I vote Zagreb

Frankfurt am Main

That's obviously not Frankfurt.

The url says it's Glasgow. Wouldn't have recognized it from the picture, though.

Oh yeah, hometown vote! Frankfurt.

Frankfurt am Main

Really mixed here, I'd like to see the American Frankfurt, but well Zagreb seems to have more sun and I'd like to see Croatia too.

Zagreb.

Zagreb

Frankfurt!!

Frankfurt please

Although I have a feeling Zagreb is one of the better cities of Southeastern Europe.

Frankfurt

Zagreb, but it's lost anyway.

Frankfurt wins.

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
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VS

KIEV, UKRAINE
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Vote for your preferred city. Voting will last for at least 24 hours.

STOCKHOLM

Both appeal, but I think I'd find more diverse interests in Kiev.

A very, very difficult choice.

Let's say Stockholm.

Stockholm

Stockholm wins the final round in this group.