City-Off: Europe (Stockholm/Kiev)

[Platypus]

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.

[Hans-im-Glück]

JOIN

Hamburg
Zürich
Frankfurt
Napoli
Budapest

REMOVE

Geneva
Cologne

[Edu]

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

[Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario)]

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

Remove:
Cologne
Lyon

[Nhoj]

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

Remove:
Cologne
Lyon

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Join:
Oslo
Dublin
Odessa
Antwerp
Helsinki

Remove:
Lisbon
Istanbul

[big bad fab]

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

OUT:
Lyon
Cologne

[Hashemite]

JOIN:

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

REMOVE:
Glasgow, UK
Cologne, Germany

[Platypus]

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.

[Platypus]

PART TWO STARTS NOW

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND


VS

PARIS, FRANCE


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

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Paris

[Edu]

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 (the hotel was 1 block away from the Louvre).

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

[Platypus]

Both. But edge to Geneva.

[big bad fab]

Paris

[Hashemite]

Geneva

[Hans-im-Glück]

Paris

[Nhoj]

Geneva, ive never had much fondness for paris.

[Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario)]

Paris

[Edu]

Geneva, ive never had much fondness for paris.

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

[Nhoj]

Geneva, ive never had much fondness for 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.

[Platypus]

Paris wins.

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC


VS

ATHENS, GREECE


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

[Edu]

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 . 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
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

I travelled to Prague more recently and thankfully the weather was fine . 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 (although i never experienced a Prague winter but according to my mom, who went a few years before me, it wasn't THAT bad)

[Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario)]

Athens

[Platypus]

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

Athens

[big bad fab]

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