Random city generator Random city in Europe
716 cities, from Moscow to Subotica
Every European city that GeoNames counts at 100,000 residents or more is on the list: 716 of them in 39 countries. They run from Moscow, London and Berlin down to Trier, Udine and Subotica, which sit right on the line. Russia is included only west of the 60th meridian, roughly up to the Urals, so Kazan and Perm are in and Yekaterinburg is not.
Large countries dominate: Russia brings 124 cities, the UK 91, Germany 80 and Spain 64, while Iceland, Estonia and Slovenia bring one each. Since every city carries equal weight, a pick from the whole continent lands in Russia about one time in six. To give a small country its turn, choose it under Country.
Big cities narrows things to the 102 cities from 500,000 up, places with an airport and more to see than one weekend allows; 36 of them pass a million. Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco and the other small states have nowhere that big, so they do not appear.
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Picking a random European city
- Hit Draw a city: the card names the city, its country and its approximate size.
- Only Italy, or only cities over half a million? Filters has both, and the count beside the button drops as you narrow it.
- For an Interrail route, ask for five or ten stops at once with How many. Nothing repeats until you press Start over.
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Questions about random European cities
Which countries count as Europe?
Those GeoNames files under Europe that have a city of 100,000: 39, among them the UK, Ukraine, Belarus and western Russia. Turkey, Georgia and Armenia count as Asia there, so Istanbul is missing; switch Cities from to the whole world to get it.
Why does Russia turn up so often?
It has the most entries, 124 of 716, and none is favoured over another. Pick a different country if you want the results spread across the map.
Can I get only capital cities?
There is no capital filter. Big cities comes close, since most capitals pass 500,000, but smaller ones such as Ljubljana or Tallinn then drop out; leave the size on all to keep them.
What about smaller towns?
Open a single country under Cities from. The UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal each have a list that reaches down to towns of around 10,000.
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