The best Capital City

[wmthor 0]

Afghanistan - Kabul

Albania - Tirane

Algeria - Algiers

Andorra - Andorra la Vella

Angola - Luanda

Antigua and Barbuda - Saint John's

Argentina - Buenos Aires

Armenia - Yerevan

Australia - Canberra

Austria - Vienna

Azerbaijan - Baku

The Bahamas - Nassau

Bahrain - Manama

Bangladesh - Dhaka

Barbados - Bridgetown

Belarus - Minsk

Belgium - Brussels

Belize - Belmopan

Benin - Porto-Novo

Bhutan - Thimphu

Bolivia - La Paz (administrative) Sucre (judicial)

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo

Botswana - Gaborone

Brazil - Brasilia

Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan

Bulgaria - Sofia

Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou

Burundi - Bujumbura

Cambodia - Phnom Penh

Cameroon - Yaounde

Canada - Ottawa

Cape Verde - Praia

Central African Republic - Bangui

Chad - N'Djamena

Chile - Santiago

China - Beijing

Colombia - Bogota

Comoros - Moroni

Congo, Republic of the - Brazzaville

Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Kinshasa

Costa Rica - San Jose

Cote d'Ivoire - Yamoussoukro (official) Abidjan (de facto)

Croatia - Zagreb

Cuba - Havana

Cyprus - Nicosia

Czech Republic - Prague

Denmark - Copenhagen

Djibouti - Djibouti

Dominica - Roseau

Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo

East Timor - Dili

Ecuador - Quito

Egypt - Cairo

El Salvador - San Salvador

Equatorial Guinea - Malabo

Eritrea - Asmara

Estonia - Tallinn

Ethiopia - Addis Ababa

Fiji - Suva

Finland - Helsinki

France - Paris

Gabon - Libreville

The Gambia - Banjul

Georgia - Tbilisi

Germany - Berlin

Ghana - Accra

Greece - Athens

Grenada - Saint George's

Guatemala - Guatemala City

Guinea - Conakry

Guinea-Bissau - Bissau

Guyana - Georgetown

Haiti - Port-au-Prince

Honduras - Tegucigalpa

Hungary - Budapest

Iceland - Reykjavik

India - New Delhi

Indonesia - Jakarta

Iran - Tehran

Iraq - Baghdad

Ireland - Dublin

Israel - Jerusalem

Italy - Rome

Jamaica - Kingston

Japan - Tokyo

Jordan - Amman

Kazakhstan - Astana

Kenya - Nairobi

Kiribati - Tarawa

Korea, North - Pyongyang

Korea, South - Seoul

Kuwait - Kuwait City

Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek

Laos - Vientiane

Latvia - Riga

Lebanon - Beirut

Lesotho - Maseru

Liberia - Monrovia

Libya - Tripoli

Liechtenstein - Vaduz

Lithuania - Vilnius

Luxembourg - Luxembourg

Macedonia - Skopje

Madagascar - Antananarivo

Malawi - Lilongwe

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur

Maldives - Male

Mali - Bamako

Malta - Valletta

Marshall Islands - Majuro

Mauritania - Nouakchott

Mauritius - Port Louis

Mexico - Mexico City

Federated States of Micronesia - Palikir

Moldova - Chisinau

Monaco - Monaco

Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar

Montenegro - Podgorica

Morocco - Rabat

Mozambique - Maputo

Myanmar (Burma) - Rangoon but moving to Pyinmana

Namibia - Windhoek

Nauru - no official capital; government offices in Yaren District

Nepal - Kathmandu

Netherlands - Amsterdam

New Zealand - Wellington

Nicaragua - Managua

Niger - Niamey

Nigeria - Abuja

Norway - Oslo

Oman - Muscat

Pakistan - Islamabad

Palau - Koror

Panama - Panama City

Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby

Paraguay - Asuncion

Peru - Lima

Philippines - Manila

Poland - Warsaw

Portugal - Lisbon

Qatar - Doha

Romania - Bucharest

Russia - Moscow

Rwanda - Kigali

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre

Saint Lucia - Castries

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown

Samoa - Apia

San Marino - San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tome

Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

Senegal - Dakar

Serbia - Belgrade

Seychelles - Victoria

Sierra Leone - Freetown

Singapore - Singapore

Slovakia - Bratislava

Slovenia - Ljubljana

Solomon Islands - Honiara

Somalia - Mogadishu

South Africa - Pretoria (administrative) Cape Town (legislative) Bloemfontein (judiciary)

Spain - Madrid

Sri Lanka - Colombo

Sudan - Khartoum

Suriname - Paramaribo

Swaziland - Mbabana

Sweden - Stockholm

Switzerland - Bern

Syria - Damascus

Tajikistan - Dushanbe

Tanzania - Dar es Salaam

Thailand - Bangkok

Togo - Lome

Tonga - Nuku'alofa

Trinidad and Tobago - Port-of-Spain

Tunisia - Tunis

Turkey - Ankara

Turkmenistan - Ashgabat

Tuvalu - Funafuti

Uganda - Kampala

Ukraine - Kiev

United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom - London

United States - Washington D.C.

Uruguay - Montevideo

Uzbekistan - Tashkent

Vanuatu - Port-Vila

Vatican City (Holy See) - Vatican City

Venezuela - Caracas

Vietnam - Hanoi

Yemen - Sanaa

Zambia - Lusaka

Zimbabwe - Harare

[jmjselect 0]

atlanta-GA, USA. technically its a capital city

[Speed Devil 0]

London is still the true capital of England.

[The Terminator 0]

Id say London, Washington DC would have a chance, if it wasent for that dumb, "no buildings taller than the washington monument rule". there both are home to oppressive tyrannical governments, but there nice cities.

[Horus_Kol 118]

London - for character and landmarks...

I've only ever been in two other capitals - Nicosia (Cyprus), which I can't remember, and Ljubljana (Slovenia) which was quite nice...

[Constantina 5]

I don't recognise Greece yet. Please add into it:

Greece (known to Constantina as three independent countries):

Athens - Athens City

Ionia - Ionnina

Thrace - Salonica

London and Athens are jointly the best

[Red1530 1]

Originally posted by: jmjselect atlanta-GA, USA. technically its a capital cityquote>

National capitals only and Washington DC is a good city with all of the landmarks and nothing taller then the Washington Monument.

[Haljackey 17,394]

Id have to go with Tokyo. The Imperial palace surrounded by futuristic skyscrapers just says somthing cool about that Capital city.

[S1acker 0]

London, its simply the most fantastic city in the world! *Hides british pasport * Being serious, its still got to be London, its just so diverse. Each street has a complete different feel to it, you could literally spend your entire life living in London and still discover something new and spectacular everyday. In my opinion that is what makes London the best Capital City.

[SamJam 9]

My top 5 are listed in the final paragraph of this post, I just wanted to get a reply in.

Originally posted by: The Terminator ...no buildings taller than the washington monument rule...quote>

Ottawa, ON had a similar bylaw with the Peace Tower (92 m). The idea was that the most important building in the city should dominate the skyline, but as the CBD of Ottawa grew the bylaw was removed because there were local concerns that it would contribute either to urban sprawl (needing to build outward instead of upward) or a movement of businesses from downtown to the 'burbs, or both.

Today the bylaw no longer exists, but there are still restrictions on new buildings that partially apply to height which the city strictly enforces. It concerns sunlight hitting various streets at certain times of the day. The Royal Bank building is a product of this weird form of control and consequently has a hole through the middle of it (literally) to allow light to hit the very street it stands on. http://www.worldofstock.com/slides/ANB1527.jpg

Technically, Terrasses de la Chaudière in Hull, QC is the tallest building in the metropolitan Ottawa area (124 m) whereas Place de Ville-C is the tallest building in the city of Ottawa (112 m).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/Terrasses_de_la_Chaudiere.jpg

http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=258165

Don't knock Washington's "rule", since it helps keep the city look unique and recognizable... many, many capital cities have adopted the rule at one point or another.

As for the point of this thread (LOL) I love Ottawa, although since I'm a Canuck that's to be expected. I don't live there, but I try to go every year to watch the Dominion Day fireworks and take in the sights. However, I rank it 2nd to London... that's your world capital right there. Truly great capital cities need to embrace history, politics, and entertainment, so Paris, Rome, and Tokyo round-out my top five. Fun thread, wmthor!

[GMT 389]

within germany are 13 other capitals and 3 city-states:

Baden-W

[Dark_Jedi06 13]

I can't say I've been to any other capitol then Washington DC...but based on what I know I'd have to go with Berlin, not only does it have many beautiful landmarks but it's full of interesting history.

[hahaha 0]

I go with my capital, Brasilia, the planned city built on the 60s. But not because of the corruption politicians... it's for the buildings, it's architecture, it's landmarks, it's richness (comparing to Brazil) and it's green areas (it has the most green area per capita in the whole world).

[capitol1 1]

Come on people the best capital is definetly moscow. Its like the old centre of the political world. and its depressingly cool lookin.

[Uumke 0]

I'll go with amsterdam.

The canal system is a very special landmark, and amsterdam is special too, because the city center is one of the best saved downtowns in the world. A big disadvantage: the city center is built on piles, so the buildings are sometimes crooked.

There are also some typical dutch skycrapers and the tramways complete the city.

You can also find some odd architecture, nice museums and more.

I don't like it when you ask people about amsterdam and they say: coffeeshops and legal prostitution. Amsterdam isn't only coffeeshops, and that makes me angry when people say that.

But anyways, I'll go with Amsterdam,

Paris 2nd and London 3rd

[ACEfanatic 7]

Paris, France. Haussman was a genius.

Washington, DC comes close, but it's overly postmodern - a facsimile of Paris.

-ACE

[SimFox 804]

Uumke: hm... I agree amsterdam isn't only the coffee shops, but they seem ed to affect your judgemnt, in that part that Amsterdam is NOT a capitol city, Den Haag is!

[your_adress_here 11]

Ottawa and Toronto! =)

[mcarch 15]

Again I have to say all of them. They all each have thier own individual style. However, my fav... as of right now... Abu Dhabi, UAE

[kcen422 1]

Beijing - which means "North Capital"

Washington D.C. - because of the history of how it was planned and how it was designed for the sole purpose of being the center of the US government. 

[Praetorian Cohort 0]

Vatican City!

Actually, I prefer Roma.  Nice mix of old and new.

Name-wise, Andorra la Vella is my favorite.

[funkalunatic 0]

If state capitals count, Saint Paul, MN totally wins hands down.

Disclaimer: I live there.

[adpbns777 0]

Canberra, Australia. Even though I've never been there, I just love the city's design.

[anilber 0]

ROMA!

[iamthouth 0]

Simfox, Haag is the seat of the Royals & Judicial Capital, Amsterdam is the administrative Capital. Similar to what South Africa had, with Cape Town, Pretoria & Johannesburg all capitals.

[jvlm.123 0]

Dublin- Ireland

Edinburgh - Scotland

Stockholm - Sweden

Reykjavík - Iceland

[justanotherhiddennow 0]

Pracinola, SimNation.

Andrew

[tankmank 853]

I have only been to 2 capitols london and palma so i can't really decide which is the best

[justanotherhiddennow 0]

oh no you're from europe

Andrew

[jvlm.123 0]

Originally posted by: tankmank I have only been to 2 capitols london and palma so i can't really decide which is the bestquote>

 

Palma isn't a national capital... Just a regional capital...