Six of Europe’s best towns, rivers and islands have been nominated in The Washington Post’s annual Best Places to Live contest. We’re looking for the best cities, small towns and large villages in the United States and Europe to provide Washingtonians with the most interesting places to live, work and play.
The complete list of nominees is here. Readers will choose the top four cities, towns and villages in Washington and European destinations, which will be announced May 1. Winners will be announced in an upcoming Washington Post Weekend magazine.
US:
Bethesda/Rosslyn, Va.
Columbia, Md.
Austin, Texas
Charleston, S.C.
Charlottesville, Va.
Mountain Home, Ark.
Orlando, Fla.
Pike Run, Va.
Portsmouth, Va.
Seoul, South Korea
Stockholm, Sweden
Vancouver, British Columbia
Travelers can vote for their favorite city, town or village here.
Europe:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Basel, Switzerland
Bristol, U.K.
Canastota, N.Y.
Beerbohm, Austria
Bruges, Belgium
Calvi, Belgium
De Cateln, Switzerland
Ghent, Belgium
Gort, Austria
Heinrichstaat, Germany
Ile-de-France, France
Lisbon, Portugal
Marbella, Spain
Munich, Germany
Nantes, France
Osnabrück, Germany
Osnabrück, Germany
Stuttgart, Germany
Vienna, Austria
This year, readers will be able to vote on everything from architecture and arts to shopping and dining. The full list of nominees has not yet been released, but some cities and towns have received a number of nominations. Those cities and towns are:
Austin, Texas
Cambridge, Mass.
Columbia, Md.
Cleveland, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
District of Columbia
Evlyn, Maine
Granby, Mass.
Hallamsted, Maine
Gravelly Point, Maine
Grand Island, Neb.
Hopkinton, Mass.
Hickory, N.C.
Holland, the Netherlands
Hopkinsville, N.H.
Marathon, Mass.
Nashua, N.H.
Niagara Falls, N.Y.
New Cambridge, Mass.
New Bedford, Mass.
Norwalk, Conn.
Quincy, Mass.
Riga, Latvia
Philadelphia, Pa.
Slovenia’s Kvarner region
Schantz, Germany
St. David’s, Wales
Summerland, Calif.
Upper Montclair, N.J.
Van Ness, N.J.
Vienna, Austria
Villanova, Pa.
Wagner, Germany