European countries where the capital is the most visited city

Constantinople was a multicultural city with significantly large Greek and Armenian minorities, the majority of whom were expelled from there between the First World War and 1955. Today's Istanbul is what's left.

Zürich - 4 million nights (2024)
Geneva - 2.3 million nights (2024)

https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/tourismus.assetdetail.34307623.html

According to another source, Zurich has annually about 11 million visitors, but it didn't provide any source for that statement.

Munich is the first one that came to mind for me.

Okay, so my comment was more a joke than a recommendation. But there is a truth to it. Berlin is generally known as an ugly and dirty city. In addition, Germany is one of the very few countries where the capital costs more money than it generates. But there are obviously still interesting and beautiful places, especially since Berlin has a rich history. And fun fact: even though the wall has been (mostly) gone for quite some years, the city is still pretty devided. For example when looking at the city form above at night, you can see the different street lights. And more importantly, the difference can also still be seen in elections, in Berlin and Germany as a whole.

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I looked it up. As someone who was last in Germany in 1994, this is hilarious to me.

Isn’t it officially Bern?