Contrariwise the Wizardly

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One sentence on each place in Europe that I’ve been, in order of preference.

🇳🇴 Oslo, Norway

Perfection.

🇳🇴 Kristiansand, Norway

Feels like walking through a storybook about mice that run a bookstore.

🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany

I will spend the rest of my life angry that nowhere in the US has public transit this good.

🇱🇹 Klaipeda, Lithuania

Purchased a book of soviet propaganda art from a woman who spoke almost no English, 10/10, no notes.

🇱🇹 Riga, Latvia

Feels like walking through a storybook about mice that run a bookstore, but in the Middle Ages.

🇪🇪 Tallinn, Estonia

Estonia has perfected the McDonalds French Fry, no I will not be taking questions.

🇩🇰 Aarhus, Denmark

I remember almost nothing about Aarhus but at least it isn’t Copenhagen.

🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Denmark

The exact moment I realized that I never want to live in a city again for the rest of my life.

🇫🇮 Helsinki, Finland

Deserves more of a chance than I was able to give it.

🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden

I would go back another time, but their predatory taxi cab situation does a lot to sour the experience.

🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany

“At least it’s not Poland” feels unnecessarily cheeky, but I’m really struggling to come up with anything else.

🇵🇱 Gdynia, Poland

The only place I went that I could not be convinced to go back to.