Bicycles outside the station, Amsterdam

The huge bicycle parking lot at Amsterdam's central station. More than 60% of trips inside inner Amsterdam are made on one of the 1 million bikes presented in the city, which explains why it is considered one of the most famous symbols of bicycle culture.

Manneken Pis, Brussels

A full scale chocolate reproduction of the Manneken Pis in a Brussels shop. There are many legends about the small statue imitated here, either representing a child lord, or a missing boy, or an hero who peed on the fuse of explosives which would have otherwise blown up the city walls. In the four hundred years since the statue was put in place, the Manneken Pis has become the symbol of Bruxelles; Belgian chocolate in general is also renowned all over Europe.

Arc de Triomf, Barcelona

The Arc de Triomf by night in Barcelona. Triumphal arcs are of Roman inspiration, but this arc was built by the modernist architect Josep Vilaseca i Casanovas as the access gate for the 1888 Universal Exposition.

College Park, Dublin

College Park, nestled between the buildings of Dublin's Trinity College, is awashed in the light of a November sunrise. Cricket has been played here at least since 1868, when Dublin and the whole of Ireland were part of the United Kingdom and the first Catholic professors were about to be instated in the Protestant university.