Re: Most peaceful European city?


VtSkier wrote:
Wylie wrote:
VtSkier wrote:
Wylie wrote:
What European city has had the longest stretch of peace? By peace I
mean no wars, raids, bombardmants, mass riots, etc affecting the city
or it's immediate environs.
As a WAG (wild-ass-guess) I'd say someplace in Scandinavia.
The Norse were much into sending out conquerers but not
much into being conquered. At first thought, Oslo came
to mind, but then Norway was overrun during WWII. I might
say Helsinki, but those dudes had a lot of trouble from
the Russians in the late 30's. How about, then, Stockholm,
as Sweden was neutral during WWII (like Switzerland) and
has a LONG history of relative peace at home.

I might have said some Swiss city, but a lot of the
reformation strife took place in Switzerland and other
central European areas took big hits from the Turks.

No place in GB comes close with many areas being hit
during their Civil War days and the fairly recent
Irish Troubles and constant fighting in N. Ireland
very recently.

I'll stay with Stockholm, or maybe even Reykjavik, if you
consider Iceland a European country.

Iceland cannot be considered anything but a European country, I cannot
imagine what other continent you could consign it to.

On third thought, I'll go with Reykjavik.


In a very odd coincidence this question popped into my head while
reading about Icelandic History today (specifically about the intact
medical records stretching back 800 years). My only concern is wether
it could be considered a "city" for all that time.

Reykjavík became the capital of Iceland upon independence in 1918 but
it could not be called a real city until much later.
Iceland does not have intact medical records going back more than a few
decades, I think you were referring to the extensive genealogical
records that stretch in many cases more than 1100 years back, I can
trace my ancestry to some of the settlers of Iceland and the leading
characters of the famous Icelandic sagas.

Good question, but then maybe that could be asked of other cities.
Certainly the only place that could be considered a city in
Iceland. Was it the seat of the parliament (the Althing) for
all that time? If so, then I'd say it was a city.

Reykjavík became the seat of the Icelandic parliament in 1840. The
parliament (Alþingi) met at Þingvellir from 930 to 1800 when the
parliament was suspended mainly due to a lack of suitable housing.

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