Spelling of city names

The local spelling of city names will often differ from the common English names. This could make the use of timetables and railway maps more complicated. The list below could be of help if you're in doubt which city is meant.

English Local spelling Country
Alicante Alacant Spain
Antwerp Antwerpen Belgium
Athens Athina Greece
Belgrade Beograd Serbia
Bruges Brugge Belgium
Brussels Brussel/Bruxelles Belgium
Bucharest Bucureşti Romania
Cologne Köln Germany
Copenhagen København Denmark
Corfu Kérkyra Greece
Florence Firenze Italy
Geneva Genève Switzerland
Genoa Genova Italy
Ghent Gent Belgium
Gothenburg Göteborg Sweden
The Hague Den Haag The Netherlands
Hanover Hannover Germany
Heraklion Iráklio Greece
Hook of Holland Hoek van Holland The Netherlands
Lisbon Lisboa Portugal
Lucerne Luzern Switzerland
Milan Milano Italy
Munich München Germany
Naples Napoli Italy
Nuremberg Nürnberg Germany
Ostend Oostende Belgium
Padua Padova Italy
Patras Pátra Greece
Piraeus Pireás Greece
Pompeii Pompei Italy
Prague Praha Czech Republic
Rome Roma Italy
Seville Sevilla Spain
Sofia Sofiya Bulgaria
Turin Torino Italy
Venice Venezia Italy
Vienna Wien Austria
Warsaw Warszawa Poland

Is the city you're looking for missing in this list? Then try this link: List of European cities with alternative names