Top Landmarks & Monuments in Europe

Monument to the Discoveries

Shaped like the prow of a caravel, the Padrão dos Descobrimentos honors Portugal's Age of Discovery from the Belém riverfront.

A triumphal arch on Praça do Comércio with a rooftop terrace offering 360-degree views across Baixa, the Tagus and Lisbon's hills.

The highest viewpoint in central Lisbon, a hilltop terrace above Graça with sweeping views and a small chapel steeped in local legend.

Venice's main waterway, a reverse-S canal lined with centuries of palaces, crossed by four bridges and travelled daily by gondolas and vaporetti.

Dublin's cobbled cultural quarter, packed with galleries, markets, live music and some of the city's liveliest pubs.

A 2,300-year-old marble stadium in central Athens where the first modern Olympic Games were staged in 1896.

A fairy-tale terrace of white towers on Castle Hill, prized for its panoramic views over the Danube.

Europe's largest medicinal bath complex, with grand neo-baroque pools fed by natural hot springs.

Sixty iron shoes on the Danube's edge, a quiet Budapest memorial to the Jewish victims of the Arrow Cross terror of 1944–45.

A giant stainless-steel model of an iron crystal built for Expo 58, now Brussels' most photographed modern landmark.

A tiny 17th-century bronze fountain of a boy, one of Brussels' most beloved and most photographed symbols.

A 19th-century glass-roofed arcade in central Brussels, among the oldest shopping galleries in Europe.

A terraced public garden linking Brussels' upper and lower town, with sweeping views over the historic center.

A small bronze statue on a harbor rock that has become the enduring symbol of Copenhagen.

A self-governing, car-free community in Copenhagen founded by squatters in 1971, known for its murals and hand-built houses.