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The world's most beautiful towns and cities at Christmas - a thread ๐Ÿงต

1. Dresden, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Image
2. Strasbourg, France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Image
3. Quebec City, Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Image
4. Sibiu, Romania ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Image
5. Locorotondo, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Image
6. Tallinn, Estonia ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Image
7. Vienna, Austria ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Image
8. Riga, Latvia ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Image
9. San Miguel de Allende, Mexico ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Image
10. Tbilisi, Georgia ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Image
11. Bath, England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Image
12. Cologne, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Image
13. Assisi, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Image
14. Vilnius, Lithuania ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Image
15. Prague, Czech Republic ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Image
16. Seville, Spain ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Image
17. Bruges, Belgium ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Image
18. London, England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Image
19. Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Image
20. Salzburg, Austria ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Image
21. Grindelwald, Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Image
22. Moscow, Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Image

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