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Europe Closest Pairs Of 250K+ Cities In Different Countries

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Name the closest pairs of European cities of at least 250K population which lie in different countries. Answer by entering both cities in either order, i.e. ‘ParisMoscow’. Distance shown.

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Poshot

2 years ago

And Ghent to London

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darin

2 years ago

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this plus the others you mentioned are too far to qualify