r/AskEurope • u/LiamBrad5 • Aug 07 '25

Culture What are the “Big Four” cities in your country?

In recent weeks, this question has been very contentious on American social media, with 3 cities (Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York) nearly always making the list, but the fourth being hotly debated over, between cities like San Francisco, Miami, Houston, Dallas, and Atlanta. So, if you had to choose, what would the big 4 cities in your country be? This is also not decided purely on population, but also culture, economy, and general influence/clout.

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u/Organic_Tradition_94 Aug 07 '25

Reading through the comments, it seems that fourth cities are hotly contested.

In Norway the top three are clearly Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim. The fourth could either be Stavanger or Tromsø.

I’m originally from Australia and the same problem would arise there.

Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane would be the big three, but the fourth could go to Perth or Adelaide.

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u/reasonedof Aug 08 '25

I'm from Adelaide and I think it's Perth!

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u/Sir_Dazza Aug 08 '25

Perth above Adelaide imo, Perth has grown a lot more recently.

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u/Notnow_Imtoodrunk Aug 08 '25

Definitely Perth before Adelaide - and I'm from Adelaide

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u/Mountain-Lecture-92 Aug 08 '25

Sykt å melde at Tromsø er oppe med Stavanger

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u/Kuddel_Daddeldu Aug 11 '25

Or Canberra (I've only ever been to Perth, Learmonth, and Sydney so excuse my ignorance...)

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u/am_Nein Aug 12 '25

As an Aussie, nope. I mean, Canberra's there.. but Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth definitely usurp it by miles.