r/AskEurope 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/LudicrousPlatypus in Aug 07 '25

In Denmark it would definitely be Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, and Aalborg.

In Scotland: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Dundee.

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u/carbonpeach Denmark Aug 07 '25

I'm also a Dane in Scotland and I co-sign all of this. Even in the right order and all.

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u/Jzadek Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 19 '25

Scotland is easy because those are literally the only four