#1: Prague, Czech Republic – Old Town Square (26% of the vote) Lonely Planet review of Old Town Square One of Europe’s biggest and most beautiful urban spaces, the Old Town Square has been Prague’s principal public square since the 10th century, and was its main marketplace until the beginning of the 20th century. Despite…
#2: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Rittenhouse Square (19% of the vote) The City of Brotherly Love sure did love voting for its town square. Unfortunately the surge of voters might have come a few days too late. While Philly did shoot up from 7th to 2nd in one day, it just could not beat out the…
#3: Brussels, Belgium – Grand Place (16% of the vote) Bad news Brussels. After easily placing 1st in round 1 and 2, Grand Place was knocked out of the top spot and will come in with the bronze for this best town square poll. Lonely Planet review of Grand Place For one of Europe’s finest…
#4: Moscow, Russia – Red Square (13% of the vote) The love for Mother Russia came through at the last minute with a huge amount of votes. How helpful was this wave of support? Well last week with about 24 hours left in the poll, Russia’s town square was in 8th place. But less than…
#5: Rome, Italy – Piazza del Popolo (8% of the vote) From 11th place in both round one and two, to a respectable fifth place in the finals, Rome’s town square just was outmatched by very loyal voters in the top three. It was in fourth place until about a day before voting ended, but…
Best Town Square #6: London, England – Piccadilly Circus (7% of the vote) This popular English town square’s ranking on the top 10 did not surprise me at all. Why? Because in round 1 and 2 it had about the same amount of votes. It was #12 in the top 50 and #7 in the…
#7: Krakow, Poland – Rynek Glowny (5% of the vote) Well this should prove that the voting was not rigged. As many of you know, I had said that this was my favorite town square in the world. While Krakow’s popular meeting place did great in round 1 and 2, it just lost those much…
#8 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Museumplein (3% of the vote). Lonely Planet review of Museumplein This vast, open park behind the Rijksmuseum was cleverly redeveloped in 1999-2000 and today is one of Amsterdam’s busiest open spaces. Beneath the park is a car park and supermarket, while back at street level there is a café,…