Twin Cities and Towns of Europe
(alphabetic list)
- Balleroy, région Basse-Normandie, France
- Ely, county of Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
- Güstrow, state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.
- Krems an der Donau, federal state of Lower Austria, Austria.
- Leikanger, county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.
- Ratzeburg, state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- Strängnäs, county of Södermanland, Sweden.
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