The capital of New Bali boasted streetlights and a scattering of neon signs in the business district.

Ireland's capital boasts the finest array of Georgian buildings in the British Isles, along with plenty of darkness-at-noon pubs and musty small shops.

The French capital boasts the most famous, and expensive, hotels on the planet, but you don't have to splash out on a room to get in.

Italy's super-charged capital boasts one of the world's most inspiring cityscapes.

Since the capital boasts duty-free status, it is also a great place to hit the shops and grab a bargain on designer goods.

From a tour of the Tower of London to a spin on the London Eye, England's capital boasts enough attractions to keep visitors coming back time and time again.

The former mining town and provincial capital once boasted 40,000 inhabitants, but the silver mines are long gone, and the population has dwindled to fewer than 800.

The running capital of the world, Eugene boasts miles of running paths, including Pre's Trail, a European-style jogging and exercise course.

The region's thriving commercial capital, Urumqi, once forbiddingly remote, now boasts an oil boom, two four-star hotels and train links to Almaty in Kazakhstan.

The Belgian capital does not boast a grand river like the Seine, and instead has to make do with the Quai des Péniches, alongside a gritty industrial canal.