Salzburg, Austria at twilight.
a woman looking out over Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Ricks Cafe in Casablanca, Morocco, inspired by the 1942 film Casablanca.
the Hobbit movies filming location at Hobbiton on the Alexander family farm near New Zealands north island town of Matamata.
Gardunos Restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
children playing at Eden Park near Johannesburg, South Africa.
the Fargo theater at dusk on a cold winters day in North Dakota.
colorful houses on South Ann Street in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore.
downtown Atlanta, Georgia.
a coffee house in Naples.
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Salzburg, Austria

This list was first published in the book The World's Best Cities.

The hills were indeed alive with the sound of music when the much beloved movie was shot on location in and around Salzburg in 1964. Filming took place at the city’s Mirabell Gardens, Nonnberg Abbey, and Felsenreitschule.

Photograph by Franco Cogoli, SOPA RF/Redux

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