Paris of the East

The description Paris of the East has been liberally applied to a large number of locations, including:

• Baku, Azerbaijan^[1]
• Bandung, Indonesia^[2]
• Beirut, Lebanon^[3]
• Bucharest, Romania^[4]
• Budapest, Hungary^[5]
• Esfahan, Iran^[6]
• Hanoi, Vietnam^[7]
• Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam^[8]
• Irkutsk, Russia^[9]
• Kabul, Afghanistan^[10]
• Kolkata, India^[11]
• Leipzig, Germany^[12]
• Manila, Philippines^[13]
• Pondicherry, India^[14]
• Prague, Czech Republic^[15]
• Riga, Latvia^[16]
• Ross Island, Andaman Islands^[17]
• Saint Petersburg, Russia^[18]
• Shanghai, China^[19]
• Warsaw, Poland^[20]

See also

• Paris of the West (disambiguation)
• Paris of the North (disambiguation)
• Little Paris (disambiguation)
• List of places called Venice of the East
• Venice of the North

References

1. "Paris of the East, Venice of the North: cities that don't know their place".
2. "Introducing Bandung".
3. Cooke, Rachel (2006-11-22). "Paris of the east? More like Athens on speed". London: The Guardian.
4. "Bucharest, the small Paris of the East".
5. "Fall in love with the ‘Paris of the East’".
6. "Esfahan-Paris of the East".
7. "Hanoi".
8. "Lexical Leavings".
9. "The City of Irkutsk". Baikal Info.
10. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/weekinreview/18bumiller.html?_r=0
11. "Goddess Durga and odes to Asia's Paris". Asia Times.
12. "Leipzig – Klein-Paris des Ostens (Little Paris of the East)".
13. "History". LonelyPlanet.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
14. "The Paris of the East".
15. "Affordable Prague charms adults and teens alike". CNN. 2009-05-18. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
16. "Riga Latvia for Tourists". USA Today.
17. "Ross Island".
18. "Cities Direct".
19. "Shanghai bids to be 'Paris of the East' once more". CNN. 2011-06-10.
20. "Warsaw: Past and Present of the city".