>Reykjavik
>London
>Dublin
>Amsterdam
>Copenhagen
>Oslo
>Stockholm
>Helsinki
>Tallinn
>Riga
>Lisbon
>all capitals with coastal access right next to an important seaway
>Madrid
>Paris
>Berlin
>Warsaw
>out in the middle of buttfuck nowhere
why did people settle in these places?
>>58754109
Important trade nodes.
>>58754145
Real life isn't a /gsg/ meme my friend
>>58754145
how is this an important trade node that couldn't just as well have been served by Calais or Le Havre?
>>58754109
Trade was more landbased. There wasn't a lot of trade in the Atlantic ocean (except for the Channel and the Baltic sea) before the discovery of the Americas.
I suppose you need a large supply of food to sustain a city of the size of Paris. The sea can't provide enough fish while the fields can.
Paris is on the Loire, which is a good way to supply the city. Warsaw is on the Vistula.
London is as much a costal City as Paris btw.
if your greatest enemy was england, would you want your capitol to be on the coast?
>>58754221
It's central, so it's closer to other parts of the country.
>>58754145
>Important trade nodes.
>madrid
It was chosen because it's in the middle of the peninsula. Before that it was in Toledo anyway.
>>58754109
Krakow was our main capital before. It was an important trade node and a well developed city. Moving to Warsaw was a political decision.
>>58754358
p.s had to zoom out a lot more to get both paris and the coast in the same shot.
paris: not a coastal city at all
london: direct and wide body of water going a short way to the coast
What you say about farmland food versus coastal food makes sense, though.
>>58754109
what is this "sea" you are talking about?
>>58754539
don't worry about it austria, you'll learn about it when you grow up
Madrid is an artificial capital
Berlin also
>>58754500
They are both on a river, London is just closer from the coast.
I was reading that Paris was just in the middle of a lot of land trade route and waterway trade routes and a really rich agricultural region.
Paris was basically the biggest city in Europe (and the World) for a lot of time.
>>58754468
Toledo is right next to Madrid, friend.
>>58754697
A LOT closer, and the river is a lot wider and more direct. Like I said makes sense about the agriculture though, and the land trade routes I'll have to take your word for.
>>58754699
Toledo is on the Tagus river.
>>58754769
listen these are some tiny-ass-and-far-from-a-coast "rivers" you're talking about here.
Why isn't Hamburg the capital of Germany?
>Major trade center historically
>Direct sea access
>Centrally located on the bottleneck between Scandinavia and continental europe
>/fa/ as fuck
why would people settle Scandinavia anyway?
literally only darkness and trees up there.
>>58754358
>Loire
>what are rivers
>>58754934
Because muh Prussia. It's weird though, since even Bonn was the capital for a while. Let that sink in.
>>58754883
Córdoba was linked to the sea through the river Guadalquivir during roman times and the Tagus river was used to transport shit in the 16th century. Shit changes.
>>58754109
Paris was accessible to sea. Madrid and Berlin are newer capital cities, and were less important before they were made into capital cities.
>>58755299
others land were taken plus they don't like lots of sun
>>58755299
But trees are cool. And it's sunny all day during summer
>>58754109
Why would anyone settle in a freezing north?
>>58755299
darkness and trees are kvlt as fvck family
>>58754109
You can ship materials through rivers too you dunce.
>>58755299
>Darkness
Nice meme
