Destinations

From The Colonel's Website

Popular destinations

These destinations have been in the draw on multiple occasions:

Number of draws Destinations
17 28 Vienna
11 18 Berlin
10 17 36 Porto, 13 25 Reykjavík
9 21 Budapest, 23 Copenhagen, Vilnius
8 15 Geneva,| 12 Helsinki
7 Dubrovnik, 29 Luxembourg (City)
6 19 Valletta, Ljubljana, Vaduz
5 20 Bruges, 22 Lisbon, Bucharest, Tórshavn
4 32 Italy, Munich, Split, Prague
3 9 Amsterdam, Balaton, 21 26 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Gothenburg, Tallinn, Venice, Douglas, Baltic States, Liechtenstein, Seville, 34 37 Sarajevo
2 Aachen,

Aalborg, Barbados, 7 Barcelona, Bastia, 30 Bergen, Bern, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Faro, 11 Gdańsk, 25 Ghent, Holland, Iberian Peninsula Leipzig, 8 Oslo, 17 Palermo, 32 Rome, Template:San Juan, 3 Stockholm, 10 Zürich

Multiple nominations

It occasionally happens that a destination can be nominated several times in the same draw!

Multiplicity Destination When it happened
3 12 Helsinki Mission 11 11 Gdańsk
13 25 Reykjavík Mission 12 12 Helsinki (incl. Reardon)
18 Berlin Mission 13 13 25 Reykjavík (incl. Grosser Vass)
28 Vienna Mission 22 22 Lisbon (incl. Grosser Vass and Pete Gibbon), Mission 27 27 Sofia (incl. Louis and Gozer the Gozerian)
Split Mission 34 34 Skipton (incl. St Vaast the Huge)
Vilnius Mission 35 35 Kendal (incl. St Vaast the Huge)
2 21 Budapest Mission 9 9 Amsterdam, Mission 15 15 Geneva
19 Valletta Mission 16 16 Athens, Mission 18 18 Berlin (incl. Grosser Vass)
28 Vienna Mission 11 11 Gdańsk (P.C. Bourne and Grosser Vass), Mission 23 23 Copenhagen (incl. Grosser Vass)
9 Amsterdam Mission 7 7 Barcelona
13 25 Reykjavík Mission 10 10 Zürich
18 Berlin Mission 11 11 Gdańsk
20 Bruges Mission 17 17 36 Porto
17 36 Porto Mission 12 12 Helsinki (incl. P.C. Bourne) and Mission 35 35 Kendal incl. Gløgg)
Dubrovnik Mission 23 23 Copenhagen (incl. Louis)
Liechtenstein Mission 24 24 Arnhem (incl. Grosser Vass)
32 Italy Mission 27 27 Sofia (incl. Grosser Vass)
Aachen Mission 29 29 Luxembourg (City) (incl. Gløgg)


17 36 Porto has never been in a draw only once.

Unpopular destinations

These destinations have been in the draw only once:

2 Alghero, 35 Alice Springs, Andorra, Antwerp, 24 Arnhem, 16 Athens, Austria, Bamberg, Beirut, Bergerac, Bologna, Brno, (near) Brussels, Bulgaria, Cabo San Lucas, Caen, Calasetta, Canada, Cork, 2 Dublin, Dugi Otok, Fiji, Finland, Florence, Flores, 5 Genoa, Georgia, 22 Gibraltar, Granada, Gran Canaria, Graz, Halifax (Nova Scotia), 14 Hanover, 6 Heidelberg, Hungary, Île de Ré, Innsbruck, Interlaken, Ireland, The Island of Ireland Istanbul, Karlovy Vary, Kefalonia, Kiev, Kilimanjaro, Kingston, Košice, Lake Como, Larnaka, Las Vegas, Lausanne, Lerwick, Madeira, Madrid, Malmö, Malta, Manaus, Manila, 19 Miami, Menorca, Montepulciano, Nagasaki Naples, Nevada, New Orleans, Norway, Palma (Majorca), Perpignan, 31 Poland, Portugal, Template:Regensburg, Riga, Rouen, Romania, Russia, Santa Fe, Scottish Highlands, Sibiu, Singapore, Skern Lodge, Skibbereen, Skopje, 27 Sofia, Split, St. Petersburg, 23 Steamboat Springs, Sweden, Switzerland, Taranto, Tbilisi, Timișoara, Tromsø, 5 Toulouse, Turin, Turkey, United Kingdom, Valencia, Warsaw, Warsaw Pact Countries, Zadar.

Destinations by proposer

See Destinations by proposer.

Mentalist destinations

See PC Bourne for details of the mentalist destinations.

Cities which have been in the draw and have also had other major honours

City Year(s) as Olympics host Year(s) as Eurovision host Year(s) as World's Fair (Expo) host Year(s) as FIFA World Cup Final venue Year(s) as Colonel's destination
9 Amsterdam Summer 1928 1970 - - 2005
16 Athens Summer 1896, 2004 2006 - - 2009
7 Barcelona Summer 1992 - 1888, 1929 - 2004
18 Berlin Summer 1936 - - 2006 2009
(near) Brussels - 1987 1897, 1910, 1935, 1958 - -
23 Copenhagen - 1964, 2001, 2014 - - -
2 Dublin - 1971, 1981, 1988, 1994, 1995, 1997 1907 - 2001
21 26 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter 1936 - - - 2014
5 Genoa - - 1992 - 2003
25 Ghent - - 1913 - -
14 Hanover - - 2000 - 2007
12 Helsinki Summer 1952 2007 - - 2006
22 Lisbon - - 1998 - 2011
29 Luxembourg (City) - 1962, 1966, 1973, 1984 - - -
Madrid - 1969 - 1982 -
Munich Summer 1972 1983 - 1974 -
Malmö - 1992 - - -
New Orleans - - 1884, 1984 - -
8 Oslo Winter 1952 1996, 2010 - - 2004
Riga - 2003 - - -
Seville - - 1929, 1992 - -
3 Stockholm Summer 1912 1975, 2000 - 1958 2002
Tallinn - 2002 - - -
Turin Winter 2006 - 1911 - -
28 Vienna - 1967, 2015 1873 - -


Moscow (Olympics 1980, Eurovision 2009) and Rio de Janeiro (Olympics 2016, World Cup 1950, 2014) have been in the mentalist round, but have not yet made it to the draw.

Eurovision cities which have never been proposed as destinations: Baku (2012), Belgrade (2008), Bergen (1986), Birmingham (1998), Brighton (1974), Cannes (1959, 1961), Düsseldorf (2011), Edinburgh (1972), Frankfurt (1957), Gothenburg (1985), the Hague (1976, 1980), Harrogate (1982), Hilversum (1958), Istanbul (2004), Jerusalem (1979, 1999), London (1960, 1963, 1968, 1977), Lugano (1956), Naples (1965), Paris (1978), Rome (1991) and Zagreb (1990) (The Hague was visited from 9 Amsterdam as an excursion.)

Olympic cities which have never been proposed as destinations: Albertville (Winter 1992), Antwerp (Summer 1920), Atlanta (Summer 1996), Beijing (Summer 2008), Calgary (Winter 1988), Chamonix (Winter 1924), Cortina d'Ampezzo (Winter 1956), Grenoble (Winter 1968), Innsbruck (Winter 1964, 1976), Lake Placid (Winter 1932, 1980), Lillehammer (Winter 1994), London (Summer 1908, 1948, 2012), Los Angeles (Summer 1932, 1984), Mexico City (Summer 1968), Montréal (Summer 1976), Nagano (Winter 1998), Paris (Summer 1900, 1924), Rome (Summer 1960), St. Louis (Summer 1904), St. Moritz (Winter 1928), Salt Lake City (Winter 2002), Sarajevo (Winter 1984), Sapporo (Winter 1972), Seoul (Summer 1988), Sochi (Winter 2014), Squaw Valley (Winter 1960), Sydney (Summer 2000), Tokyo (Summer 1964), and Vancouver (Winter 2010)

World's Fair (Expo) cities which have never been proposed as destinations: Aichi (2005), Antwerp (1885, 1930), Brisbane (1988), Buffalo (1901), Chicago (1893, 1933-34), Daejeon (1993), Knoxville (1982), Liege (1905, 1930), London (1851, 1862), Melbourne (1880), Milan (1906, 2015), Montreal (1967), Naha (1975), New York City (1939), Norfolk, VA (1907), Omaha (1898), Osaka (1970), Paris (1867, 1889, 1900, 1937), Philadelphia (1876), San Antonio (1968), San Diego (1915), San Francisco (1915, 1939-40), Seattle (1909, 1962), Shanghai (2010), Spokane (1974), St. Louis (1904), Sydney (1879), Tsukuba (1985), Vancouver (1986), Yeosu (2012), Zaragoza (2008)

World Cup Final cities which have never been proposed as destinations: Bern (1954), Buenos Aires (1978), Johannesburg (2010), London (1966), Mexico City (1970, 1986), Montevideo (1930), Paris (1938 (Colombes), 1998), Pasadena (1994), Rome (1934, 1990), Rio de Janeiro (1950, 2014), Santiago de Chile (1962), Yokohama (2002)