I found myself in a series of seemingly random and inexplicable Google searches – you know the ones, that go from this to that to the next…and I saw an entry about Europe’s longest street.  Investigating further, I found not one…but several of Europe’s longest streets.  What is it with Europe’s fascinate to dispute nearly every fact and trivia question.  We have smallest countries, smallest municipalities, smallest independent nations… I guess it’s just a part of European culture.

With that, tell me: which one of these  streets in Europe do you think is really the longest?

Széchenyi Street, Miskolc, Hungary

by Hungarian Snow

This is just a myth as it’s a conglomeration of streets that make it up to 12km – disqualifying it in my book.

Lenin Prospekt, Zaporozhye – Ukraine

by Bernt Rostad

This street is 7km – which is pretty long – but is it long enough?

Cours Jean Jaures, Grenoble City, France

by Guillame Cattiaux

This is supposedly the straightest and, yes, longest street in Europe.  I have to say this is certainly a beautiful viewpoint – definitely a worthy contender.

Rue Sainte Catherine, Bordeaux, France

by Francies Bourgouin

Another worthy contender – but this is just a pedestrian street.  Does that count?

Piotrkowska Street, Lodz, Poland

by Svetlana Zhukova

Yup – you guessed it – another self-proclaimed longest street.  But only by the hotels and local tourism officials…

Lido di Jesolo, Italy

by genue.luben

Last by not least is Lido di Jesolo, an Italian beach town.  I’m wondering if they didn’t try to include the length of the pier as well – as this certainly isn’t home to Europe’s longest street.

Europe a la Carte readers, do you know where Europe’s longest street is?