- Introduction
- Author's dream was to memorize all world capitals
- List includes 196 independent countries recognized by UN
- Most photos sourced from stock photo sites
- European Capitals
- Paris is most well-known and sought after capital
- Berlin is 9x larger than Paris, known for Christmas markets
- Rome features iconic landmarks like Colosseum and Forum
- Vienna invented snow globe in 1900
- Asian Capitals
- Beijing is only capital named after US president
- Tokyo known for food scene and world's busiest pedestrian crossing
- Beijing has 16 names, including 16th being Beijing
- Tokyo and Seoul have residents sleeping less than 6 hours per night
- African Capitals
- Luanda called "Paris of Africa" for sophisticated culture
- Luanda has highest golf course in world
- Nairobi is only capital with national park within boundaries
- Nairobi known as "Green City in the Sun"
- Unique Capitals
- Budapest known as thermal bath capital
- Lisbon has largest chocolate airport in world
- Lisbon has largest Christian church in world
- Lisbon hosts largest choral event in world every five years