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Paris – March 10th, 2015
Michelin guide Main Cities of Europe 2015
In this 34th edition, the MICHELIN guide Main Cities of Europe shines a light
on the huge culinary diversity available in Europe’s major cities. Within its
pages you’ll find information on 1,537 hotels and 2,380 restaurants
(including 15 Three Star, 83 Two Stars and 373 One Star restaurants). The
guide covers 46 cities in 20 countries, with two new cities added to this
edition - Aarhus in Denmark and Malmo in Sweden.
Both newly added cities are now home to 3 one-star restaurants:
Frederikshøj, Gastromé and Substans in Aarhus; and Ambiance à
Vindåkra, Bloom in the Park and Vollmers in Malmö.
Tanti in Budapest receives its first Michelin Star in this year’s guide. Editor
Rebecca Burr praised its “great cooking and simple artistry. This is a stylish
modern restaurant and the kitchen delivers ‘clean’, fresh flavours and
shows a real understanding of ingredients”.
A total of 5 restaurants in Budapest were added to the guide, 4 were added in Prague and 3 in
Warsaw. “I am delighted that our inspectors have found such an interesting variety of restaurants in
these emerging cities, ranging from converted butcher’s shops to stylish wine bars. In all the cities
covered by this guide, readers will be able to find places to fit every occasion”.
For readers who want to eat well at a reasonable price, the MICHELIN guide Main Cities of Europe
2015 also includes a total of 292 Bib Gourmand restaurants, which represent excellent value for
money. Year after year, the Bib Gourmand selection has proved increasingly popular with our readers.
Written in English, the guide is intended for business travellers and tourists visiting leading European
cities who want to find, for example, a hotel near a convention centre, a restaurant in which they can
entertain clients or an affordable hotel and dining options in the city centre. The guide features a
wealth of other useful information, including city maps showing the exact location of all hotels and
restaurants we recommend, key words for defining each establishment’s style, and easy-to-read
practical and tourist information on each city.
Austria (Vienna, Salzburg) - Belgium (Brussels, Antwerp) - Czech Republic (Prague) - Denmark
(Copenhagen, Aarhus) - Finland (Helsinki) - France (Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg, Toulouse) - Germany
(Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart) - Greece (Athens) - Hungary (Budapest) Ireland (Dublin) - Italy (Rome, Milan, Turin, Florence) - Luxembourg (Luxembourg) - Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague) - Norway (Oslo) - Poland (Warsaw, Cracow) - Portugal
(Lisbon) - Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia) - Sweden (Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö) –
Switzerland (Bern, Geneva, Zurich) - United Kingdom (London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow)
Available in sales outlets from March 12th, the 2015 MICHELIN guide Main Cities of Europe is also
available for smartphones and tablets.
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About the MICHELIN guide
Thanks to the rigorous MICHELIN guide selection process that is applied independently and
consistently around 23 countries, the MICHELIN guide has become an international benchmark in fine
dining. The selections of all restaurants in the guide are made by Michelin's famously anonymous
inspectors. These inspectors are trained to scrupulously apply the same time-tested methods used by
Michelin for many decades throughout the world. This ensures a uniform, international standard of
excellence. As a further guarantee of complete objectivity, Michelin inspectors pay all their bills in full,
and only the quality of the cuisine is evaluated. To fully assess the quality of a restaurant, the
inspectors apply five criteria defined by Michelin: product quality, preparation and flavors, the chef's
personality as revealed through his or her cuisine, value for money, and consistency over time and
across the entire menu. These objective criteria are respected by all MICHELIN guide inspectors,
whether in Japan, the United States, China or Europe. They guarantee a consistent selection so that a
star restaurant as the same value regardless of whether it is located in Paris, New York or Tokyo.
Michelin has been a pioneering force in advancing mobility through innovation and excellence in
manufacturing quality. The company patented the pneumatic, or air-filled, tire in the late 1800s. This
was a milestone moment in mobility, permitting automobile owners to travel at great length in a single
journey. Then, in an effort to prompt travelers to enjoy their newfound mobility, the company created
guides and detailed maps to steer travelers on their way. The most famous publication that developed
from this is the internationally recognized MICHELIN guide.
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