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Embark on a musical journey across Europe! Test your knowledge on where some of the world's greatest composers and musicians were born, lived, and created their legendary works.
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ABBA The Museum is located on the green island of Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. Visitors can sing along with holograms of the band members and see their famous stage costumes. The museum features a special piano that is electronically linked to Benny Andersson's own home studio, playing whenever he sits down to play at home.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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The Beatles performed nearly 300 times at the Cavern Club, located on Mathew Street in Liverpool's city center. This narrow street became the epicenter of the Merseybeat movement in the 1960s. Although the original cellar was filled in during the 1970s, it was later rebuilt using many of the original bricks to preserve its legendary atmosphere.
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Beethoven was born in 1770 at Bonngasse 20 in Bonn. The house is now a museum and research institute dedicated to his life and music. While the Beethoven family later moved to a house on Rheingasse, his birthplace on Bonngasse is the only remaining residence of the composer in his home city.
Photo: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
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Edvard Grieg lived at Troldhaugen ("Troll Hill") from 1885 until his death in 1907. Located just south of Bergen, the estate features his composing cabin overlooking Lake Nordås. Lysøen is another famous historic musician's home near Bergen, belonging to the virtuoso violinist Ole Bull.
Photo: Andreas Sandberg, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola, a small village located in the historical region of Masovia in east-central Poland, about 46 kilometers west of Warsaw. Silesia is a major historical region in southwestern Poland, famous for its own rich culture but unrelated to Chopin's birth.
Photo: Wojsyl, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Björk grew up in Breiðholt, a district of Reykjavík, where she attended music school as a child and recorded her self-titled debut album in 1977 at just 11 years old. Breiðholt is one of the largest residential areas in Iceland's capital, known for its diverse community.
Photo: Magnusb, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Giuseppe Verdi was born in a modest house in Le Roncole. Although he later bought a grand estate in nearby Sant'Agata, his humble birthplace remains a major historical landmark for music lovers, preserved much like it was in the early 19th century.
Photo: Maxperot, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.
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Vivaldi was nicknamed 'the Red Priest' because of his red hair. He wrote many of his concertos for the all-female orchestra of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned children in his native Venice.
Photo: Unidentified painter, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. formed the band in 1976 at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin. Limerick is the home town of another famous Irish band, The Cranberries.
Photo: Remy, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
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Mozart was born in 1756 in an apartment on the third floor of No. 9 Getreidegasse, Salzburg's most famous historic shopping street. Today, the building is a highly visited museum showcasing his childhood violin and historical portraits. Linzer Gasse is another historic street in Salzburg, but located on the opposite side of the Salzach River.
Photo: Andreas Stiasny, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
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