Ten historic European town halls: Brussels, Leuven, Antwerp, Bremen, Hamburg, Wroclaw Old Town Hall, Poznan, Vienna, Stockholm and Copenhagen. Exact documentary photographs show recognizable buildings and facades rather than isolated clocks or decoration. This is a selection, not a ranking by age or size. Brussels Town Hall: iMahesh; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grand-Place_%28Brussels%29_-_Frontal_view_of_the_Brussels_Town_Hall_facade_and_central_Gothic_spire.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Leuven Town Hall: Eddy Van 3000 from in Flanders fields - Belgiquistan - United Tribes ov Europe; CC BY-SA 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leuven_City_Hall.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Antwerp City Hall: SoleilMer; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antwerp_city_hall.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Bremen Town Hall: Wickler ( talk ); CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bremen_rathaus_front.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Hamburg City Hall: Carmelo Bayarcal; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hamburg_Rathaus_Front.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Wroclaw Old Town Hall: Andrei Stroe; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PL_DW_Wroclaw_town_hall.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Poznan Town Hall: Maciej Olanicki; CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ratusz%2C_Pozna%C5%84.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Vienna City Hall: Thomas Ledl; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wien_Rathaus_hochaufl%C3%B6send.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Stockholm City Hall: Heineken85; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stadshus_stockholm.JPG; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Copenhagen City Hall: Scythian; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Copenhagen_City_Hall.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license.