Europe's Tech Hotspots

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0: Berlin

For years, Germany's capital city has been an arty enclave with little or no industry. But now its startup scene is pushing hard, with a host of trendy startups and young entrepreneurs drawn in by low rents, an attractive lifestyle and easy access to Eastern European tech talent.

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1: London

The area of the British capital jokingly dubbed "Silicon Roundabout" is stacked with consumer web services, online retailers and mobile development teams. Now it's morphing into the larger Tech City, with the government trying to massage the region's access to finance and support networks.

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2: Cambridge

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Known as "Silicon Fen," the tech industry here was built out of the venerable university's research departments and has been strong for several generations. It's home to hundreds of hard tech companies: not glamorous, but it's scored some big hits.

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3: Dublin

Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Google and other American tech giants run big European operations from Dublin.

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4: Eindhoven

You may cringe at the "Brainport" name, given to the region around Eindhoven, but its High Tech Campus houses more than 100 local and international companies. Local giant Philips is not the force it once was in consumer electronics, but the region still has strong links to research and development.

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5: Talinn

With the government pursuing a high-growth, internet-enabled agenda for nearly 20 years, Estonia has developed a strong engineering culture and helped build major properties—most notably Skype. Many local entrepreneurs have moved elsewhere to start up on their own, but a strong scene remains in place.

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6: Stockholm

Sweden's capital has a lot going for it: highly connected and inhabited by a cadre of global citizens. Local entrepreneurs have a tendency to think laterally and challenge the status quo, whether through legit means -- like Spotify and MySQL -- or in more controversial circumstances, like Kazaa and The Pirate Bay.

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7: Munich

Berlin may be provide the soul, and Rhein-Main may be the business center, but Germany's venture capital industry is concentrated in the south of the country -- not least because it's the base for the nation's ever-strong auto industry.

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8: Helinski

Nokia's loss may just end up being Finland's gain. As the mobile giant slowly implodes, it is releasing batches of smart, skillful entrepreneurs into the local economy and allowing them to build interesting companies.

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9: Moscow

Buoyed by the huge growth in the Russian internet market, the high earning capacity of Muscovites, and their voracious consumerism, a whole generation of tech startups is trying to find success right now. Watch particularly for entrepreneurs who have honed their skills overseas returning home to start their own businesses.

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10: Paris

Many investors think Paris has seen its best days, not least because the insular environment and punative tax regime send many entrepreneurs packing. But when startups work here, they go big.

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11: Amsterdam

A rash of small startups have suddenly appeared, with small teams of developers building a wide range of apps and services.

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12: The Software Cluster/Rhein-Main-Neckar

This roughly hewn region runs from Frankfurt, the country's financial heart, in the north, to Walldorf, home of SAP, in the south. That means it's a hot spot for smart, enterprise-focused companies that develop software for businesses -- and even if it doesn't grab the headlines often, it turns over a pile of cash big enough to make most eyes water.

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13: Silicon Glen

The central belt of Scotland became known as "Silicon Glen" thanks to the presence of large international tech firms like IBM, Motorola and National Semiconductor. But it has struggled to keep up as China and South Korea have exerted their manufacturing power and is now significantly weaker than it used to be.

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14: M4 Corridor

A roughly 70-mile stretch along one of Britain's busiest highways is book-ended by two important tech clusters: one in Berkshire, where Vodafone, Microsoft and Oracle have large office parks; and the other in "Silicon Gorge", an area around Bristol with links to the semiconductor and microelectronics industry.

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