These are the places right here—the top 9 European cities where pickpocketing is most common

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By Rita

Counting your own experience of being pickpocketed might even become an important part of your travel story, but can it be avoided?The UK's Daily MailRecently compiled a list of the most pickpocket-prone tourist spots in nine major European cities—a must-read pre-travel guide for travelers. Here are those locations:

1. Spain, Barcelona
La Rambla
Plaza de Catalunya
Gothic Quarter

2. Italy, Rome
Termini Station
Colosseum
Piazza di Spagna
Trionfale Market

3. Czech Republic, Prague
Old Town
Charles Bridge

4. Madrid, Spain
El Rastro Flea Market
Metro
Puerta del Sol
Casa de Campo Park

5. France, Paris
Eiffel Tower
Notre-Dame Cathedral
Champs-Élysées
Louvre Museum

6. Italy, Florence
The Old Bridge
Church of San Lorenzo
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella

7. The Netherlands, Amsterdam
Red Light District
Dam Square
Central Station

8. Athens, Greece
Omonia Square
Metaxourgio District
Monastiraki District
Syntagma Square

9. The United Kingdom, London
Oxford Street
Camden Market
Regent Street
Soho
Piccadilly Circus

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