Each year, popular Italian 50 Top Pizza website publishes lists of where to find the very best pizzas in Italy, Europe, and the US. This year, on the best pizza in Europe list, first place was awarded to Pepe pizzeria in Paris, France, however two spots in the top 20 were occupied by pizzerias located in Brussels, Belgium. Pizzeria ‘La Piola Pizza’, located in the Brussels municipality of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, came in eighth place, an impressive improvement on last year’s award of 30th place in the top 50. Meanwhile La Pizza è Bella Gourmet in Etterbeek, Brussels, came in 19th place. Here is the complete list of the top 20 pizzerias in Europe:
1. Pepe Pizza, Paris, France
2. Via Toledo Enopizzeria, Vienna, Austria
3. Fratelli Figurato, Madrid, Spain
4. 50 Kalò di Ciro Salvo Pizzeria London, London, England
5. Bæst, Copenaghen, Denmark
6. nNea, Amsterdam, Netherlands
7. Lilla Napoli, Falkenberg, Sweden
8. La Piola Pizza, Brussels, Belgium
9. Naples Authentic neapolitan Pizza, Fürth, Germany
10. Kytaly, Geneva, Switzerland
11. Sartoria Panatieri, Barcelona, Spain
12. Pizzeria Luca, Copenaghen, Denmark
13. Pizza 22 CM, Moscow, Russia
14. Malafemmena, Berlin, Germany
15. Napoli on The Road, London, England
16. Dalmata, Paris, France
17. Ti Spiseri&Bar, Sandnes, Norvway
18. Pizzeria Luca, Helsinki, Finland
19. La Pizza è Bella Gourmet, Brussels, Belgium
20. Forno d’Oro, Lisbon, Portugal