Very nice find. When I was studying in Germany, I had a very similar old tube radio, with the same kind of dial with all the city names on it. I remember they went alphabetically von
Aachen bis
Zagreb, with just about every major European city in between, too, including some obscure ones that you wouldn't expect these days.
It was explained to me that years ago, each city's official station had a fixed radio frequency that didn't change, so the manufacturers could put the city names on the dial for people's convenience. Many (most) of the European tube radios of that era had the city names like that; the bigger the set and dial, the more names they crammed in. Some cheaper sets just had a few city names marked. I sort of judged the status of the radio by the number of city names. Of course, these days the city names don't match particular frequencies any more, and such dials are no longer produced.
I remember that radio had a very rich, full tube sound. I liked it. Mine didn't have the doors yours does, but it was BIG, too. I loved that radio, and wish I still had it.
Thanks for reminding me of that old radio, and congratulations on a great find!
