He gets silk in northern European city (8)
I believe the answer is:
helsinki
'european city' is the definition.
(capital of Finland)
'he gets silk in northern' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'he' could be 'si' and 'si' is found within the answer.
'northern' could be 'n' (abbreviation e.g. N. Ireland) and 'n' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for helsinki that I've seen before include "Sikh line (anag)" , "Nineteen fifty two Olympics city" , "Main city of Finland" , "port" , "North European capital" .)