Nested Freemarker List

this works great:

<#list myObjects as myObject>
  <tr>
    <td>${myObject.person.surname}</td>
    <td>${myObject.myListOfCountries[0].city.name}</td>
  </tr>
</#list> 

However, if I try instead to create a nested list that does not work:

<#list myObjects as myObject>
  <tr>
    <td>${myObject.person.surname}</td>
    <#list myObject.myListOfCountries as item>
       <td>${item.city.name</td>
    </#list> 
  </tr>
</#list> 

The error received is shown below:

freemarker.core.ParseException: Encountered "/"

Any ideas that cause the error are nested lists allowed in freemarker?