Its seven hills play with the senses, reverberating sounds, light and scents, to say nothing of providing perches from which to watch the sun setting ablaze the yellow and white architecture—and the Atlantic beyond. Even among the darkest days of the pandemic, new international residents poured into the city, buoying the ascendant house prices while pursuing the coveted Golden Visa program, which allows real estate investors to acquire residency and citizenship, and its non-habitual resident program, which offers tax benefits to certain expats.
Those good times end at the beginning of , when high-density areas, like Lisbon and the Algarve, become excluded. Like in Rome and Istanbul, a mere stroll here reveals forgotten history on every block. Osaka still knows how to eat, ranking 14 globally for Restaurants, and is best known for its okonomiyaki—cabbage pancakes stuffed with an ever-changing lineup of fillings.
Also newly opened is Super Nintendo World as part of Universal Studios Japan, featuring more Mario immersion than any human being could ever need. The institutional prosperity in the city has minimized the economic devastation of the pandemic seen almost everywhere else in the U. Seeing the continued success of the tourism industry in neighboring Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Oman, and keen on moving the economy away from a dependency on oil, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia started issuing tourist visas in April for the first time in eight years.
Not surprisingly, the convention center also ranks 6. With its secondary-city affordability and epic location tucked at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, Denver is an increasingly wealthy, healthy Millennial magnet of a place.
But the city is no undiscovered secret, ranking 47 globally in our People category, buoyed by its 26 ranking for citizens with at least a postsecondary degree. Residents here are not only smart but productive, too, ranking Top 25 globally for GDP per Capita, plying their trades at large companies in town including Western Union, Molson Coors Beverage and health-care giants DaVita and Centene and start-ups in the emergent cannabis industry.
But Denver plays as hard as it works. Given its deep roots in the creation of the Union almost years ago, Philadelphia is a dense, cataloged embodiment of American values and traditions, easily accessible and eagerly shared. Joining icons like the Liberty Bell Center this year is 90, square feet of new public and exhibition space at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as part of the Frank Gehry-led expansion. The city is also investing outdoors, with the central section of the Delaware River Trail opening this year for those not ready to mingle quite yet.
The City of Brotherly love has the same number of Global companies as global destinations like Melbourne and Singapore, and its growing population ranks 35 globally for GDP per Capita, as its glittering skyline rises ever upward. What few expected was the rockets that rained down on the city in May as beachgoers scrambled for safety and recently opened restaurants closed down again. The city also appreciates its culture as much as its Campari, ranking 39 for Museums.
Located in the city center and opened in , the Tel Aviv Museum of Art houses a comprehensive collection of works by local and international artists. Since then, a new location has opened in the countryside and the Danish capital has caught up to its culinary visionaries to become a hotbed for innovative cuisine, as well as for contemporary art and design.
Surprisingly, Copenhagen only ranks in our Restaurants subcategory, but trust us when we say you should come here hungry. It seems that the 20th-most educated citizenry on the planet was prescient enough to recognize short-term pain for long-term gain.
Post-pandemic, the city, already compact enough to walk or bike almost everywhere, will add dozens of miles of tram and metro lines most notably the much-needed Sydhavn connector in Understated Brussels is a bounty of breathtaking architecture—surely the Grand Place is one of the most beautiful squares in the world—as well as the source of ugly buildings there are entire blogs dedicated to it.
Locals have used the tourist-free streets to double down on their cityscape obsession, resulting in initiatives like the Comic Strip Walk, where artists decorate local buildings with scenes from Tintin and other local faves. The city never takes itself too seriously thanks to its vibrant, educated, multi-ethnic citizenry ranking Top 25 globally for Foreign-Born Population , who elevate Brussels to a Top 20 ranking in our vital People category. Meet the locals at under-the-radar spots like the Congolese Matonge quarter—worth it for the flea markets and street art alone.
You go to Sydney for beaches and to Melbourne for culture. And why did more than 30, Australians move here in the past year? Cosmopolitan Brisbane, which scores in the Top 20 globally for Foreign-Born Population 18 , is sunny, urbane and offers outdoor adventures within city limits. Walking at all hours through streets and parks is a joy in a city that ranks 47 globally for Safety. Much-needed infrastructure may come swiftly, with the announcement that Brisbane will host the Summer Olympics.
Still, when the pandemic subsides, Valencia will reward its citizens, tourists and swelling newcomer population it was voted the 1 city for expats by InterNations in It just became the first city in the world to verify its carbon emissions from tourist activity.
That 75 global ranking for Restaurants will be improving quickly. The city will also add to its visual bounty when it becomes the World Design Capital for , as named by the World Design Organization. But this chaotic, beautiful mess is getting harder to stay in love with as things deteriorate with every new COVID wave.
The city is down 49 spots from last year in our Unemployment subcategory and its already disconcerting Safety ranking is down six spots, to Buenos Aires is also an emerging force in our Programming category 18 , ranking 10 for Culture thanks to its mid-pandemic lockdown easing and subsequent torrent of events and concerts—from tango in the park in Belgrano to the increasingly buzzy arteBA art fair.
The ambitious and developing metropolis is a more accessible and affordable Hong Kong or Tokyo, with restaurants to match. The proof is in the xiao long bao, or soup dumpling, at local restaurant legend Din Tai Fung, home to, if local lore is to be believed, the best dumplings in the world. But the city is also a global shopping destination ranking 14 buoyed as much by its myriad haute boutiques and the global chains in the luxe Ximending area as by the serpentine electronics bazaar of the Guang Hua Digital Plaza.
The sense of livability for a city this large is threaded together by fantastic public transit—soon to be improved further with the new Circular Line—and casual affluence not to mention almost non-existent unemployment, courtesy of the 15th-highest number of Global companies in town.
Tropical and sexy, with dazzling beaches, samba-fueled nightlife and lush mountains that rise to the heavens, Rio is stunning. And ascendant, rising 16 spots since last year. For a less crowded but still spectacular view of the city, Sugarloaf Mountain offers a cable car at the mouth of Guanabara Bay.
As of mid-August , the State of Rio de Janeiro had more than a million cases and 61, deaths. But Portlanders work hard to play hard. The city ranks 47 on the planet for its lively Programming, including 41 for Culture, 46 for Nightlife and 50 for Shopping. Lower-income people are not being left behind, even in its signature redevelopment project, HafenCity.
This is the town that made The Beatles, after all. And with the Silk City megaproject currently under construction, the city will soon have an impressive new series of landmarks to hashtag, including what could be a record-breaking Mubarak al-Kabir tower. Kuwait has attracted the fourth-largest foreign-born population, a ranking weight that is nearly canceled out by the low level of education among the citizenry Extreme inequality similarly undoes its impressive global GDP per Capita 3 and Unemployment 9 rankings.
Like much of its surrounding region, Kuwait suffered greatly from the COVID pandemic and its financial crisis is only being compounded by a glut of cheap oil globally. But whereas the city was incredibly safe two years ago, that ranking plunged by a horrifying 76 spots in the past year, from 21 to Hopefully, the Top 5 most-educated citizens on the planet can think of ways to fix this crisis.
The ancient capital has had a difficult decade, but it has come back stronger, just like always. The city—and country—were one of the first global destinations to start welcoming vaccinated travelers, and officials are enforcing a simple yet stringent testing protocol to keep infections under control. As such, the sustained investment is now blooming as jobs trickle back and tourists return.
What those tourists find is the Grand Promenade, a 2. Just days after residents were ordered into lockdown due to the pandemic, some had to flee their homes as wildfires encroached, eventually burning 20, acres and dozens of properties.
At places like Six Seasons Gallery, you can see some 3, Indigenous works of art from across Australia, each offering insights into Aboriginal life and culture.
The Noongar experience is woven throughout the 60,person Perth Stadium, in art installations, trails, interpretative storyboards and digital storytelling—an enriching foil for the cricket and football played there. Perth ranks 14 for People, up 13 spots year over year, including 9 for Foreign-Born Population. And if a country is the happiest in the world, one can discern that so is its capital city.
The city was among the first in the world to recognize the safety of al fresco dining, and public funds were used to purpose-build massive outdoor seating areas as communal infrastructure for local restaurants while providing local jobs in doing so. Minneapolis has become a household name as the site of the George Floyd murder at the hands of local police officers, an event that sparked a global movement against systemic racism and police violence. In addition to their vital role in a fight for justice, residents have long advocated for their city, the results of which can be seen in numerous parks, bike trails and placemaking along a prime location on the mighty Mississippi.
With 18 Fortune companies—the most per capita of any American metro area—Minneapolis scores an impressive 15 in our Global subcategory. The highly educated workforce ranked 21 globally enjoys easy access to the rest of the world via the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport 47 for Airport Connectivity. The city is facing a long way back from a trying 18 months, with its ranking for Safety plunging by 44 spots year over year, all the way down to globally.
No longer playing second fiddle to Stockholm and Copenhagen, Oslo is proving itself a worthy destination all its own. Its middling Museum ranking will improve with the opening of Munch, a waterfront museum dedicated to Edvard Munch, Expressionist painter of The Scream. Above the city, Rose Castle hosts a new permanent installation of paintings and sculptures that tell the story of the invasion and resilience of Norway during World War II.
The nascent culinary scene has been recently energized with Michelin-worthy restaurants, and will be again with the arrival of some Mexican spice, courtesy of La Mayor, which taps the local seafood bounty.
The very Norwegian ZZ Pizza has recently started serving pizza pies out of a converted car wash. This powerhouse of finance, international trade, culture, science and technology ranks 7 for the number of Global companies headquartered here, up three points from last year amidst a pandemic.
The city is lauded for its blend of past and present, industry and leisure. This eminently walkable city—shocking to consider given the fact that more than 22 million people live here—is remarkably safe 26 globally , a stat which, again, needs to be appreciated given the volume of humanity coexisting here.
Puxi west bank is home to the Bund, lined with the neo-Renaissance edifices that were home to Western businesses in the s, and to the wonderfully layered French Concession. A national push by the Chinese government means this megapolis will soon bloom with green spaces like Suzhou Creek, a former open sewer that today is a mile waterway flanked by hundreds of trees and many more families.
A thriving desert metropolis, Phoenix offers some of the best Mexican food this side of the border, a growing roster of fine museums, a vibrant artist community and days of sunshine—with the ranked Weather of any city on the planet. Take a close-up look at Camelback Mountain, where summit trails are not for the faint of heart, especially in degree Fahrenheit heat—though the base of the mountain also offers easier and equally beautiful trails for beginners.
Phoenix has been somewhat insulated from the economic ravages of the pandemic, but it does have a long way back with an unemployment rate and income equality levels well out of our Top No city on the planet insulated itself better from the pandemic than Auckland.
Case in point: a national shutdown in August after one—one! Controlling cases almost immediately allowed New Zealand to lift restrictions earlier, and locked-in Kiwis have been going about life as almost-usual: movies, regular school days and coffee dates.
Fortunately, natural bounty rules in Auckland, as far as visitor and resident perception is concerned. Roam the paths leading to one of the 48 dormant volcanic cones, or cross the island on foot just a five-hour hike. Not surprisingly, the city is becoming more cosmopolitan—a coveted hometown for risk-averse, isolationist billionaires and young talent craving proximity to outdoor adventure alike. In the face of poverty and injustice—and environmental catastrophes Hurricane Ida being the latest compounded by both—NOLA has created a culture of presence, music and festivals that may pale in size to others in the world, but never in intensity.
Given the need to celebrate, seize the day and revel in all that fusion of humanity and culture and sweaty new people and ideas, the city ranks 18 in our Nightlife subcategory.
After all, the party only begins in the French Quarter. It grows more refined and local as it weaves into Marigny, Bywater or the timeless jazz seduction of Frenchmen Street.
New Orleans also shines in our Shopping subcategory, ranking 23 and ahead of cities like Berlin and San Francisco, helped by the intoxicating treasures of Magazine Street convincing visitors that their finds are only available here and now. And they often are. In the last few years, the city has been renovating and expediting projects languishing since the Hurricane Katrina rebuild. But Jerusalem has done so with gusto, powered by its rapid improvements in Safety 2 globally and its improving Unemployment Rate.
A vibrant scene has emerged, with new global arrivals coming into the Holy City less for religion and more for entrepreneurship and talent networks there are more than start-ups in the city. Of course, that access—from the ability to get mortgages to the ability to get a good job—is heavily favored to Jewish over Palestinian citizens.
This city that ranks 7 in our expansive Place category is naturally an alluring home base. The city sparked the horrific May escalation of new conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians as a result of the eviction of six Palestinian families from a neighborhood in East Jerusalem in favor of Jewish settlers. Meanwhile, waning vaccinations are spiking infections in a place that did all the right things early in the pandemic.
Visitors from countries no longer need a visa to visit Oman for two weeks, making the country more accessible for short visits—including for Americans and Europeans. And Muscat is certainly worth the trip. The 3-ranked city for Weather and its relative Safety 38 globally attract a diverse population ranking 6 for Foreign-Born Population eager to tap its wealth and its ambition to build a meaningful capital.
The oil-rich city saw the writing on the wall in the late s and began diversifying its economy. The Arab Spring convinced leaders that a broader distribution of wealth would be prudent. Today, Muscat ranks 14 for Income Equality. Nashville and its citizens have always taken care to invest their money wisely, including for the preservation of historic buildings and to revitalize neighborhoods like Germantown, which was established in the s by European immigrants.
Such focus on placemaking and tactical urbanism will put the city on the map globally in future years. Until then, the music scene thrives here, particularly as a younger generation of musicians—Jack White and the Black Keys come to mind—has chosen to live and set up recording studios in town. With a 59 ranking for Programming its highest in our main categories , the city is finally getting the recognition it deserves for its long but subtle influence on the American fabric.
Should you need a respite from the global ranked Culture and ranked Nightlife, Nashville also offers a sprawling park system with more than 12, acres to explore by bike B-Cycle rental stations are located at greenway trailheads , or by kayak and canoe on the Harpeth River. With a ranked university Vanderbilt , 43 ranking for Global companies in town and its high COVID infection rates in the rearview, Nashville is poised to return to its pre-pandemic upward trajectory.
And fast. Very few Scandinavian cities are as dynamic as Stockholm, with its mix of rustic, traditional and New Nordic cuisine, its idyllic parks and outdoor swimming areas, quaint cobblestone streets lined with buildings erected in the s, cutting-edge design and mid-century modern aesthetics. These are exciting times in the Chilean capital. In May , the people of Chile cast a historic vote, selecting representatives who will draft a new constitution for the Andean nation to replace the one written 41 years earlier under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
In doing so, the country—led by its capital—booted career politicos in favor of progressive new leaders tasked with delivering a more egalitarian society long sought by citizens and increasingly reflected in Santiago. The valley metropolis of seven million is home to an urban bounty, boasting rankings of 52 for Museums, Restaurants 57 and up two spots and Shopping 54 and up Even the once-understated nightlife in the city is up five spots to To say nothing of the winery day trips.
Also compelling? But a national th birthday in brought attention to the citizens ranking 21 in People of a city where one in four is an immigrant Ottawa ranks 43 in the world for Foreign-Born Population. Ottawans are uncommonly intelligent: the city ranks 11 in Educational Attainment, and the highest-ranking of its four universities, Carleton, places 78 globally, an improvement of four spots since last year. All that brainpower has poured into some 1, knowledge-based businesses—everything from clean technology and life sciences to digital media, aerospace and software.
About 68, new jobs are the result—along with an 80th-place ranking in global GDP per Capita. Baltimore is also home to world-class institutions like Johns Hopkins University ranked 6 globally and the National Aquarium, as well as a quirky culture that makes Charm City a place like no other.
The city ranks an impressive 39 for Educational Attainment. The environment for a molecular evolution from chilly productive resource town into a curated hotbed sufficiently isolated to do its own thing has been here for years. But the city is still a beacon of opportunity, boasting the 40th-best GDP per Capita in the world, 39th-best Income Equality and, increasingly vital in a runaway Canadian real estate market, affordable homes relative to local incomes.
Lyon is a city to be savored nose to tail, past to future, literally and figuratively. Besides being a UNESCO World Heritage site, the home of chef Paul Bocuse is also renowned for its cuisine, and its Restaurant ranking will ascend in the future as visitors catch fragrant wind of it and pandemic lockdowns subside.
Lyon also takes care of its people, scoring an impressive 23 globally for Income Equality. The showstopper is at Quai des Belges, where a dramatic blade of reflective stainless steel creates a dreamy canopy and shelter from the sun, which shines almost year-round Marseille ranks 79 for Weather.
Nearby is the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations with its fishnet-inspired design, linked by a pedestrian bridge to the 17th-century Fort Saint Jean—a perfect example of the ancient and new coming together.
Some live gigs a week can be savored in this city—or could, before the pandemic hit, largely sparing the city in terms of case numbers, but inflicting economic and cultural hardship as the region stamped out its cases.
Did we mention the pandas? There are dozens of celebrations planned for its th anniversary, each highlighting this under-the-radar European second city that has always done things its own way.
Back in town, the main installation from the city museum, Gothenburg Stories, showcases interviews with locals about city life. Bilbao, in the heart of Basque Country in northern Spain, is approaching 25 years since the opening of the Guggenheim Bilbao, the Frank Gehry-designed titanium-clad museum that made the city, and its architect, global icons. The city, one of the smallest by population in our Top ranking and appearing for the first time here, is, under cover of its own obscurity and isolation, creating its own livability.
The design-minded city is also emerging as a stealthy, affordable business headquarters, ranking 43 for number of Global companies located in town and 51 for Income Equality.
The largest city in North America is also one of its longest continually occupied urban centers. In recent years, CDMX has been cleaning up its act, with safer streets and revamped public spaces, new designer hotels and exciting cultural offerings. Is it any wonder that Mexico City—known locally as D. SLC continues to pour millions into development projects and the beautification of its downtown, and the city has matured into an urban experience as much as an outdoor one.
The city is Top 20 in our GDP per Capita subcategory 18 , and its citizenry brings the smarts as much as the snowboards, ranking 59 globally for Educational Attainment. The University of Utah ensures the brainpower keeps flowing, with its 61 ranking globally in our University subcategory. But this is also a place with live music speakeasies straight out of New Orleans, and craft breweries that rival those in Munich.
Mumbai, appearing for the first time in our Top , is already looking to a brighter future despite the horrors of its COVID infection rates spiking and dipping wildly. The city ranks in our Unemployment Rate subcategory and for Income Inequality. The genius of San Antonio is that, ever since , it has sagely leveraged, grown and enhanced its greatest asset and attraction: the River Walk. The idyllic pedestrian promenade along the San Antonio River, extended from three to 15 miles in , is a scenic urban lifeline that connects visitors to everywhere they want to be.
No wonder the city ranks 36 for Attractions globally. It may surprise you that San Antonio ranks 67 globally for its restaurants, an important subcategory that will improve with a dozen high-profile openings this year alone.
The desert city is also blooming economically. House prices are rising fast as the post-pandemic migration from larger urban centers powers Tucson. Despite its first-time appearance in our Top list, as well as being one of the smallest Top cities by population, Seville—or Sevilla in its mother tongue—is as complex and multilayered as the most ornate fan wielded by local flamenco dancers.
The Andalusian capital revels in its warm, sunny climate 23 , and is proudly walkable, narrow and winding, perfect for exploring by foot or bike. Moorish and Baroque architecture radiates in panoramas out from its spectacular cathedral and the Giralda bell tower. Not content with masterpieces of the past, city builders are always looking to visually delight locals and visitors.
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