Vienna regains first place in the ranking of the most pleasant cities in the world, as in 2018 and 2019, according to a ranking published Thursday, June 23 from which kyiv, faced with the Russian assault, is excluded, while Moscow plummets. The Austrian capital is placed for the third time at the top of this index produced by the “Economist Intelligence Unit”, the research and analysis unit affiliated with the English weekly. The Economist. It succeeds the New Zealand city of Auckland, which lost 33 places due to the extension of sanitary confinements.
Experts have rewarded Vienna’s stability, its educational and medical offer, as well as the quality of its infrastructure with the maximum score of 100 out of 100. The cultural and environmental factors there are almost ideal. Europe largely dominates the top 10 with six cities, including Copenhagen and Zurich, which complete the podium behind Vienna, and Geneva (6th). Canada is well represented with three cities: Calgary (3rd tied), Vancouver (5th) and Toronto (8th).
Paris appears in 19th place, 23 places higher than in 2021. The Belgian capital Brussels appears in 24th place, just behind Montreal (23rd). London finished 33rd while Barcelona, reputed to be very lively, finished 35th, eight places ahead of Madrid (43rd). Elsewhere in the world, Milan ranks 49th, New York 51st and Beijing 71st.
To be part of this panel, the city must be considered a “business destination”, i.e. an economic and financial center, or be requested by customers. Beirut, seriously affected by the explosion of a port in 2020 and capital of a Lebanon in the grip of strong political instability, does not appear there. The authors indicate that kyiv had to be excluded from the report in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, Moscow (80th) tumbles fifteen places.
