If you are having a hard time deciding where to travel next, this list from Time Out might help you get started. The online publication surveyed thousands of people and asked local experts to rank the greatest places right now for fun, food, culture and community. The result? A ranking of the 40 coolest neighborhoods in the world.
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This annual survey traditionally compiles the feedback from 38,000-plus global city-dwellers, looking at the “fascinating mixture of people, innovative and inclusive food, drink, arts and culture, affordable rents and living costs, and that hard-to-define buzz that draws people from across the globe.” But given the current global situation, this year, the survey also focused on the areas where people, community and businesses have helped each other through shared tribulations: “places that represent the soul of the city.”
The top five neighborhoods include Esquerra de l’Eixample, Barcelona, Downtown, Los Angeles, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York and Yarraville, Melbourne. Within the top 40 winners, seven hail from the United States, including neighborhoods in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Boston, Atlanta, Oakland and Chicago.
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Here is the complete list of the 40 coolest neighborhoods in the world according to Time Out:
1. Esquerra de l’Eixample, Barcelona
2. Downtown, Los Angeles
3. Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
4. Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York
5. Yarraville, Melbourne
6. Wedding, Berlin
7. Shaanxi Bei Lu/Kangding Lu, Shanghai
8. Dennistoun, Glasgow
9. Haut-Marais, Paris
10. Marrickville, Sydney
11. Verdun, Montreal
12. Kalamaja, Tallinn
13. Hannam-dong, Seoul
14. Bonfim, Porto
15. Ghosttown, Oakland
16. Chula-Samyan, Bangkok
17. Alvalade, Lisbon
18. Noord, Amsterdam
19. Centro, São Paulo
20. Holešovice, Prague
21. Lavapiés, Madrid
22. Opebi, Lagos
23. Narvarte, Mexico City
24. Uptown, Chicago
25. Little Five Points, Atlanta
26. Wynwood, Miami
27. Phibsboro, Dublin
28. Nørrebro, Copenhagen
29. Bugis, Singapore
30. Gongguan, Taipei
31. Soho, London
32. Binh Tanh, Ho Chi Minh City
33. Melville, Johannesburg
34. Kabutocho, Tokyo
35. Porta Venezia, Milan
36. Taman Paramount, Kuala Lumpur
37. Allston, Boston
38. Bandra West, Mumbai
39. Arnavutköy, Istanbul
40. Banjar Nagi, Ubud
Check out the full descriptions of the neighborhoods here.