Ever wondered what the absolute best city in the world is? The results are in, folks. Edinburgh has been crowned the worthy winner in 2022, beating Chicago and Medellín to the top spot.
The Time Out Index is a yearly survey of thousands (yes, thousands) of locals about life in their city right now. We use it to come up with our annual ranking of the world’s best cities, factoring in everything from community spirit and public transport to food and drink and cleanliness. It’s a pretty comprehensive project, if we do say so ourselves.
The Scottish capital scored high across the board, and performed exceptionally high for walkability (93 percent) and being ‘easy to express who you are’ (88 percent) – better than basically everywhere else in the world. It also scored 95 percent for being beautiful – and with an ancient castle slap-bang in the city centre and loads of green space, it’s hard to argue with that.
Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon seemed pretty chuffed with the news: