It’s that time of year again – when we at Time Out release our annual ranking of the world’s coolest streets, a definitive guide to the greatest avenues, thoroughfares, backstreets and boulevards on the planet.
The list is chosen by a global team of local experts across some of the world’s best cities, who each made a case for their favourite local drag to be included. Across Europe, featured streets included Gerrard Street in London, Barcelona’s Consell de Cent and Berlin’s Oranienstraße – but it was Rua da Boavista in Lisbon that was crowned the coolest on the continent.
The street, which runs through Lisbon’s nightlife neighbourhood Cais do Sodré, ranked seventh. Commenting on its trendiness, Vera Moura – editor of Time Out Lisbon – shouted out its ‘new ventures in eating, drinking and shopping’.
‘Few neighbourhoods in Lisbon have lived as many lives as Cais do Sodré, a neighbourhood which has grown beyond its nightlife legacy and become a place to shop local, have a family brunch and dinner with friends,’ said Vera. ‘Right next door to the original Time Out Market, Rua da Boavista is an excellent representation of the neighbourhood’s new chapter: a central thoroughfare where new ventures in eating, drinking and shopping sprout up all the time.’
Vera recommends shopping at minimalist Portuguese clothing brand +351, eating at Cav 86, Planto, and Tricky's, and drinking natural wine at Boavista Social Club, which she says is the place to go for ‘a relaxed night out typical of Cais do Sodré’.
Melbourne’s High Street nabbed the top spot for 2024’s coolest street, followed by Hollywood Road in Hong Kong in second place and Austin’s East Eleventh in third. Read the full list of the 30 coolest streets in the world here.
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