Every year, Time Out survey thousands of city-dwellers worldwide about life in their hometown right now. This year more than 20,000 responses were used to compile their list of the 53 best cities in the world. Glasgow was announced in fourth place on the global list.
The profile highlighted vegan restaurants, the abundance of green spaces and friendly locals that make the city a great place to live. The profile says ”Casual kindness and good humour prevail in the city voted friendliest in this year’s Index. Glasgow excels at being outgoing and at going out. At SWG3, the world’s first body-heated club, dancing literally helps keep the lights on.
“There are now two Michelin-star restaurants after a long drought (Cail Bruich and Unalome), yet a burgeoning dining scene is best characterised by friendly informality and good value for money (Glasgow was the city second least likely to be described as expensive). The dusty Barrowland Ballroom remains the reassuringly unchanging temple to live music you and your favourite band deserve.”
Explaining the list, Time Out say: ”The idea is to create a global snapshot of city living, and point people in the direction of the places locals are really raving about.”
“For the past two years, the list has focused on how cities pulled together through the pandemic and made life (just about) tolerable during lockdowns. But now, after two years of travel curbs, the world is opening up again, and we – like you – are itching to get back out there.”
The top ten cities this year are Edinburgh, Chicago, Medellin, Glasgow, Amsterdam, Prague, Marrakech, Berlin, Montreal and Copenhagen.
