In addition to Copenhagen and Vienna, which topped the ranking for three years (2018–2020), the top-10 most livable cities list in 2019 was exclusively made up of cities in Australia (Melbourne, Sidney, and Adelaide), Canada (Calgary, Vancouver, and Toronto), and Japan (Osaka and Tokyo). What Makes a City Livable and How Can It Be Measured?įor several years now, The Economist Intelligence Unit has ranked more than 140 cities around the globe on their quality of life conditions.
It is hard not to imagine yourself happily living there, cycling around the city with a slightly battered yet stylish bicycle and eating freshly baked kanelsnegls for breakfast (nearly) every day but still somehow managing to retain the slim and fit figure of the typical Danish woman. No wonder that Copenhagen was one of the very few European cities that was named as one of the top 10 of the most livable cities around the globe before the pandemic hit. Despite overcast skies and a slight drizzle, there’s a sense of warmth and content when I walk around Copenhagen, its streets filled with sparkling Christmas lights and the irresistible smell of gløgg and bratwurst spreading from the Christmas markets dotted around the city’s squares. The end of November in Copenhagen is a time when the city becomes the epitome of hygge, which, in recent years, has become one of the most fashionable export products of Denmark and has generated an endless stream of books dedicated to teaching enthusiastic foreigners how to create this special feeling and lifestyle.
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