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A panel of Time Out experts selected 75 cities to celebrate in the book 'The World's Greatest Cities' according to six criteria: Architecture, Arts & Culture, Buzz, Food & Drink, Quality of Life and World Status. In conjunction with our local correspondents, the panel then awarded the cities scores in each category and totalled them up for an overall ranking. The results are both fascinating and often surprising.
But now we want to know, which city, or cities, do you consider to be the greatest in the world and why?
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Here are the top ten world cities as voted for by the Time Out panel:
Architecture: 9
Arts & culture: 10
Buzz: 10
Food & drink: 9
Quality of life: 6
World status: 9
Total/60: 53
Architecture: 7
Arts & culture: 10
Buzz: 9
Food & drink: 9
Quality of life: 6
World status: 9
Total/60: 50
Architecture: 9
Arts & culture: 9
Buzz: 6
Food & drink: 9
Quality of life: 7
World status: 8
Total/60: 48
Architecture: 7
Arts & culture: 9
Buzz: 9
Food & drink: 6
Quality of life: 7
World status: 8
Total/60: 46
Architecture: 9
Arts & culture: 7
Buzz: 8
Food & drink: 8
Quality of life: 8
World status: 4
Total/60: 44
Architecture: 9
Arts & culture: 8
Buzz: 7
Food & drink: 7
Quality of life: 7
World status: 6
Total/60: 44
Architecture: 7
Arts & culture: 6
Buzz: 9
Food & drink: 10
Quality of life: 4
World status: 8
Total/60: 44
Architecture: 7
Arts & culture: 7
Buzz: 9
Food & drink: 7
Quality of life: 6
World status: 7
Total/60: 43
Architecture: 9
Arts & culture: 7
Buzz: 7
Food & drink: 6
Quality of life: 6
World status: 7
Total/60: 42
Architecture: 7
Arts & culture: 6
Buzz: 7
Food & drink: 7
Quality of life: 10
World status: 5
Total/60: 42
Remind yourself about why you love a city so much by following the links through to one of our online city guides:
Almaty, Kazakhstan (this website is written in Russian)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Athens, Greece
Bangkok, Thailand
Barcelona, Spain
Beijing, China
Beirut, Lebanon
Belfast, N Ireland
Belgrade, Serbia
Berlin, Germany
Bogotà, Columbia
Brasilia, Brazil
Brussels, Belgium
Bucharest, Romania (this website is written in Hungarian)
Budapest, Hungary
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cairo, Egypt
Cape Town, South Africa
Chicago, USA
Copenhagen, Denmark
Dakar, Senegal
Delhi, India
Dubai, UAE
Dublin, Ireland
Edinburgh, Scotland
Florence, Italy
Glasgow, Scotland
Hanoi, Vietnam
Havana, Cuba
Hong Kong, China
Istanbul, Turkey
Jakarta, Indonesia
Johannesburg, South Africa
Kingston, Jamaica
Kolkata, India
Krakow, Poland
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kyoto, Japan
Lisbon, Portugal (this website is written in Portuguese)
London, England
Los Angeles, USA
Madrid, Spain
Manchester, England
Manila, Philippines
Marrakech, Morocco
Marseille, France
Melbourne, Australia
Mexico City, Mexico
Miami, USA
Milan, Italy
Moscow, Russia (this website is written in Russian)
Mumbai, India
Naples, Italy
New York, USA
Paris, France
Prague, Czech Republic
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rome, Italy
San Francisco, USA
Sana'a, Yemen
São Paulo, Brazil
Seoul, Korea
Seville, Spain
Shanghai, China
Singapore
St Petersburg, Russia (this website is written in Russian)
Stockholm, Sweden
Sydney, Australia
Tel Aviv, Israel (this website is written in Hebrew)
Tokyo, Japan (beta website)
Toronto, Canada
Vancouver, Canada
Venice, Italy (website coming soon)
Vienna, Austria
Washington DC, USA
The world's best music festivals
Europe's best beaches
Europe's best second cities
The World's Greatest Cities book draws on Time Out's unique urban expertise and its unrivalled collection of photography to present portraits of the world's 75 most exciting cities. This book is a celebration of their beauty and diversity, the people who built them and the people who live in them.
Buy your copy now from the Time Out shop and save 40% online.
Time Out publishes city guidebooks and magazines to 50 of these cities. All are available at a discounted price from the Time Out shop.
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