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Ticking off the main tourist attractions on a city break is all well and good, but it’s only when you veer off down a side street or stumble across a leafy avenue that you really get a glimpse of a city’s true character. Streets are the heart of local life; they’re where communities come together, where new local businesses become go-to staples and where urbanites go out, hang out and have fun.  So what are the world’s coolest streets worth a stroll right now? To find the answer, we reached out to our global team of local expert editors and contributors, who each made a case for the coolest street in their city. We then narrowed down the selection to create a definitive ranking of the best avenues, thoroughfares, backstreets and boulevards on the planet. And so you have it: the coolest streets in the world’s best cities. Over the last few years, street life has gone through something of an evolution. Outdoor drinking and dining, at one point a temporary measure, has become a staple on many of the streets on our hotlist; only bolstered by green initiatives like pedestrianisation and low-traffic avenues. In other words, these streets have become much more walkable and pleasant places to spend our time. On every street on this list, there are bold, creative new ventures in food, drink, nightlife and culture: from listening bars to repurposed heritage buildings, these streets are where you’ll find a city’s most exciting cultural trends. Ready for a wander?  RECOMMENDED: 🏘️ The w

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In case you couldn’t tell, we love movies – and if you’re reading this, presumably you do, too. Who doesn’t, really? That’s not a controversial statement. The controversy happens when you start talking about the greatest movies of all-time. Because while everyone loves getting lost in a film for two-plus hours, not everyone loves the same films. Tastes in cinema vary wildly, of course: one person’s Citizen Kane is another’s Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, or vice versa. (Hey, it’s possible.)   That can make ranking the best movies ever made a fraught process. But the point of the list you’re about to peruse isn’t to solidify any sort of canon. It’s better to think of it as a roadmap. If you’re just beginning to fill in the gaps of your movie knowledge, this is the perfect way to identify the holes. And if you’re enough of a cinephile to have seen every movie on here already, it might cause you to rethink your own personal rankings. It’s a list that covers a lot of ground: over 100 years, multiple countries, and just about every genre you can imagine, from monolithic blockbusters to treasured cult classics, ridiculous comedies to freaky horror, sweaty-palmed thrillers to eye-popping action flicks. So get exploring – you may not like everything you see, but we’re confident you’ll find something that surprises you. Written by Abbey Bender, Dave Calhoun, Phil de Semlyen, Bilge Ebiri, Ian Freer, Stephen Garrett, Tomris Laffly, Joshua Rothkopf, Anna Smith and Matthew Singer Recommended

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  • Transport & Travel

Despite everything that’s gone on in the world over the last few years, Finland has remained a very happy place to be. It’s claimed the top spot in the UN’s World Happiness report for the last six years, and for the second year in a row, the country is preparing to let us in on its happiness secrets.  If you’re keen to learn how the Finns stay so content, now is your chance. Visit Finland and Helsinki Partners are welcoming some lucky guests to a five-day happiness masterclass from June 9 to 14, led by the Helsinki Happiness Hackers. Best of all? The whole trip – return flights included – will be completely free.  The happiness hackers consist of Lena Salmi, a 70-year-old former swimmer and sports journalist who skateboards around Helsinki; Adela Pajunen, a biologist and writer who advocates nature-focussed wellness; and Luka Bala, a restaurateur whose ethos is rooted deeply in sustainability. If you’re gonna learn about happiness, it sounds like this is the lot to teach it.   So, what does the masterclass entail? Well, a couple of examples of what you’ll get up to include wild swimming, which is a year-round activity in Helsinki, made ridiculously easy by the stunning nature that surrounds the city. Taking a walk through the woods is also on the cards, as it’s a great way to improve your mood – it’s even recommended by local doctors to alleviate stress.  If you’re intrigued or keen to learn more about the best ways to stay happy, you can find more information, and apply to t

  • Music

Love St Patrick’s Day? Well, we’ve got news for you. March 17 isn’t just about drinking gallons of Guinness and fighting your way through screaming crowds dressed in green (although, that is a big part). St Patrick’s Day has actually been around since 1631, and there’s a lot about Ireland’s complex history to be learned from it.  There’s a million and one brilliant songs for Paddy’s Day, from traditional folk song to belters by The Cranberries. Some of them can teach you a lot about the history of St Paddy’s, but all of them will make you want to sing along. And given we’ve lost two icons of Irish music in the last year, with the passing of Shane MacGowan and Sinéad O’Connor, there’s no better time to get into the spirit. We’ve rounded up the 15 very best Irish tunes to get those pipes going, ahead of 2024’s upcoming celebrations. Go grab a Guinness – it’s time to get green, folks. RECOMMENDED:🎤 The best karaoke songs ever made🎶 The best pop songs on earth

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What did we do before podcasts? Who knows, because now they’re like a right arm to most of us, making journeys seem faster and chores less painful all over the globe. You know the drill. If there’s a market for it, there’s a podcast about it. But with the incredibly vast world of podcasts throwing up new options every day, how does anyone know where to begin? Well, that’s where we come in. We’ve rounded up our favourites, from political podcasts that look behind the news to comedy podcasts with your favourite funny people, and plenty of those all-important investigative whodunnits to keep you up at night. If you’re looking to dig deeper into one genre, we’d recommend trying our specialist lists on for size (you’ll find them below). But for a full list of good, addictive podcasts of every genre, read on.  RECOMMENDED:🎧 The best podcasts on Spotify😂 The best comedy podcasts 🗞️ The best news podcasts💤 The best sleep podcasts🎶 The best music podcasts

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  • Comedy

Comedy gets no respect, no respect at all. Actually, that’s not entirely true: everyone loves to laugh, and everyone has their favourite comedy movie to throw on when in need of a mood enhancer. But it’s also a genre frequently overlooked by cinema’s award-givers and canon gatekeepers – despite the fact that making a truly great, lasting comedy is one of the hardest achievements in film to pull off. It’s an artform largely dependent on context: what causes an audience to double over in hysterics in 2024 might be met with blank stares just a few years later, let alone a half-century.And so, those that have kept us cracking up for decades are truly special. To put together this list of the 100 greatest movie comedies ever, we asked comedians like Diane Morgan and Russell Howard, actors such as John Boyega and Jodie Whittaker and a small army of Time Out writers about the movies that make them chuckle the hardest, and for the longest amount of time. In doing so, we believe we’ve found the 100 finest, most durable and most broadly appreciable laughers in history. No matter your sense of humour – silly or sophisticated, light or dark, surreal or broad – you’ll find it represented here. Recommended: 🔥 The 100 best movies of all-time🥰 The greatest romantic comedies of all time🤯 33 great disaster movies😬 The best thriller films of all-time🌏 The best foreign films of all-time

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You might have the most impressive pipes in the whole of your city. You might sound like a strangled cat when you sing, especially after a few drinks. But whatever your range and ability, you will take to the stage for one of these karaoke songs. And it will be brilliant.  Choosing the right song is crucial. If you can't sing in tune, perhaps opt for a rap. If you want to show off that high range, potentially opt for a bit of Whitney. In our list of the best karaoke songs ever, we've got everyone from Madonna to Lizzo, and from Toto to Frank Sinatra. Take a shot and warm up those vocal chords, people. These are the best karaoke songs ever.  Contributors: Nick Levine, Adam Feldman, Matthew Singer, Ella Doyle, Amy Houghton and Ed Cunningham.  RECOMMENDED: 🎶 The best ’80s songs🎶 The best ’90s songs🎉 The best party songs ever made🎸 The best classic rock songs🕺 The best pop songs of all time

  • Film

‘The idiot box’. ‘The boob tube’. ‘The opiate of the masses’. For decades, television was maligned as one of the lowest forms of entertainment available, a conduit for hypnotising slop was actively making the populace dumber. Was that perception justified? Maybe, at times. The fact that it was being beamed directly into your home, and you had little choice in what to watch, made it seem worse.   Now, 70 or so years after it became widely available, other mediums are having to play catch up. The best shows compete with movies for cultural positioning, while elite filmmakers make movies for the small screen. The premiere of The Sopranos in 1999 is credited as the big bang that changed TV’s reputation, and the advent of streaming has made it so viewers actually have more to watch than anyone could possibly consume in an entire lifetime.   That makes selecting the 100 greatest TV shows much more of a challenge than it would have been 20 years ago. For that reason, we elected to limit the field a bit, leaving off talk shows, docuseries, variety shows and sketch comedy, instead focusing on scripted, episodic dramas, comedies and miniseries. Even then, it proved to be an exhausting task – after all, television has been popular since after World War II. While this list is dominated by 21st century programs, there are hundreds of shows from the pre-Sopranos era that deserve credit for pushing TV forward into its current golden age. Here’s what we chose as the best of the best. Recomme

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For a long time, Irish movies played predominantly to Irish audiences. Before the 2000s, it was tough for a movie from the Emerald Isle to reach a global audience. It still is. But whenever one does make it off the island, it’s going to hit you hard. Think of the quietly poignant romantic musical Once, or Daniel Day-Lewis’s breakthrough in Jim Sheridan’s My Left Foot, or Martin McDonagh’s Oscar-nominated study of friendship in peril The Banshees of Inisherin. Whatever the genre, the best Irish movies breathe with a soul reflective of the country’s centuries of history and the idiosyncrasies of its people. There’s no reason to wait until St Patrick’s Day to watch these classics – but if you need an excuse to crack into these 13 selections, we can’t think of a better one. Recommended: 🗼 The 50 best films set in Paris💂‍♀️ The 32 best London movies☘ The 15 best Irish songs for St. Patrick’s Day

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It’s still early days, but 2024 is already shaping up to be a stonking year at the cinema. Last year was a cracker, thanks to Oppenheimer, Barbie, Past Lives et al, but the next 12 months will see Denis Villeneuve delivering his long-awaited Dune sequel, George Miller back at the bullet farm with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, a new Bong Joon-ho, and a tonne of other big-screen fare to get very, very excited about. And we’ve already been spoiled rotten, thanks to the achingly lovelorn All of Us Strangers, Yorgos Lanthimos’s riotous Poor Things, The Iron Claw, the beefcake wrestling movie with the big heart, and Dune: Part Two, the sci-fi blockbuster with the giant worms. So, the criterion for entry: some of the following movies came out in the US at the back end of 2023 – Oscars qualification requires it – but we’re basing this list on UK release dates to make sure the best movies to be in cinemas worldwide in 2024 are included. We’ll be updating it with worthy new releases as we go, so keep this list bookmarked. Anyway, enough of that – here are the year’s very best so far. RECOMMENDED: 📺 The best TV shows of 2024 (so far) you need to stream🎥 The 100 greatest movies ever made🔥 The best movies of 2023