If you’re planning your next weekend away – near or afar – we’ve been given the latest lowdown on the most exciting neighbourhoods to visit on your travels. If you’re super lucky, you may already live in one of them.
Time Out surveyed more than 27,000 people around the world, including Time Out editors and city experts, who identified the areas with the coolest new openings, where the cost of living was still relatively affordable and where visitors could soak up the best the city had to offer in culture, food and drink.
Think places that are more off-the-beaten-track rather than tourist hotspots.
Someone had the unenviable task of narrowing down the list to 50 – and we’re sorry to break it to you here, but nowhere in the UK even made the top 10.
Number one spot goes to Arroios in Lisbon, where you’ll find a blend of tasty street art, historical treasures, great cocktails and some of the best seafood you can feast on in the restaurant Ramiro. Sounds right up our street.
However, the UK does get a look in, with Peckham in south London coming in at number 11, and Ancoats in Manchester (27), Easton in Bristol (35), and Kelvinbridge in Glasgow (38) all earning a spot in the top 50. Meanwhile, it’s just a hop over to Stoneybatter in Dublin, which clocks in at 42.
Other neighbourhoods to land in the top five include Shimokitazawa in Tokyo, Onikan in Lagos, Wedding in Berlin and Filipinotown in Los Angeles.
You could add them to your bucket list. Or just book a trip to Bristol!
Here’s The Top 50 In Full:
1. Arroios, Lisbon
2. Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
3. Onikan, Lagos
4. Wedding, Berlin
5. Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles
6. The Waterfront, Hobart
7. Strasbourg-Saint-Denis, Paris
8. Astoria, New York
9. Embajadores, Madrid
10. Pilsen, Chicago
11. Peckham, London
12. Soi Pridi Banomyong/Phra Khanong, Bangkok
13. Footscray, Melbourne
14. Zhongshan, Taipei
15. Kerem Hatelmanim and Shuk HaCarmel, Tel Aviv
16. Kypseli, Athens
17. Jalatlaco, Oaxaca
18. District 3, Ho Chi Minh City
19. Juárez, Mexico City
20. Poblenou, Barcelona
21. Jamestown, Accra
22. Verdun, Montreal
23. Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen
24. Holly, Austin
25. Bom Retiro, São Paulo
26. Katendrecht, Rotterdam
27. Ancoats, Manchester
28. Corktown, Detroit
29. Gemmayzeh and Mar Mikhaël, Beirut
30. Barranco, Lima
31. Dogpatch, San Francisco
32. Vesterbro, Copenhagen
33. Naeja-dong, Seoul
34. Yppenplatz and Brunnenmarkt, Vienna
35. Easton, Bristol
36. The Junction, Toronto
37. Kadıköy-Moda, Istanbul
38. Kelvinbridge, Glasgow
39. Oltrarno, Florence
40. Old Havana, Havana
41. Melville, Johannesburg
42. Stoneybatter, Dublin
43. Bartók, Budapest
44. Downtown, Miami
45. Tanjong Pagar, Singapore
46. Nové Město, Prague
47. Bandra West, Mumbai
48. Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong
49. Old Xuhui, Shanghai
50. Dorćol, Belgrade
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