These Are The 51 Coolest Neighborhoods In The World, According To Time Out

Kelsey Marie
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What exactly makes a neighborhood cool? Time Out is back with their annual Time Out Index survey, which ranks the coolest neighborhoods in the world based on nominations by over 20,000 global city residents.

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How the cities are ranked

Time Out’s network of global editors worked together to narrow down the selections. Surprisingly, Ridgewood, a neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York City, ranked number 4 on the list. The Queens neighborhood also took the top spot as the coolest neighborhood in NYC. 

According to Time Out, a cool neighborhood is “a neighborhood that has its own distinctive flavor that’s accessible with great food and drink, has a flourishing community, and while easy to walk across, could be explored across an entire day or more.”

“Plus, it’s a neighborhood that is great for people to live, visit and stay and mixes up the best of old and new schools,” Time Out shares. 

Here are the results of Time Out’s 5th annual ranking of the world’s coolest neighborhoods:

  1. Colonia Americana – Guadalajara, Mexico 

  2. Cais do Sodré – Lisbon, Portugal 

  3. Wat Bo Village – Siem Reap, Cambodia

  4. Ridgewood – New York City, USA

  5. Mile End – Montreal, Canada

  6. Barrio Logan – San Diego, USA

  7. Shimokitazawa – Tokyo, Japan 

  8. Cliftonville – Margate, UK

  9. Barrio Yungay – Santiago, Chile

  10. Cours Julien – Marseille, France 

  11. Shawlands – Glasgow, UK

  12. Dundas West – Toronto, Canada

  13. Vila Madalena – São Paulo, Brazil 

  14. San Isidro – Havana, Cuba

  15. Neukölln – Berlin, Germany 

  16. Avondale – Chicago, USA

  17. Walthamstow – London, UK

  18. Sants – Barcelona, Spain

  19. Little India – Singapore 

  20. Rione Sanità – Naples, Italy 

  21. Silver Lake – Los Angeles, USA

  22. Wan Chai – Hong Kong

  23. Barrio de las Letras – Madrid, Spain

  24. Vesterbro – Copenhagen, Denmark

  25. West End – Vancouver, Canada

  26. Levinsky – Tel Aviv, Israel

  27. Fitzroy – Melbourne, Australia

  28. Kilimani – Nairobi, Kenya

  29. Coconut Grove – Miami, USA

  30. Northern Quarter – Manchester, UK

  31. Letná – Prague, Czech Republic

  32. Noord – Amsterdam, Netherlands

  33. Marrickville – Sydney, Australia

  34. Chacarita – Buenos Aires, Argentina

  35. Pelham Island – Sheffield, UK

  36. Dogpatch – San Francisco, USA

  37. Ximending – Taipei, Taiwan

  38. Sea Point – Cape Town, South Africa

  39. Pagrati – Athens, Greece

  40. Santurce – San Juan, Puerto Rico 

  41. Barrio Escalante – San José, Costa Rica

  42. Ubud – Bali, Indonesia

  43. Kingsland – Auckland, New Zealand

  44. Haut-Marais – Paris, France

  45. Bandra West – Mumbai, India

  46. Thonglor – Bangkok, Thailand

  47. Fortitude Valley – Brisbane, Australia

  48. Moda – Istanbul, Turkey 

  49. Stoneybatter – Dublin, Ireland

  50. FESTAC Town – Lagos, Nigeria

  51. Versalles – Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

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