The 5 Coolest Neighborhoods Around the World
Embajadores in Madrid was today revealed as the world’s coolest neighbourhood right now.
1. Embajadores, Madrid
Madrid’s Embajadores tops the list as the world’s coolest neighbourhood right now with its exciting nightlife and fabulous food, street art and high culture. This is where people from near and far live side by side, cooking up a bustling cultural life. To the north, Plaza Tirso de Molina is home to florists by day, and at night fills with revellers queuing to get into Medias Puri, the city’s club of the moment. To the south are two huge cultural centres, Tabacalera and La Casa Encendida. In Embajadores, Visitors can dine on divine Moroccan lamb tagine for an absurdly low price or Indian specialities served atop a flowery oilcloth and relax with a cocktail in the legendary Sala Equis, a former adult cinema that is now a drinking hole or visit The Rastro open air flea market that takes place between the plaza del Cascorro and the Ronda de Toledo on Sundays. INVESTOR´S TIP: Embajadores is a Madrid section very good for investors looking for to buy rental property and make money on the side or like vacation home says Marta Owsianik Real Estate manager.
2. Euljiro, Seoul
3. Nueva Villa de Aburrá, Medellín
4. Metaxourgeio, Athens
5. Princípe Real, Lisbon
6. Strasbourg-Saint-Denis, Paris
7. Neukölln, Berlin
8. Yanaka, Tokyo
9. Highland Park, Los Angeles
10. Fitzroy, Melbourne
11. Peckham, London
12. Noord, Amsterdam
13. Ancoats, Manchester
14. Enmore, Sydney
We all know that the best way to really know a city isn’t to go to the central square or major museums, or even the most tourist-trodden neighborhoods. What’s more interesting is discovering the up-and-coming neighborhoods where local creatives are settling in and setting up shop.
15. Bandra West, Mumbai
16. Shuk HaPishpeshim, Tel Aviv-Jaffa
17. West Village, New York
18. West Loop, Chicago
19. Tangba Jie, Chengdu
20. Osu, Accra
21. City Bowl District, Cape Town
22. Sant Antoni, Barcelona
23. Monti, Rome
24. Leith, Edinburgh
25. Hornstull, Stockholm
26. Sololaki, Tbilisi
27. Phibsboro, Dublin
28. Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro
29. Former French Concession, Shanghai
30. Roma, Mexico City
31. Cedofeita, Porto
32. Prawirotaman, Yogyakarta
33. Wynwood, Miami
34. Hayes Valley, San Francisco
35. Wan Chai, Hong Kong
36. Ari, Bangkok
37. Petite Italie, Montreal
38. Karlín, Prague
39. Dufferin Grove, Toronto
40. Central District, Seattle
41. Palermo Soho, Buenos Aires
42. Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur
43. Kadıköy, Istanbul
44. Tanjong Pagar, Singapore
45. Kitay-Gorod, Moscow
46. Langstrasse, Zurich
47. Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi
48. South End, Boston
49. Sanlitun, Beijing
50. Dubai Marina and Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai
The list was put together by local Time Out editors and city experts across the world who know the city like nobody else; in addition, more than 15,000 people around the world were surveyed about the best neighbourhoods to find out if there is a buzz about the area with cool new venues opening, if it is a great place for visitors, feels on the up and is affordable. This research identified the must-see neighbourhoods to stay, eat, drink and hang out in, looking beyond the tourist hot-spots – the places that should be on everyone’s travel bucket list to experience lesser known parts of cities: timeout.com/coolest-neighbourhoods