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News in english 22. jun. 2009 KL. 11.17

Copenhagen No. 2 in world

Copenhagen has lost its first position but maintained a worthy second position in the third annual Monocle Magazine Quality of Life survey of the world’s best cities to live in.

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Best cities to live in

Zürich
Copenhagen
Tokyo
Munich
Helsinki
Stockholm
Vienna
Paris
Melbourne
Berlin
Honolulu
Madrid
Sydney
Vancouver
Barcelona
Fukuoka
Oslo
Singapore
Montréal
Auckland
Amsterdam
Kyoto
Hamburg
Geneva
Lisbon
Source: Monocle Magazine

Copenhagen has come in a high second in the annual sweepstakes of the world’s 25 most livable cities, according to Monocle Magazine’s Quality of Life survey.

“For a brief moment, we thought of being diplomatic and posting a tie, but we don’t fancy ourselves as civil servants, so this year we’re giving the top spot to Zürich,” says Monocle Chairman Tyler Brûlé of the competition between Zürich and Copenhagen, last year’s Number One ahead of Munich.

Monocle Magazine is a weekly magazine wiriting on international affairs, culture and design and with headquarters in London.

Out of an initial array of 40 cities, Monocle chose 25 for its shortlist, studying everything from public transport, education, cultural outlets, crime, hours of sunshine, global flight connections, chain store pollution and ease of opening a business, to infrastructure improvements.

What pipped Copenhagen at the post was the ongoing development of Zurich airport combined with the transformation of the city’s Hauptbahnhof, Brûlé says.

Other Nordic capitals are also represented in the listings, with Helsinki in fifth place and Stockholm in sixth. Both the Finnish and Swedish capitals have previously figured in the Monocle list, while the Norwegian capital Oslo entered the listing for the first time this year in 17th place.

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