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But despite their melting pot Londoner souls, they likely started out Tamil, Somali or Polish. And they talk your ear off about each in wonderfully divergent accents, changing noticeably by neighborhood. Sure, Londoners cheer for one of Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham or, if you look hard enough, Crystal Palace. Ranking #6 in our People category (an amalgam of Education and Foreign-born Residents), London refuses any attempt at typecasting. It is in its sudden rise of global cuisine that London demonstrates perhaps its most distinct appeal: its diversity and openness to humanity. Other star recipients include purveyors of Indian (Jamavar, also in Mayfair, and Vineet Bhatia in Chelsea), bringing the city’s starred South Asian restaurants to eight, among the most on the planet. The city has gained eight new Michelin-starred restaurants (including its first three-star restaurant, Akari-a nine-seat, £300-per- person Japanese gem in Mayfair) since 2010. Given the clichéd reputation of British cuisine-historically wretched at worst and passable at best-this is an incredible development. Perhaps most impressive is its food scene, which trails only Tokyo. London ranks #1 in our Programming category, an index that measures visitor and resident experiences in the subcategories of Shopping, Culinary, Nightlife and Culture, where the city placed no lower than #2. Incredibly, annual visits are now more than 25% higher than five years ago. London’s magnetism is certainly world-renowned, with a record volume of visitors streaming into the city-19.1 million in 2016, a 2.6% increase from 2015’s record.ĭespite terror attacks and Brexit (more on that in a moment), the city looked to set yet another record in 2017.

It reigns atop our world cities ranking because it is the only city on the planet that finished Top 10 in all six of our categories.

London topped our ranking and there is a lot to unpack in the city’s performance. The World’s Best Cities ranking is the most comprehensive city ranking on the planet, based on entirely original methodology that uses the opinions of the people who matter most: visitors and residents. The ‘Capital of Capitals’ reigns atop the planet’s best cities, sparked by the 2012 Summer Games and a coordinated effort to harness the global obsession ever since.