The 50 best cities in the world for 2025 have been named and London was named the fifth best.
Created by Time Out, the list highlights cities offering, strong cultures, tasty food, buzzing nightlife, neighbourhoods and things to do.
The platform asked more than 18,500 city dwellers worldwide to share their thoughts on the locations’s affordability, happiness, nightlife, food, and “overall city vibe.”
Time Out shared that along with the mentioned key aspect, livability proved to be a key factor for the 2025 list, sharing that “a great city to live in is, naturally, a great city to visit.”
Among the 50 cities named by Time Out, London was named fifth beating out the likes of fellow UK destinations, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Brighton also featured on the list.
You can see the full list of the best cities for 2025 via Time Out.
Why London is one of the best cities in the world
Explaining why London made the top five, Time Out Editor in Cheif, Joe Mackertich said: “London is always going to be one of the best cities in the world.
“That’s inarguable, thanks to the capital’s brilliant cuisine, unkillable pub culture, unrivalled shopping opportunities and (best of all) the all-encompassing range of its people.”
Adding: ” Whatever you’re into, London can provide. What’s that I can hear? ‘What about nightlife?’ you’re saying, ‘Everyone knows everything in London shuts at midnight and all the clubs shut down forever in 2016!’ Wrong!
“London’s nightlife scene has seen some serious investment in the last year or so, meaning now is exactly the right time to come if you want fun.”
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Sharing what makes London’s nightlife so good, Time Out shares praise for: “Hoxton’s flat-roof-pub-turned-serious-club Lion and Lamb, the way-better-than-it-should-be Here at Outernet, Hackney Wick’s thriving Colour Factory, the grassroots-tastic Cause and the already legendary Fold in Canning Town.”
Along with the city’s strong nightlife scene, Time Out also explains that London earned its high position on the list for what’s set to come in 2025.
Adding that new trains on the Piccadilly line are set to reinvent the London Underground, the new V&A East Stonehouse will bring more music history to the capital with the opening of the David Bowie Centre.