Uploaded on 2015-06-16 by suurmec

1. Copenhagen 2. Vienna 3. Barcelona The five characteristics that are important to me are: 1. Density. I come from a country of roughly 1.3 million inhabitants (sic!) and I think I am not able to live in big bustling concrete jungles. Somehow I crave for a lot of space, and therefore I think I couldn't live in overcrowded places. Not less important is the low level of noise that is usually characteristic for cities with not that many inhabitants. Noisiness and crowdiness is just something I personally strongly dislike in everyday life, probably due to my background. 2. Nature. Something that probably also has to do with my background and the fact that I don't like concrete jungles. I feel that it's of uttermost importance to have close proximity to nature also in the city. Both literally - having green areas and bodies of water nearby-, and figuratively - living in accordance with nature, that is, being sustainable. Low levels of pollution, especially in the air (but also water etc), is essential for a livable city in my opinion. 3. Safety. A city should be a safe place to live in, in order to be liveable. 4. Commuting. It should be easy to commute in the city in other means than having a personal vehicle. 5. Architecture. I think it has a big role in the liveableness of the city as well. The general impression of the city should be appealing and make you want to live and move around in the city in your everyday life. ![Copenhagen][1] Right now I have the opportunity to live in the city I have ranked first - Copenhagen. It's an absolutely fantastic city in my opinion. In terms of density it has quite a low population in comparison to other European cities (I think I couldn't live in London or Stockholm for example, not to mention in some big cities outside Europe). It's an exceptionally green capital, having been ranked no. 1 in the European Green City Index. It's got really great infrastructure for using any other means of transportation besides a personal vehicle, and an incredible percentage of people commuting with bicycles in everyday traffic. It's not of less importance here that there is on the level of city development a constant interest in aiming to be a more green and humane city, with an ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2025. Copenhagen is also considered a safe city with low level of crime. The city centre is compact and, as mentioned, easily commutable. It has a fine architecture and strives to keep it that way. Copenhagen is great overall and certainly my favourite city until now! [1]: http://i.imgur.com/6hCD6LF.jpg