Time Out, an online platform for urban culture that looks for the most vibrant locations around the globe, has recently ranked the 30 coolest streets in the world. The website, which usually focuses on cities as a whole, having already ranked the coolest neighborhoods, is now taking a more local approach due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the article, a global survey on the website asked more than 27,000 city dwellers from all over the world to choose the coolest street in their city. Time Out editors and experts then listed 30 streets, ten of them in Europe, five in Latin America, five in North America, four in Asia, two in Oceania, two in Africa, and two in the Middle East, including cities such as Havana, São Paulo, Los Angeles, Lisbon, Prague, Johannesburg, and Tel Aviv.
The criteria for the selection were not based on aspects of urban design but rather on the activities and experiences provided by the streets. The organizers believe that cool streets are determined by great places to eat, drink, and shop. These 30 streets offer fun and urban culture, sometimes more local, sometimes more global, but always with a strong sense of community.
