1. Rome, Italy. At number one you voted Rome as the most beautiful city in the world. With its thousand-year-old buildings such as the Forum Romanum or the Colosseum, beautiful piazzas and world-class art – not to mention Vatican City – we are certainly not surprised.
Switzerland is easily one of the most beautiful countries in the world—particularly if you visit during the winter, when the Swiss Alps become a luxury skiing playground and thick snow turns the mountain range into a true wonderland.
Zurich (Switzerland) is considered to be the most expensive city in Europe.
'Bad-tempered locals': Vienna ranked the world's 'unfriendliest city'
Copenhagen, Denmark
Long reputed to be the happiest city in the world, it's unsurprising that the people of Copenhagen are some of the friendliest in the world.
According to statistics, Switzerland has the highest proportion of millionaires as of 2021, closely followed by Luxembourg. Even though the income tax rate in Switzerland is 40%, 16.4% of the world's millionaires reside there as of 2021.
Monaco is a tiny city and state on the French Riviera known for its luxury and glamour. With a population of just 39,000 people, the city has the world's highest per capita concentration of millionaires – about 70% of the total population, according to a report by real estate consultant Knight Frank.
Luxembourg, the richest country in Europe
Luxembourg has a per capita GDP of $128,820 (IMF, 2023), making it the wealthiest country in Europe.
Sweden. The stunning Scandinavian nation of Sweden is known for surreal forests, coastal islands, glittering lakes and glacial mountains. It is also known for being home to the most beautiful women in the world.
An Australian city has been ranked the 10th 'most Instagrammable' place in the world – if you guessed Sydney, you would be spot on. The popular Aussie destination famed for its picturesque beaches made its top 10 appearance on Big 7 Travel's 50 most Instagrammable places in the world for 2023.
1. London, England. London is truly a world unto itself. From fantastic museums to back-alley speakeasies, hip gourmet restaurants to nameless holes-in-the-wall serving the best in far-off cuisines – London's appeal is impossible to resist.
As thousands of these creatures return to pollinate Curridabat, the city becomes sweeter. The natural process of ecology takes over, causing plants to thrive, and citizens to be healthier.
Top millionaire hotspots
New York City wears the crown as the world's top city with the most millionaires in 2023.
As one of the top financial hubs in the world and the wealthiest city in main Europe, Frankfurt is home to more than 117,000 millionaires, including 14 billionaires. Frankfurt stands out from other big German cities (Berlin, Hamburg) in terms of wealthy populations despite contributing less to the country's GDP.
Australia had over 176 thousand millionaires in 2020, an increase in the number of millionaires from the previous year. This was estimated to grow to over 215 thousand millionaires in the country by 2025.
New York is the world's most popular place for the super rich to own a property, according to a new report by data firm Altrata. A total of 21,714 ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) individuals — those worth over $30 million — own either a primary or secondary residence in the city, the study found.
Three of the four biggest clusters of billionaires in the world are classic US destinations for the uberwealthy: New York City, Los Angeles, and the Bay Area, which includes the neighboring tech hubs of San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Nearly 163 billionaires reside in those three hot spots alone.
Maybe it is the windiest city in Australia and the third windiest city in the world. The windiest point on Perth's metropolitan coastline is Ocean Reef. Last night was no exception, at 10pm the Ocean Reef weather station measured winds at 106 km/hr.
Coming in first place is Bergen, Norway, ranked highly for its very low levels of traffic congestion (13%), low levels of light and noise pollution (25), and a high average life expectancy of 83 years.