Copenhagen among world’s top waterfront cities

Danish capital ranked fourth behind Auckland, Barcelona and Vancouver

Jun 1, 2016

Copenhagen has been ranked among the best cities in the world located on the water by the tourism firm Chicago Line Cruises (CLC) (here in English).

The Danish capital ranked fourth behind top-ranked Auckland, Barcelona and Vancouver, while Singapore completed the top five.

“Copenhagen sits on two islands in the Baltic Sea. Built in and around the water, it features many bridges and waterside walkways and parks,” CLC wrote.

Hat-trick of parameters
CLC pointed to Tivoli Gardens and the city’s many historical buildings, castles and architecture as attractions, and named the restaurant Geranium as a place of note.

Chicago, Sydney, San Francisco, Tokyo and New York completed the top ten, while Helsinki (13) and Oslo (17) also made the top 20.

The ranking is based on the Mercer Quality of Life Ranking – which annually ranks 200 cities worldwide based on factors including politics, economics, the environment, health, education and transport – and the Euromonitor Ranking, which ranks cities based on tourism traffic.

Finally, the ranking also takes into account the Numbeo Basket of Goods, the world’s largest crowdsourced database, which quantifies dozens of living condition parameters.

TOP STORIES

Danish politicians will double life science exports in a few years

“Strategy for life science” is a policy agreement to support the pharmaceutical industry’s opportunities to double exports to DKK 350 billion towards 2030
Royal House unveils new portraits of King Frederik and Queen Mary

Ten months after Frederik went from crown prince to king, new civil portraits of the new royal couple have been taken.
“Without internationals, we wouldn’t have the people we need,” says Fujifilm

Fujifilm’s Hillerød facility thrives with a diverse workforce, employing over 1,800 people from more than 65 nationalities. Morten Munk, Director of Global Alliance Management, highlights how the company’s rapid growth relies on attracting international talent due to Denmark’s limited pool of scientific professionals.
Denmark’s green transition is world class – according to the global climate index

No country has an ambitious enough climate policy to be awarded first, second or third place in global climate policy. Denmark holds 4th-place ranking in the Climate Change Performance Index
“Now the biggest challenge is to retain internationals”, says Ferring

Mads Hougaard, senior HR director at the pharmaceutical company, explains that “it is also a challenge for society itself. I think collaboration between institutions, companies, and stakeholders could be beneficial.”
“How on earth do you learn all those lines?”

This is the question actors are often asked. Actors dread it because they always hope that their performance was what mattered most, not the mechanics of getting there

Connect club

Connect Club is your gateway to a vibrant programme of events and an international community in Denmark.

5 Dec: A guided tour of Christiansborg

Career

“Talents, start using AI tools now,” says Siri and Change.org founder

In an exclusive interview with The Copenhagen Post, the founder of Siri and Change.org, and currently VP of AI Experience at Airbnb, gives young talents advice on how to deal with the job market changed by artificial intelligence.
“Without internationals, we wouldn’t have the people we need,” says Fujifilm

Fujifilm’s Hillerød facility thrives with a diverse workforce, employing over 1,800 people from more than 65 nationalities. Morten Munk, Director of Global Alliance Management, highlights how the company’s rapid growth relies on attracting international talent due to Denmark’s limited pool of scientific professionals.
“Now the biggest challenge is to retain internationals”, says Ferring

Mads Hougaard, senior HR director at the pharmaceutical company, explains that “it is also a challenge for society itself. I think collaboration between institutions, companies, and stakeholders could be beneficial.”

Want to advertise your job with CPH Post?

Jobs