When it comes to fashion, the style seen on the street is just as prestigious as the style on the runway – in fact, there are dozens of blogs and Instagram accounts dedicated to chronicling the best streetwear looks.
That’s because the “urban chic” style has always started on the street, where people from all kinds of classes and backgrounds can mingle on their way to work, school, home and bars.
This year, the “Time Out” – the media and hospitality brand that publishes local guides to some of the world’s most exciting cities – has released its second annual roundup of coolest streets in the world.
More than a neighborhood, a single street can define the culture of a city
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“In most parts of the world, pre-pandemic life has come back with a vengeance. With people making plans and hanging out in their own cities,” James Manning, travel editor at Time Out, said in a statement.
“Our list of the coolest streets in the world includes the top streets that informed locals – including our expert editors and contributors – recommend taking a walk now.”
This year’s list has 33 streets, three more than the inaugural ranking in 2021. It also includes several new cities, including Taipei, Mumbai, Athens and Accra.
North America
The top of this year’s list is the rue Wellington in the Verdun neighborhood of Montreal.
Time Out Canada editor Laura Osborne says the street has “killer cocktail bars, stellar brunch spots, some of the best sandwiches in town, and even a sandy urban beach,” as well as becoming pedestrian-only. in 2023, which will no doubt add more cool points.
“We know that this main street, also known as the Promenade Wellington, has been reinventing itself in original and creative ways for many years, and it is really exciting to see how Verdun continues to shine,” Yves Lalumière, President and CEO of Tourisme Montreal, told CNN Travel .
While the United States didn’t rank first, America can be sure that it has the most streets on the list – Miami’s Calle Ocho, New York’s MacDougal Street (home to perennial favorite cocktail bar Dante) and Wentworth’s Chicago Avenue all make the cut.
Mexico’s representative on the list is Amsterdam Avenue in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City.
Asia and the Pacific
Five of the top 10 streets are in this region.
Melbourne, Australia topped the 2021 list with Smith Street but dropped to second position this year.
The city’s Gertrude Street made the list, with Time Out Australia’s Eliza Campbell describing it as “beautiful, unpretentious and devoid of the rampant nightlife of its comparatively loud brethren”.
In seventh place is Tai Ping Shan a neighborhood within a neighborhood on the main island of Hong Kong.
CNN digital producer Rhea Mogul, who lives down the street, reports that the best thing about living there is the dog-friendly cafes and the “great mix of old and new.”
Tai Ping means “peace and stability” in Cantonese, while Shan means “hill”.
A big debut for 2022 is Yongkang Street in Taipei, home to beloved craft beer makers Zhang Men Brewing.
“We have integrated a number of resources to promote this neighborhood to international tourists and we are delighted that it is listed,” Huang Shih-fang, director of the international affairs division of the Taiwan tourism board, told CNN.
“We hope to bring tourists back to the area once the border opens.”
Europe
“Time Out”, based in London, could not fail to choose the streets of the city.
The coolest route in the British capital in 2022 is the Deptford High Street a mix of street stalls, markets, shops, bars and more, which Time Out editor Chris Waywell says is not just the coolest street in London, but the “liveliest”.
Further north, the Great Western Road from Glasgow it is the highest entry in the UK at number three.
And the Danish metropolis of Copenhagen is in fifth place. the street of Værnedamsvej it was nicknamed “mini Paris” by the editors of “Time Out”, due to the wine and cheese shops and lots of fresh flowers. That must hurt for Paris, who didn’t actually make the list.
Other European streets that are getting featured on the 2022 list are Kolokotroni in Athens, Calle Echegaray in Madrid and Capel Street in Dublin.
Of the last of these three, Dublin-based travel writer Nicola Brady says that Capel – which rhymes with “maple” – “feels like a proper slice of old Dublin”.
He adds that the street, which became pedestrianized earlier this year, has “small hardware stores and pubs that have been there for decades alongside great Korean and Vietnamese restaurants that are newer on the scene.”
The complete list of the coolest streets in the world:
1. Rue Wellington, Montreal
2. Gertrude Street, Melbourne
3. Great Western Road, Glasgow
4. Yongkang Street, Taipei
5. Værnedamsvej, Copenhagen
6. Karangahape Road, Auckland
7.Tai Ping Shan Street, Hong Kong
8. Yaowarat Road, Bangkok
9. Oranienstrasse, Berlin
10. Hayes Street, San Francisco
11. Amsterdam Avenue, Mexico City
12. Kolokotroni, Athens
13. Virgil Avenue, Los Angeles
14. Ossington Avenue, Toronto
15. Via Provenza, Medellin
16. Calle Ocho, Miami
17. Deptford High Street, London
18. Praça das Flores, Lisbon
19. Oxford Street, Accra
20. Wentworth Avenue, Chicago
21. Cutting Room Square, Manchester
22. Capel Street, Dublin
23. Jumeirah Beach Road, Dubai
24. Enmore Road, Sydney
25. Kagurazaka, Tokyo
26. Kloof Street, Cape Town
27. Süleyman Seba Caddesi, Istanbul
28. Calle Echegaray, Madrid
29. MacDougal Street, New York
30. Carrer del Comte Borrell, Barcelona
31. Newbury Street, Boston
32. Colaba Causeway, Mumbai
33. Everton Road, Singapore
Source: CNN Brasil
