After combing 59 countries around the world, the famous British magazine Time Out has just chosen the world’s coolest neighborhood. Unsurprisingly, it’s right here at home, and very popular with the Marseillais…
Which is the coolest neighborhood in the world?
Is Marseille cooler than Miami, Bali or Sydney? That’s what Time Out, an international cultural guide that ranks the world’s coolest neighborhoods, has just announced .
And here’s further proof that Marseille has nothing to envy the rest of the world, as the Notre-Dame-du-Mont district has just been voted the coolest in the world! Renowned for its colorful cul-de-sacs and graffiti-covered streets, the neighborhood was chosen above all by Time Out for its diversity.
“Around the metro, new arrivals from Paris and beyond sun themselves on the terraces of Rue de Lodi, mingling with a motley crowd of punks and their dogs, women in colorful dresses and salty old sailors sipping 8.6 beer. Once known as the artists’ quarter, today it has the relaxed, jovial atmosphere of a local market. For a small area, it’s home to a remarkable concentration of galleries, lively restaurants, chic boutiques, community stores and new places hidden behind pizza trucks,” describes the media outlet.
A prize that makes all Marseillais who visit it daily proud! And if you’d like to know our favorite addresses in the neighborhood, this is the place to go.
The complete ranking
Here are Time Out’s top 10 coolest neighborhoods in the world:
- Notre-Dame-du-Mont, Marseille – France
- Mers Sultan, Casablanca – Morocco
- Pererenan, Bali – Indonesia
- Seongsu-dong, Seoul – South Korea
- Kerns, Portland – United States
Stokes Croft and St Paul’s, Bristol – United Kingdom - Chippendale, Sydney – Australia
- Príncipe Real, Lisbon – Portugal
- Glória, Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
- Windsor, Melbourne – Australia