Laureles in Medellín, Colombia, has been named the Coolest Neighbourhood in the World to visit right now by Time Out.
It offers an ‘authentic balance of laid-back vibes alongside some of the best nightlife in the city’ and tops a 40-strong ranking for 2023 designed to showcase neighbourhoods that ‘have the best mix of cutting-edge culture, affordable great food and drink, street life, nightlife and community’.
Grace Beard, Travel Editor at Time Out, says: ‘What stands out with this year’s
Colonia Americana in Guadalajara, Mexico, has been named the Coolest Neighbourhood in the World to visit right now by Time Out.
It’s ‘an edgy blend of Art Deco and neoclassical mansions… contains some of the city’s best music venues’ and tops a 51-strong ranking designed to ‘help travellers and residents get under the skin of the world’s most distinctive city neighbourhoods’.
Dave Calhoun, Chief Content Officer North America & UK at Time Out, adds: ‘Each year we ask our international
Coronavirus cases are now falling in virtually every area of England, official figures show as the Omicron wave continues to collapse with deaths six times lower than in the second wave.
Some 6,519 out of 6,790 neighbourhoods (96 per cent) around the country recorded a fall in infections in the week to January 11, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
It means 54million people are living in places with declining case rates now just eight weeks after Omicron
Covid cases are now falling in two-thirds of London’s neighbourhoods, MailOnline can reveal amid buoyed hopes that the Omicron wave is already slowing down after just a month.
Some 622 of 983 districts dotted across the capital saw their coronavirus infection rates drop last week, in a sign that the worst may already be over.
Experts fear the U-turn may be because fewer tests were carried out over the festive period, with up to 4million Londoners — nearly half the
England’s worst-hit neighbourhoods saw their Covid outbreaks sextuple in size during the week before Christmas, according to MailOnline’s analysis of Government statistics which lays bare how quickly Omicron has torn through the country.
Cases in Lower Penwortham North, a district of Preston, jumped from 196 to 1,192 per 100,000 people in the week leading up to December 22, the latest date regional data is available for.
Official statistics also show the number of positive tests doubled over the same time-frame
The coolest neighbourhoods in the world have been named by the influential Time Out guide, and Norrebro in Copenhagen has claimed the top spot.
Coming second in the guide’s annual ranking is Andersonville in Chicago, with Jongno 3-ga in Seoul seizing third place. Leith in Edinburgh just misses out on the top three, coming fourth, while Dalston in London and Dublin 8 in Dublin both make the top 15.
The list was put together using a global survey of 27,000
