Derry makes it onto top ten cities on the planet!

Ghandee

Good to see!

Derry city has been named in the top ten best cities in the world list by lonely planet!

DERRY has earned a place in the 'Lonely Planet' travel bible as one of the top 10 cities in the world to visit next year. The city trounced competition from destinations many times its size to take fourth place in the 'Best in Travel 2013' city recommendations.

Only one other European city, Amsterdam, made it in to the top 10.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/derry-makes-it-into-top-10-cities-on-planet-3270084.html

Great to see the maiden city getting its name added to the list!

We beat other big cities in Europe such as London, Paris, Rome (even Dublin lol!)

Very proud Derry man today!

Read it and weep Cork :pac:

pickarooney

The European Capital of Culture 2013 doesn't make the list. Not really surprising though.

jester77

So what they are saying is that they don't recommend visiting Derry this year

Talib Fiasco

Lol @ 'Lonely Planet'.

Meh some fruity award doesn't hide the fact Cork and Dublin still are away better cities and always will be. You'd be foolish not to think that.

Chuck Stone

TheComeUp wrote: »

Lol @ 'Lonely Planet'.

Meh some fruity award doesn't hide the fact Cork and Dublin still are away better cities and always will be. You'd be foolish not to think that.

The bitterness is strong in this one.

Where To

The adjudicators were obviously deaf, like heavily polluted rivers, like to see makeup wearing a bit of a girl, and never ventured passed Waterloo Place.









*only joking. . . . . mostly.

reprazant

There is always one 'joke' city in that list to get in the papers.

I am pretty sure they had Aberdeen in the list before.

Talib Fiasco

Chuck Stone wrote: »

The bitterness is strong in this one.

About a list that has Amsterdam and Addis Ababa and some unknown Indian city on it? Meh each to their own but the list is seriously flawed. Only two European cities? It's clear they're just trying to promote less known places and then throwing in a few heavy hitters like San Fransisco and Beijing...but more luck to Derry...the tourists will have a great laugh I'd imagine.

fishy fishy

congrats Derry

Ghandee

Where To wrote: »

The adjudicators were obviously deaf, like heavily polluted rivers, like to see makeup wearing a bit of a girl, and never ventured passed Waterloo Place.









*only joking. . . . . mostly.

Wheelers chipper on the strand road is prob what swung it for us :pac:

kraggy

You've interpreted it wrongly. It's not been deemed one of the top ten cities in the world.

It's been listed in the top ten places to visit next year.

Big difference.

kfallon

Up The Bogside!!!

jester77

Here's the full list:

1. San Francisco, US
2. Amsterdam, Netherlands
3. Hyderabad, India
4. Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland
5. Beijing, China
6. Christchurch, New Zealand
7. Hobart, Australia
8. Montreal, Canada
9. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
10. Puerto Iguazu, Argentina

A few places there I wouldn't mind visiting next year.

PizzamanIRL

Derry were robbed! It's a top 3 city at least.

tmc86

Congrats, it's derry good altogether!

Chuck Stone

TheComeUp wrote: »

About a list that has Amsterdam and Addis Ababa and some unknown Indian city on it? Meh each to their own but the list is seriously flawed. Only two European cities? It's clear they're just trying to promote less known places and then throwing in a few heavy hitters like San Fransisco and Beijing...but more luck to Derry...the tourists will have a great laugh I'd imagine.

Yeah?

And you're smelly.

Ghandee

kfallon wrote: »

Up The Bogside!!!

Do you prefer going up the water side or the bog side?

Plazaman

So good they named it twice....

4. Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Where To

Ghandee wrote: »

Wheelers chipper on the strand road is prob what swung it for us :pac:

Never been the same since they put seats in it. . . I think they must have been in Da Vincis D & D club on a Saturday night.

Ghandee

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Derry were robbed! It's a top 3 city at least.

It was in fourth place.

Edit, crafty ninja edit pizza!

kfallon

Ghandee wrote: »

Do you prefer going up the water side or the bog side?

I'll take what I can get.....

PizzamanIRL

Ghandee wrote: »

It was in fourth place.

And?

kfallon

Plazaman wrote: »

So good they named it twice....

Freederry......3 times!

Mr Benevolent

TheComeUp wrote: »

Lol @ 'Lonely Planet'.

Meh some fruity award doesn't hide the fact Cork and Dublin still are away better cities and always will be. You'd be foolish not to think that.

Speaking as a Dubliner, Dublin is a bit shite and Cork... well, enough said.

Duckworth_Luas

Ghandee wrote: »

Read it and weep Cork :pac:

Cork made this same list in 2009, a full 3 years before Derry!

Link here! Seems like they change the entire list every year. Expect Termonfeckin to be there in 2016!

Ghandee

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

And?

Your original post (before your edit) said it didn't make top five.....

I seen it, lol!

BraziliaNZ

Christchurch NZ? FFS, one of the most boring cities I've ever been to. Must be some kind of sympathy vote to get them some business after the quake.

super_furry

Derry is a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there. Much like I'd imagine other top ten places in that list Addis Ababa and Hyderabad.

pickarooney

Bit of a cheat putting Puerto Iguazu as well. The city itself is nothing.

Ghandee

jester77 wrote: »

Here's the full list:

1. San Francisco, US
2. Amsterdam, Netherlands
3. Hyderabad, India
4. Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland
5. Beijing, China
6. Christchurch, New Zealand
7. Hobart, Australia
8. Montreal, Canada
9. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
10. Puerto Iguazu, Argentina

A few places there I wouldn't mind visiting next year.

TheComeUp wrote: »

About a list that has Amsterdam and Addis Ababa and some unknown Indian city on it? Meh each to their own but the list is seriously flawed. Only two European cities? It's clear they're just trying to promote less known places and then throwing in a few heavy hitters like San Fransisco and Beijing...but more luck to Derry...the tourists will have a great laugh I'd imagine.

Admittedly I've never heard of the Indian city, or the Argentinian city before, but to consider Hobart, Christchurch and Montreal as 'lesser known' cities is silly tbh.

pickarooney

Hyderabad is roughly the same size as Paris or Moscow and 2500 years old. Hobart is smaller than Cork.

Ghandee

pickarooney wrote: »

Hyderabad is roughly the same size as Paris or Moscow and 2500 years old. Hobart is smaller than Cork.

Yeah but compared too deli, Mumbai etc its probably small (and certainly less well known)
Hobart is Tasmania's Capital, and the Sydney-Hobart yacht race is widely known.

FutureGuy

Congrats to Derry. Really enjoyed my visit there.

FutureGuy

Ghandee wrote: »

Good to see!

Derry city has been named in the top ten best cities in the world list by lonely planet!



http://www.independent.ie/national-news/derry-makes-it-into-top-10-cities-on-planet-3270084.html

Great to see the maiden city getting its name added to the list!

We beat other big cities in Europe such as London, Paris, Rome (even Dublin lol!)

Very proud Derry man today!

Read it and weep Cork :pac:

Was a great post until there. :rolleyes:

Omackeral

I've heard Derry/Londonderry being referred to as Stroke City... nothing short of genius in my opinion.

Father Damo

Dont know about you but most Lonely Planet chapters I have read seem to be authored by someone who spent at most one or two days in the said location and plucked the hostel and nightlife recommendations from the internet. Some more off the beaten track places, I have serious doubts about whether the author went there at all they are so vague or general.
I mean, Christchurch? From what I have heard it is still a veritable ghost town and the rebuild will take many many years. You half wonder if LP is taking a few backhanders off various local tourism boards.

citytillidie

Omackeral wrote: »

I've heard Derry/Londonderry being referred to as Stroke City... nothing short of genius in my opinion.

No its not

pickarooney

Ghandee wrote: »

Yeah but compared too deli, Mumbai etc its probably small (and certainly less well known)
Hobart is Tasmania's Capital, and the Sydney-Hobart yacht race is widely known.

Hyderabad is the capital of Andhra Pradesh, which has more inhabitants than Germany. It's got a million and one things more to recommend it than being the end of a boat race, in fairness.

Mr. Loverman

I think if I flew all the way to Ireland to see Derry, I'd be rather disappointed.

I was there a few years back and the phrase I would use to describe it is "depressing **** hole".

I could name plenty of different Irish cities which would be worth visiting ahead of Derry...

No offence meant.

Ghandee

pickarooney wrote: »

Hyderabad is the capital of Andhra Pradesh, which has more inhabitants than Germany. It's got a million and one things more to recommend it than being the end of a boat race, in fairness.

I don't doubt that for a second, my post was merely justifying why I hadn't heard of it.

FTR, I'd love to visit India at some point, extremely interesting place with great food and culture!

pickarooney

Ah I know, but if there's one place that deserves to be on the list it's probably this huge, history-rich city that few people in the west will have been to yet. It might be worth the long trip to get there... Doire or Hobart, not so much.

gobnaitolunacy

Passed thru Derry a few years ago. Unappealing is the word that comes to mind.

cometogether

Nice one. I've never been but I'd like to go someday!

DyldeBrill

Well done Derry and this is coming from a Dub! Looks like I'm gonna have to try a night out there soon myself!

Merkin

One has to ask whether the person who compiled this list has actually been to "Dorry heh"? I sincerely doubt it...it's a total kip. The best thing about the place is the sign saying you're leaving it.

gobnaitolunacy

Merkin wrote: »

One has to ask whether the person who compiled this list has actually been to "Dorry heh"? I sincerely doubt it...it's a total kip. The best thing about the place is the sign saying you're leaving it.

Next stop, Muff!

Sounds like a nice place anyway.

seven_eleven

Am I the only one questioning this? What was the criteria for rating it? I mean......really, derry?

Also, I can think quite a few better cities to slap in that top 10. Maybe a few hundred to take Derry's place.

fasttalkerchat

Man from Derry was being interviewed in the radio today about his work in Syria... when the story about Derry coming 4th on the best cities to visit was revealed to him he quipped "And it came 2nd on the list of best cities to get out of".

donegal_road

Derry is the best place in the country to be on Halloween night. Ive been a couple of years, such a huge party they have there. If anyone is thinking of visiting now that its being talked about, be sure to try and make it up for this Halloween

citytillidie

Mr. Loverman wrote: »

I think if I flew all the way to Ireland to see Derry, I'd be rather disappointed.

I was there a few years back and the phrase I would use to describe it is "depressing **** hole".

I could name plenty of different Irish cities which would be worth visiting ahead of Derry...

No offence meant.

Its more to do with the city of culture and the events that will be on in the city

Madam

I like Derry but its the people who make it what it is, nice folk those Derry wans:)

I hate people who visit for an hour or so and have the gall to call it a sh*thole:mad:).