Dublin voted one of the friendliest cities in the world

Sunnyisland

Dublin has been voted one of the friendliest cities on the planet by an influential travel magazine.


Readers of Conde Nast Traveller ranked the Irish capital fifth in its top 10 of the world's most welcoming urban destinations.

Rising eight places from the 13th most friendly city last year, it shares the position in the popularity stakes with Sydney, Australia.

The top spots included Auckland, New Zealand; Melbourne, Australia; Victoria, Canada; and Charleston in South Carolina, US.

Only two European cities made it into the top 10 - the other being Seville in Spain - compiled from the findings of the magazine's readers choice survey.

Dublin is described as a "vibrant city" and, in a nod to its literary fame, as a "bibliophile's dream".

It was also noted for being "green, lush and very walkable" and "the kind of place you stop in for a drink in a local pub, only to end up chatting with the locals for the next five hours".

The magazine also references US first lady Michelle Obama's trip to Dublin with her daughters last year when she was photographed with Bono at his local pub.

Niall Gibbons, chief executive of Tourism Ireland, said the city's high ranking came as no surprise.

"Again and again, our research shows us that the friendliness of our people is one of our unique selling points," he said.

"It is the warm welcome and the 'craic' here that resonates with our overseas visitors and makes Dublin and Ireland such a great choice for a short break or holiday."

Other cities making up the most friendly list are Siem Reap, Cambodia; Cape Town, South Africa; Savannah, Georgia; and finally Seville.

The poll also named the most unfriendly cities in the world as Johannesburg, South Africa; Cannes, France; Moscow, Russia; as well as Paris and Marseille, also in France.

The worst 10 also included Beijing, China; Frankfurt, Germany; Milan, Italy; Monte Carlo, Monaco; and Nassau, Bahamas.

http://www.sundayworld.com/top-stories/news/dublin-voted-one-of-the-friendliest-cities-in-the-world

With lots of negative stories and comments about our capital city doing the rounds, it's nice to see that it has it's good points to :-)

jamo2oo9

Personally, I think this is a load of bull****

The_Pretender

The most surprising part of this is the fact that we were as far down as 13th place last year :eek:

Nib

Dublin is green and lush?

It's an utter stink hole.

20Cent

All true. Not many cities where you can pull up a barstool and start chatting with whoever is around you. We are great at giving directons too whenever you see someone struggling with a map a Dub will stop and help out.

Joe prim

Dubbalin.....Love it or leave it, Righ Bud?

solomafioso

"influential travel magazine" rrrrrrrrrrrrrrright.

Now f*ck off, I've a busy morning planned after feeding my ten little miracles their morning dose of heroin. Then it's to prey on deh foreigners. Might nick a taxi. Dunno, ingestin' hand sanitiser does weird things to ya.

Tarzana

Yay Dublin!

*First Friday G&T making its way into my system*

dd972

:pac::pac::pac:

Friendly?

loike fuk it is

leBIT

Nib wrote: »

Dublin is green and lush?

It's an utter stink hole.

Biggest park in europe right in the city....how is it not green. You're a bogger who probably doesn't even have electricity but it's green for a city.

Santa Cruz

leBIT wrote: »

Biggest park in europe right in the city....how is it not green. You're a bogger who probably doesn't even have electricity but it's green for a city.

Ah the intelligence of the native Dubliner comes out

Turtyturd

Dublin envy everywhere.

Tarzana

Turtyturd wrote: »

Dublin envy everywhere.

I doubt that very much. "Wow Carlow, I'm really envious, I wish I lived in you."

humanji

Don't let this thread descend into a Jackeens Vs Boggers thread. If you feel the need to insult people, go elsewhere.

Macavity.

20Cent wrote: »

Not many cities where you can pull up a barstool and start chatting with whoever is around you. We are great at giving directons too whenever you see someone struggling with a map a Dub will stop and help out.

All of the above is entirely dependent on the relevant individuals, you could get the same treatment in any other city.

I like Dublin though.

Hotfail.com

I like to visit Dublin, not a chance I'd ever live there though.

Highflyer13

Dublin is great but think of how good it could be if we got rid of the absolute vermin that patrol the city centre. The OConnell street area in particular needs to be cleaned up.

Highflyer13

Dublin is great but think of how good it could be if we got rid of the absolute vermin that patrol the city centre. The OConnell street area in particular needs to be cleaned up.

cloud493

Cant say I've ever thought of the city centre as particularly green. As I've said many a time though, not as bad as people make out, even if there is unquestionably a social problem.

Arthur Beesley

They must have spiked the methadone that day. Otherwise they probably thought the junkies were also tourists.

yes there

Tourists ruin the place, the mannerless *****. If it means not having to encounter and traverse them id be happy having the capital as low as it would take on the list unfortunately it is nice so that wont happen.

PizzamanIRL

Funny that the cities above Dublin are filled with Irish people.

fleet_admiral

Nib wrote: »

Dublin is green and lush?

It's an utter stink hole.

Phoenix park, St. Annes park, beach and mountains all within 25 minutes of the city centre

John_Rambo

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Phoenix park, St. Annes park, beach and mountains all within 25 minutes of the city centre

Plenty of city centre parks and green areas too. I wonder do these people questioning their own cities ever travel around Ireland?

Heading to the city centre tomorrow for a few hours. Looking forward to it. Always find it very very friendly, from shop staff to street traders to complete strangers.

questionmark?

Dublin could the best city in Europe with its history, culture and general craic but instead we have junkies in the middle of town, stupid prices, poor transport etc... all caused by the Irish attitude of ah sure its grand!

jjbrien

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Phoenix park, St. Annes park, beach and mountains all within 25 minutes of the city centre

and St Stevens Green

Must people who run down Dublin prob havent been outside of Ireland too much they will after being in London or Toronto learn how nice Dublin and its people are

fleet_admiral

Highflyer13 wrote: »

Dublin is great but think of how good it could be if we got rid of the absolute vermin that patrol the city centre. The OConnell street area in particular needs to be cleaned up.

Couldnt agree more, but the anti north Dublin council are happy to leave it as it is. You wouldnt see junkies on kildare street or the surrounding area

takamichinoku

Ignoring the fact that someone challenges me on the street every single time I'm up there, it's a lovely place!

dd972

It's not just the junkies, the chippy, aggressive, grouchy, woe-is-me, arrogant, middle aged, working class Dub is equally unpleasant to encounter.

Dublin thinks it's a big player in the world city forum, in reality it's a woefully deluded and small time village.

cloud493

dd972 wrote: »

It's not just the junkies, the chippy, aggressive, grouchy, woe-is-me, arrogant, middle aged, working class Dub is equally unpleasant to encounter.

Dublin thinks it's a big player in the world city forum, in reality it's a woefully deluded and small time village.

Sigh.

catallus

It's a lovely place. So many people are so warm and welcoming; it might have it's share of scum but any built-up area will have that.

Arthur Beesley

jjbrien wrote: »

and St Stevens Green

Must people who run down Dublin prob havent been outside of Ireland too much they will after being in London or Toronto learn how nice Dublin and its people are

Plus Fairview Park and Clontarf coast.

cloud493

I think theres plenty of nice stuff in city centre, and even more if you venture outside, even half an hour or out to malahide and what not.

Sunnyisland

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

Plus Fairview Park and Clontarf coast.

Memorial gardens in Islandbridge

http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/Dublin/WarMemorialGardens/

John_Rambo

Any doubters out there, knock around the Drury st., South William st., Coppinger row, Wicklow st., Fade st., Georges st., area on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday night... Grab and early bird and go fora couple of pints. You will experience a vibrant friendly city serving the best food in the country.

Hotfail.com

To be honest I think the main reason it would come across as friendly to a foreign tourist is because, unlike many major cities in Europe, it's actually quite small.

I wouldn't classify the place as outstandingly friendly at all, whenever I'm up there there's always an intimidating atmosphere around the place. Back a few years ago the issue along the LUAS line was the amount of homeless, now there's security guards which (while they are necessary) seem equally as intimating. Go into O'Connell street and you'll still see plenty of scumbags around the place. In my experience it's a relatively rough city, I wouldn't feel comfortable walking around there at night.

moxin

A few weeks ago at the bottom of Grafton St, I was asked by an American middle aged tourist where is the "Post Office"? I said it was about a 15min walk max up across the river but she kept pointing to Trinity College which as you know is in spitting distance. I had to keep telling her that Trinity College is not the Post Office but she said the post office at 15min was too far to walk(more like 10min), she just came across as too lazy and yes she looked able bodied!
I dunno but I was friendly in helping but as she is a tourist ya think she was ready to explore the city? In other news, I have noticed official helpers in the form of young people associated with the tourist office out on the streets offering to help people lost, perhaps that had an influence on the survey?

Sunnyisland

A lot of posters here slagging of Dublin

But the figures once again speak for themselfs, asbove and last years

Both lists also confirm the dominance of Dublin in Irish tourism... with six of the 10 top paid-for attractions and a whopping nine of the top 10 free attractions all located within the capital.




: http://www.independent.ie/life/travel/ireland/irelands-top-10-tourist-attractions-revealed-30397521.html#sthash.EFsBsQXL.dpuf

Tarzana

dd972 wrote: »

Dublin thinks it's a big player in the world city forum

No it doesn't. Dubliners are fully aware that it's not NYC, London, or Toyko. Why does it have to be alpha city for people to like the place?

Tail Docker

Dublin's grand, It's where I head for if I want a night out, great nightlife, people are friendly and the junkies everyone goes on about are busy being junkies - if you go looking for them, you'll find them, but they're harmless compared to what a wander around London or Frankfurt or Moscow would have you find. It's a nice city, the knockers generally just miss their fields/cousins when they're up there and end up feeling homesick - they're confusing that for fear/dislike.

Hotfail.com

realies wrote: »

A lot of posters here slagging of Dublin

But the figures once again speak for themselfs, asbove and last years

Both lists also confirm the dominance of Dublin in Irish tourism... with six of the 10 top paid-for attractions and a whopping nine of the top 10 free attractions all located within the capital.




: http://www.independent.ie/life/travel/ireland/irelands-top-10-tourist-attractions-revealed-30397521.html#sthash.EFsBsQXL.dpuf

Most tourists go to Dublin, both overseas and (presumably) domestic, it's not surprising, it'd be worrying if it was anything less.

italodisco

Dont think Brooks fans would agree lol

shruikan2553

Doesnt matter, tourism is dead now thanks to people screwing over Garth Brooks, sure who would go here anymore?

:pac:

In Lonesome Dove

italodisco wrote: »

Dont think Brooks fans would agree lol

Damn right. The only good thing about Dublin in 2014 was an american country & western singer coming for a few gigs. Says a lot about the place really.

FTA69

jjbrien wrote: »

and St Stevens Green

Must people who run down Dublin prob havent been outside of Ireland too much they will after being in London or Toronto learn how nice Dublin and its people are

I live in London and I'd rather the cold indifference you get in the city centre here than being blackguarded every two seconds by smackheads in Dublin. People here might be fairly anonymous, but at least you aren't getting hassled ever two f*cking seconds the minute you stop walking,

corner of hells

Hotfail.com wrote: »

To be honest I think the main reason it would come across as friendly to a foreign tourist is because, unlike many major cities in Europe, it's actually quite small.

I wouldn't classify the place as outstandingly friendly at all, whenever I'm up there there's always an intimidating atmosphere around the place. Back a few years ago the issue along the LUAS line was the amount of homeless, now there's security guards which (while they are necessary) seem equally as intimating. Go into O'Connell street and you'll still see plenty of scumbags around the place. In my experience it's a relatively rough city, I wouldn't feel comfortable walking around there at night.

The issue on Luas line was antisocial behaviour not homeless people .
Relatively rough in comparison to what other city that you've experienced.

Sunnyisland

In Lonesome Dove wrote: »

Damn right. The only good thing about Dublin in 2014 was an american country & western singer coming for a few gigs. Says a lot about the place really.

I think you will find that most of the people going to garth brooks were not from Dublin at all, but as the numbers were so huge it was only Dublin that could accommodate the numbers, says a lot about the rest of the country really.

smellmepower

FTA69 wrote: »

I live in London and I'd rather the cold indifference you get in the city centre here than being blackguarded every two seconds by smackheads in Dublin. People here might be fairly anonymous, but at least you aren't getting hassled ever two f*cking seconds the minute you stop walking,

Where in Dublin City Centre are hassled by drug addicts every two seconds?I work behind O'Connell Street and socialise around the South William/Georges Street area mainly,and the only (minor) hassle I ever encounter is the odd time I sit outside Grogans or McDaids and an addict tries to bum a smoke or some change off me.When that happens a polite "sorry" does the trick.

I feel sorry for them more than fear,and never understood why so many people on here make them out to be armies of violent zombies and such.

Obviously doesn't seem to bother the tourists either!

crockholm

I do remember a junkie Walking off with my toolbox and when I caught up to him he told me he"was mindin them,coz deres some roite fukkin thieves round here"-a very considerate local.

As for the pubs etc etc,you can have craic there,but it will likely be with a fellow Tourist/non resident-but the same can be said for Killarney and Galway in my experience, people have their own cliques-why invite the creepy looking loner at the bar to sit at your table?

So,bravo BAC,it's nice to read about some good news stories coming out of the capital.

Talib Fiasco

Ranking cities in terms of friendliness is like rating women out of 10....it's completely subjective and those who take it serious would seriously want a spoon of wake the f*ck up and sort your life out.

Amirani

dd972 wrote: »

Dublin thinks it's a big player in the world city forum, in reality it's a woefully deluded and small time village.

Most don't. It is independently considered an Alpha- World City however, thus making it one of the top 45 most influential cities in the world. I'm sure your view is far more impartial and balanced though.