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Derry makes it onto top ten cities on the planet!

  • 23-10-2012 09:23AM
    #1
    Ghandee
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    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:


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  • #2
    pickarooney
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    The European Capital of Culture 2013 doesn't make the list. Not really surprising though.


  • #3
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


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


  • #4
    Talib Fiasco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭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.


  • #5
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #6
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #7
    reprazant
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    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.


  • #8
    Talib Fiasco
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    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.


  • #9
    fishy fishy
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    congrats Derry


  • #10
    Ghandee
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    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:


  • #11
    kraggy
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    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.


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  • #12
    kfallon
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    Up The Bogside!!! :D


  • #13
    jester77
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    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.


  • #14
    PizzamanIRL
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    Derry were robbed! It's a top 3 city at least.


  • #15
    tmc86
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    Congrats, it's derry good altogether!


  • #16
    Chuck Stone
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    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.


  • #17
    Ghandee
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    kfallon wrote: »
    Up The Bogside!!! :D

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


  • #18
    Plazaman
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    So good they named it twice....
    4. Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland


  • #19
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭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. :)


  • #20
    Ghandee
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    PizzamanIRL wrote: »
    Derry were robbed! It's a top 3 city at least.

    It was in fourth place.

    Edit, crafty ninja edit pizza!


  • #21
    kfallon
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    Ghandee wrote: »
    Do you prefer going up the water side or the bog side?

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


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  • #22
    PizzamanIRL
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    Ghandee wrote: »
    It was in fourth place.

    And?


  • #23
    kfallon
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    Plazaman wrote: »
    So good they named it twice....

    Freederry......3 times!


  • #24
    Mr Benevolent
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    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.


  • #25
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭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!


  • #26
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    PizzamanIRL wrote: »
    And?

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

    I seen it, lol!


  • #27
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭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.


  • #28
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,387 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #29
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


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


  • #30
    Ghandee
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    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.


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  • #31
    pickarooney
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    Hyderabad is roughly the same size as Paris or Moscow and 2500 years old. Hobart is smaller than Cork.


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