The 'coolest' streets in the world for 2022 revealed by Time Out

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(CNN) — When it comes to fashion, street style has as much cachet as runway style – in fact, there are dozens of blogs and Instagram accounts dedicated to describing the best streetwear looks.

Urban chic has always started on the street, where people of all classes and backgrounds can mingle on their way to work, school, home and entertainment.

This year, Time Out — the media and hospitality brand that publishes local guides to some of the world’s most interesting cities — has its second annual the coolest streets in the world.

More than a neighborhood, a single street can define a city’s culture.

“In most of the world, pre-pandemic life has returned with a bang. With people excitedly planning and hitting the road again in their own cities and on city breaks,” James Manning, travel editor for Time Out, said in a statement. declaration. “Our list of the coolest streets in the world includes the major thoroughfares that locals know – including our expert editors and contributors – to meander down now.”

This year’s list has 33 streets, three more than the inaugural collection in 2021. It also includes several new cities, including Taipei, Mumbai, Athens and Accra.

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North America

MacDougal Street in New York’s Greenwich Village, is at 29 on the list.

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This year’s list-topper is Rue Wellington, in the Verdun neighborhood of Montreal.

Time Out Canada editor Laura Osborne says the street has “great cocktail bars, great brunch spots, some of the best sandwiches in town, and even a sandy beach in town,” plus it will become pedestrian-only by 2023, which no doubt means more. cool will add points.

“We know that this high street, also known as Promenade Wellington, has been reinventing itself in original and creative ways for many years now, and it’s really exciting to see Verdun continue to shine,” Yves Lalumière, President and CEO of Tourisme Montreal, told CNN Travel.

While the United States didn’t come first, America can rest assured that it has the largest number of streets on the list – Miami’s Calle Ocho, New York City’s MacDougal Street (home of the perennial favorite cocktail bar Dante) and Chicago’s Wentworth Avenue all make the cut.

Mexico’s representative on the list is Avenida Ámsterdam in Mexico City’s hip Condesa neighborhood.

Asia and the Pacific

Karangahape Road -- which the locals call "K-way" -- in Auckland at number six.

Karangahape Road – called “K-Road” by the locals – in Auckland ranks sixth.

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Five of the top 10 streets are in this region.

Melbourne, Australia topped the 2021 list with Smith Street, but has fallen to second place this year. The city’s Gertrude Street made the list, with Time Out Australia’s Eliza Campbell describing it as “beautiful, unassuming and devoid of the rampant nightlife of its relatively rowdy siblings.”

In seventh place comes Tai Ping Shan, a neighborhood-within-a-neighborhood on the main island of Hong Kong.

CNN digital producer Rhea Mogul, who lives on the streets, reports that the dog-friendly cafes and “great mix of old and new” are the best thing about living there. Tai Ping means “peace and stability” in Cantonese, while Shan means “hill”.

A high debut for 2022 is Taipei’s Yongkang Street, home to beloved craft beer makers Zhang Men Brewing.

“We have integrated several resources to promote this neighborhood to international tourists, and we are very pleased to have it on the list,” Huang Shih-fang, director of the international affairs department of the Taiwan Tourism Commission, told CNN. “We hope to bring tourists back to the area once the border is open.”

Europe

Time Out, headquartered in London, seemed close to home for some of its picks this year. The British capital’s coolest thoroughfare in 2022 is Deptford High Street, a mix of street stalls, markets, shops, bars and more, which Time Out editor Chris Waywell says is not only London’s coolest street, but also the ‘coolest street in London’. most lively’.

Further north, Glasgow’s Great Western Road is the UK’s highest entrance, at number three.

And Copenhagen, the metropolis of Denmark, which was crowned “Europe’s New” by CNN Travel capital of cool” last year — lands in fifth place. The street of Værnedamsvej was called a “mini-Paris” by the editors of Time Out because of wine and cheese shops and lots of fresh flowers. That must hurt for Paris, which isn’t actually the make list.

Other European streets on the 2022 list include Kolokotroni in Athens, Calle Echegaray in Madrid and Capel Street in Dublin.

Of the last of the three, Dublin-based travel writer Nicola Brady says that Capel—which rhymes with ‘maple’—’feels like a real slice of old Dublin’.

She adds that the street, which became pedestrianized earlier this year, “has small hardware stores and pubs that have been around for decades, in addition to great Korean and Vietnamese restaurants that are newer to the scene.”