Kyiv has been named the 2023 Honorary Best City of the World in The World's 100 Best Cities ranking by the World Best Cities website and the Resonance international agency.
Vitalii Klitschko, the city’s mayor, reported this in a Telegram post.
"The historic Ukrainian capital is the urban beacon of courage and resilience leading a defiant nation against a murderous aggressor. It is, like the rest of Ukraine, a place of inexhaustible courage in the face of daily tragedy," the agency’s experts explained their choice.
The experts also acknowledged the significant development of the city’s infrastructure in the last decade, such as the creation and renovation of parks and squares, the improvement of the parking situation, and the renewal of the public transport fleet, Kyiv’s mayor added.
The top ten in The World's 100 Best Cities ranking:
- London
- Paris
- New York
- Tokio
- Dubai
- Barcelona
- Rome
- Madrid
- Singapore
- Amsterdam
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