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Study ranks Europe’s healthiest – and to so healthy – capital cities

Written by Fiona

October 12 2021

A study has discovered the healthiest capital city in Europe. Andorra la Vella in Andorra has been rated as the capital of health in the research carried out by PUMA in partnership with independent data collection.

The study analysed five variables, including the number of gyms, number of healthy restaurants, water quality, air pollution and total hours of sun light per year. 

The analysis looked at 52 European capitals, with some omitted due to a lack of available data. 

Both the number of gyms and the number of healthy restaurants have been scaled appropriately by population size to give a fair result.

Lisbon in Portugal is at number 2.
Bern in Switzerland is rated top 3.

Top five healthiest capitals in Europe 

Andorra la Vella in Andorra

Lisbon in Portugal

Bern in Switzerland

Tallinn in Estonia

Reykjavik in Iceland

Other keys finds

Edinburgh in Scotland is ranked a healthy 13th in the list

London in England is less healthy in 45th place

Ankara in Turkey is bottom of the list in 52nd place.

 

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