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Extreme cities

2 December 2019

  • Commuters walk by surveillance cameras at a walkway between two subway stations in Beijing.

    Big Brother is watching: Chinese city with 2.6m cameras is world's most heavily surveilled

    Cities around the world are scaling up their use of surveillance cameras and facial recognition systems – but which ones are watching their citizens most closely?

5 November 2019

  • Tampa, Florida, tops MIT’s ‘Treepedia’ list of cities, which measures the canopy cover of 27 selected cities.

    Green streets: which city has the most trees?

    Urban trees offer huge benefits for climate regulation and personal wellbeing – and cities from Tampa to Frankfurt are intent on boosting their numbers

31 October 2019

  • Participants in costumes pose for a picture after a Halloween parade in Kawasaki city, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan,

    Hex in the city: which terrifying town hits Halloween hardest?

    Derry boasts a four-day festival, while in West Hollywood 500,000 revellers take part in a huge LGBT event – but which city goes the furthest to spook its citizens?

8 October 2019

  • Some cities including Dubai, pictured, have women-only carriages, but many argue that these are not a solution.

    Which city is the worst for sexual harassment on public transport?

    As reports of sexual harassment on the London underground soar, studies say the issue is the number-one safety risk facing girls and women worldwide

20 September 2019

  • A businessman sleeping on a bench at a Tokyo train station.

    Which is the world’s hardest-working city?

    Tokyo may be the most ‘overworked’ city – but there are ways to measure how hard a city works other than simply totting up the overtime

4 September 2019

  • Jung Hye-yoon of K-pop group SixBomb takes a selfie in Seoul, South Korea.

    Which is the world's vainest city?

    Is it a plastic surgery centre such as Seoul or Rio de Janeiro, or a hotbed of selfie-takers such as Manhattan?

16 July 2019

  • Hong Kong certainly has more skyscrapers than anyone else in the world, but that doesn’t necessarily make it the most vertical city.

    Which is the world's most vertical city?

    You might think of Hong Kong, given its famous skyscraper skyline, but by different measures of verticality other cities come out on top

1 July 2019

  • In London, common landscaping practices have led to an abundance of tree pollen.

    Which is the most hayfever-prone city – and is 'botanical sexism' to blame?

    Allergy sufferers from Tokyo to London are struggling as pollen levels surge in cities, possibly due to a preference for male trees

7 June 2019

  • Commuters cover themselves under umbrellas after a sudden rain shower at St Xavier’s College in Mumbai, India.

    Where is the world's rainiest city?

    Is it it a northern city such as Seattle or Manchester – or is the answer to be found closer to the equator?

2 May 2019

  • Stalebread Scottie and His Gang perform on the corners of Royal and Toulouse streets in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

    Which is the world's most musical city?

    Is it a metropolis like London or a New York – or a smaller city where music is the focus?

7 March 2019

  • Drinking can be seen as an important part of a city’s identity, either as a tourist draw or as part of work culture.

    Where is the world's hardest-drinking city?

    Is it Vilnius, Seoul, Moscow or Kiev? And what do alcohol consumption statistics tell us about a city and its culture?

23 January 2019

  • Celebrations at Bogota’s Pride parade in July 2018.

    Which is the world's most LGBT-friendly city?

    Even when cities seem progressive on the surface, the lived experience of members of the LGBT community can tell a dramatically different story

17 January 2019

  • A Greggs vegan sausage roll and hot drink.

    Which is the world's most vegan city?

    Portland has a vegan strip club, Palitana is a meat-free zone and Bristol makes the most vegan-related Google searches, but what makes a city vegan-friendly?

25 September 2018

  • In Tokyo, which is at the bottom of the sleep table, people clock an average of five hours and 46 minutes of sleep each night.

    Sleepless in ... Seattle? Which city gets the least shuteye?

    Around the world weary workers are staying late at the office or taking naps on the job – while data reveals the link between sleep and wages

8 March 2018

  • INDIA-RELIGION-HINDU-FESTIVAL<br>An Indian man protects his ears with his hands during a loudspeaker competition ahead of the Dussehra Hindu festival in Allahabad on September 20, 2015. Playing loud music has long been a part of local fairs in Allahabad, where owners of the sound system playing the loudest are awarded. AFP PHOTO/SANJAY KANOJIA (Photo credit should read Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images)

    Where is the world’s noisiest city?

    The ‘ignored pollutant’ can cause depression, stress, diabetes and heart attacks. What are cities doing to curb excess noise?

31 January 2018

  • US-HOLIDAY-INDEPENDENCE DAY-MARIJUANA-MARKET<br>Card-carrying medical marijuana patients attend Los Angeles' first-ever cannabis farmer's market at the West Coast Collective medical marijuana dispensary, on the fourth of July, or Independence Day, in Los Angeles, California on July 4, 2014 where organizer's of the 3-day event plan to showcase high quality cannabis from growers and vendors throughout the state. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

    Which city in the world has the cheapest cannabis – and the most expensive?

    A new survey of the cost of buying marijuana in 120 cities around the world suggests it is most expensive in Asia – but not necessarily cheaper in those cities where it is legal

7 September 2017

  • A pro-democracy protest on the second day of Occupy Hong Kong in September 2014.

    Which city has the most protests?

    From pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong to far-right and anti-Trump marches in the US, protests occur daily in public spaces worldwide – but can we measure which city has the most?

3 July 2017

  • Aerial view of Sao Paulo and the Ibirapuera Park

    Which is the world's most biodiverse city?

    From Brazil to Mexico to South Africa, diverse and delicate ecosystems are somehow holding on in the face of rampant urbanisation

11 May 2017

  • Dhaka, Bangladesh cityscape

    Where is the world's densest city?

    Evenly spread over all of the world’s mountains, deserts and other terrains, we would be standing 150 metres away from our nearest neighbours. In the most densely populated cities – from Dhaka to Medellin – we’re right on top of them

19 April 2017

  • Cape Coral in Florida, founded in 1957, sports the sprawling ranch-style homes and spacious yards indicative of mid-century American suburbia.

    Where is the world's most sprawling city?

    Driving to work, driving to dinner, driving to meet friends … this quintessentially American invention requires a limitless supply of land and resources. Los Angeles is infamously sprawling but is it the worst offender?
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