Yarraville named fifth coolest neighbourhood in the world in Time Out survey
A suburb in Melbourne’s west has been ranked one of the coolest neighbourhoods on earth, claiming fifth place in the list of 40 much-loved locations. This is why.
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Yarraville in Melbourne’s inner west can claim bragging rights after being named the fifth coolest neighbourhood in the world.
According to a Time Out global survey, Yarraville scored so highly because of its “community spirit”.
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Time Out wrote of Yarraville: “For a relatively small suburb, the cross-section of food, drink and things to do here is pretty remarkable, ranging from landmark, Art Deco cinema Sun Theatre to restaurants like the Indigenous-owned restaurant Mabu Mabu and tiny, contemporary Australian fine diner Navi. With an epicurean edge and a perfect balance of residential and recreational, right now there’s no place like Yarraville”.
It was one of two Australian suburbs to feature in the list of the world’s top 40 coolest neighbourhoods, with Sydney’s Marrickville coming in at 10th spot.
Number one on the list was Esquerra de l’Eixample, Barcelona.
This is wonderful but slightly bizarre for me! I grew up in Yarraville when it was a first class dump. I was literally embarrassed to say I lived there. Times change! https://t.co/7FMvCKhUt2
— Peter Ford (@mrpford) October 7, 2020
Yarraville, home of VU Music and Kindred Studios, is ranked as the 5th coolest neighbourhood in the world! 😎🎼👠#WestisBest https://t.co/eVyqj4GfV3
— Victoria University Polytechnic (@VUPolytechnic) October 7, 2020
Yarraville ranked the fifth coolest neighbourhood in the world! 😎#westisbest https://t.co/dcCy3RS0ga
— Brianna Travers (@briannatravers) October 6, 2020
The fifth coolest suburb in the whole damn world? I’ll take that. Nice work @TimeOutMel #yarraville #westsidepride https://t.co/S26oqifyxI
— James Wigney (@JamesWigney) October 6, 2020
Yarraville 3013.
— Raoul Wainwright (@WainwrightRaoul) October 7, 2020
Represent!!
I have to say, it was much cooler for me in the 80’s when you could get a proper Greek 🇬🇷 coffee on Anderson St and it was still a working class haven.
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Time Out wrote that during lockdown, Melbourne’s community spirit has never been stronger “and the neighbourhood that best embodies that is the westside suburb of Yarraville”.
Its rankings were based on responses from 38,000 people who answered their annual Time Out Index survey.
It was also informed by editors and experts who weighed up the candidates to choose each city’s coolest spot.
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