Vienna Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Rankings== In a 2005 study of 127 [[Global city|world cities]], the [[Economist Intelligence Unit]] ranked the city first (tied with [[Vancouver]] and San Francisco) for the [[world's most livable cities]]. Between 2011 and 2015, Vienna was ranked second, behind [[Melbourne]].<ref>*{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/08/daily-chart-5 |title=The world's most 'liveable' cities 2015 |access-date=20 August 2015 |archive-date=15 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815022607/http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/08/daily-chart-5 |url-status=live }} *{{cite web |url=http://pages.eiu.com/rs/eiu2/images/Liveability_rankings_2014.pdf |title=The world's most 'liveable' cities 2014 |access-date=20 August 2015 |archive-date=29 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329023803/http://pages.eiu.com/rs/eiu2/images/Liveability_rankings_2014.pdf |url-status=live }} *{{cite web |url=http://www.eiu.com/public/topical_report.aspx?campaignid=Liveability2012 |title=The world's most 'liveable' cities 2012 |access-date=20 August 2015 |archive-date=25 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825031414/http://www.eiu.com/public/topical_report.aspx?campaignid=Liveability2012 |url-status=live }} *{{Cite web |url=https://www.imercer.com/uploads/GM/qol2015/g3971qol2015/index.html |title=Quality of living β location reports |website=www.imercer.com |access-date=15 December 2019 |archive-date=9 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609094129/https://www.imercer.com/uploads/GM/qol2015/g3971qol2015/index.html |url-status=live }} *{{cite web |url=http://www.mercer.com/press-releases/quality-of-living-report-2014 |title=2014 Quality of Living survey | publisher=mercer.com |access-date=26 February 2014 |archive-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311092558/http://www.mercer.com/press-releases/quality-of-living-report-2014 |url-status=live }} *{{cite web |title=Mercer press release: Quality of Living global city rankingsβ2009 |url=http://www.mercer.com/press-releases/1345570 |access-date=2 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123180912/http://www.mercer.com/press-releases/1345570 |archive-date=23 January 2011 }} *{{cite web |title=Mercer Quality of Life Worldwide City Rankings, 2010 from resourceshelf.com |url=http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/58958 |access-date=2 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204162010/http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/58958 |archive-date=4 December 2011 |url-status=dead }} *{{cite web |url=http://www.mercer.com/referencecontent.htm?idContent=1173105#Top_50_cities:_Quality_of_living |title=Mercer's Survey 2011 |date=29 November 2011 |publisher= Mercer consulting firm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502132638/http://www.mercer.com/referencecontent.htm?idContent=1173105 |archive-date=2 May 2014 }} *{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/04/business/global-city-quality-life/index.html |title=What city has world's best quality of life? |date=4 December 2012 |newspaper=CNN |author=Inocencio, Ramy |access-date=4 December 2012 |archive-date=4 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204214252/http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/04/business/global-city-quality-life/index.html |url-status=live }} *{{Cite web |url=http://www.mercer.com/newsroom/western-european-cities-top-quality-of-living-ranking-mercer.html |title=Mercer Quality of Living Ranking 2016 | publisher=mercer.com |access-date=22 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111223355/http://www.mercer.com/newsroom/western-european-cities-top-quality-of-living-ranking-mercer.html |archive-date=11 November 2016 }}</ref> Monocle's 2015 "Quality of Life Survey" ranked Vienna second on a list of the top 25 cities in the world "to make a base within".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Monocle |title=Quality of Live Survey 2015 |url=http://monocle.com/film/affairs/the-monocle-quality-of-life-survey-2015/ |publisher=Monocle |access-date=24 June 2015 |archive-date=14 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814223203/http://monocle.com/film/affairs/the-monocle-quality-of-life-survey-2015/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Monocle (2007 magazine)|Monocle's]] 2012 "Quality of Life Survey" ranked Vienna fourth on a list of the top 25 cities in the world "to make a base within" (up from sixth in 2011 and eighth in 2010).<ref>*{{cite web |title=Quality of Life Survey 2012 |url=http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/The-Monocle-Quality-of-Life-Survey-2012/ |publisher=Monocle |access-date=1 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804104927/http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/The-Monocle-Quality-of-Life-Survey-2012/ |archive-date=4 August 2012 }} *{{cite web |title=Monocle's top 25 cities for 2011, on businessinsider.com | publisher=Business Insider |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/monocle-quality-of-life-2011-6?op=1 |access-date=2 December 2011 |archive-date=17 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117125006/http://www.businessinsider.com/monocle-quality-of-life-2011-6?op=1 |url-status=live }} *{{cite web |title=Monocle's 2011 "Quality of Life" summary |url=http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Most-liveable-city-Helsinki/ |access-date=3 December 2011 |archive-date=17 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117043952/http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Web-Articles/Most-liveable-city-Helsinki/ |url-status=live }} *{{cite web |url=http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/08-Vienna/ |title=08 Vienna |publisher=Monocle.com |date=15 June 2010 |access-date=19 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507163534/http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/08-Vienna/ |archive-date=7 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[United Nations Human Settlements Programme|UN-Habitat]] classified Vienna as the most prosperous city in the world in 2012β2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mirror.unhabitat.org/pmss/listItemDetails.aspx?publicationID=3387 |title=State of the World's Cities 2012/2013 |access-date=25 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906031056/http://mirror.unhabitat.org/pmss/listItemDetails.aspx?publicationID=3387 |archive-date=6 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The city was ranked 1st globally for its culture of innovation in 2007 and 2008, and sixth globally (out of 256 cities) in the 2014 Innovation Cities Index, which analyzed 162 indicators in covering three areas: culture, infrastructure, and markets.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.innovation-cities.com/city-rankings-2007/4997 |title=2thinknow Innovation Cities Global 256 Index β worldwide innovation city rankings: Innovation Cities Program |publisher=Innovation-cities.com |date=2007 |access-date=20 August 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924035058/http://www.innovation-cities.com/city-rankings-2007/4997 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.innovation-cities.com/innovation-cities-index-2008/4998 |title=2thinknow Innovation Cities Global 256 Index β worldwide innovation city rankings: Innovation Cities Program |publisher=Innovation-cities.com |date=2008 |access-date=20 August 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924035107/http://www.innovation-cities.com/innovation-cities-index-2008/4998 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.innovation-cities.com/innovation-cities-index-2014-global/8889 |title=2thinknow Innovation Cities Global 256 Index β worldwide innovation city rankings: Innovation Cities Program |publisher=Innovation-cities.com |date=2014 |access-date=20 August 2015 |archive-date=18 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918111642/http://www.innovation-cities.com/innovation-cities-index-2014-global/8889 |url-status=live }}</ref> Between 2005 and 2010, Vienna was the world's number-one destination for international congresses and conventions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wieninternational.at/en/content/vienna-world%E2%80%99s-number-one-congress-destination-en |title=Vienna is the world's number one congress destination |publisher=wieninternational.at |date=1 June 2011 |access-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821222439/http://www.wieninternational.at/en/content/vienna-world%E2%80%99s-number-one-congress-destination-en |archive-date=21 August 2011}}</ref> It attracts over 6.8 million tourists a year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://b2b.wien.info/de/statistik/daten/naechtigungen-2016 |title=Vienna Tourist Board: Arrivals & bednights 2016 |access-date=9 April 2016 |archive-date=10 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410213628/https://b2b.wien.info/de/statistik/daten/naechtigungen-2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Vienna was ranked top in the ''2019 Quality of Living Ranking'' by the international [[Mercer (consulting firm)|Mercer Consulting Group]] for the tenth consecutive year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mercer.com/newsroom/2019-quality-of-living-survey.html |title=Vienna Tops Mercer's 21st Quality of Living Ranking |publisher=Mercer |date=13 March 2019 |access-date=8 August 2019 |archive-date=4 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504230740/https://www.mercer.com/newsroom/2019-quality-of-living-survey.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 2015 liveability report by the [[Economist Intelligence Unit]] as well as in the ''Quality of Life Survey 2015'' of London-based [[Monocle (media company)|''Monocle magazine'']] Vienna was equally ranked second most livable city worldwide.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/08/daily-chart-5 |title=The world's most liveable cities |newspaper=The Economist |date=18 August 2015 |access-date=13 October 2015 |archive-date=15 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815022607/http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/08/daily-chart-5 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://monocle.com/film/affairs/the-monocle-quality-of-life-survey-2015/ |title=The Monocle Quality of Life Survey 2015 |publisher=Monocle |access-date=13 October 2015 |archive-date=14 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814223203/http://monocle.com/film/affairs/the-monocle-quality-of-life-survey-2015/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[United Nations Human Settlements Programme|The United Nations Human Settlements Programme ''UN-Habitat'']] has ranked Vienna the most prosperous city in the world in its flagship report ''State of the World Cities 2012/2013''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/745habitat.pdf |title=state of the world's cities |publisher=UN Habitat |access-date=15 October 2015 |archive-date=19 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419040414/https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/745habitat.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the 2014 City RepTrack ranking by the [[Reputation Institute]], Vienna has the best reputation in comparison with 100 major global cities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reputationinstitute.com/thought-leadership/city-reptrak |title=Most Reputable Cities in the World |publisher=Reputation Institute |date=2014 |access-date=15 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005001911/http://www.reputationinstitute.com/thought-leadership/city-reptrak |archive-date=5 October 2015}}</ref> The ''Mori Memorial Institute for Urban Strategies'' ranked Vienna 14th of their [[Global city#Global Power City Index|Global Power City Index 2023]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mori-m-foundation.or.jp/english/ius2/gpci2/2018.shtml |title=Global Power City Index 2018 |website=The Mori Memorial Foundation |access-date=20 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206235130/http://www.mori-m-foundation.or.jp/english/ius2/gpci2/2018.shtml |archive-date=6 December 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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