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Quality of life survey, Result show that Swedish cities are class pretty low

Tuesday, 04 December 2012
The Austrian capital, Vienna has come on as the best city to live in the world when it comes to best quality of living, according to the Mercer 2012 Quality of Living Survey.

As the Europe dominates in the classification, only Copenhagen is the Nordic city in the top ten.

Stockholm shares the nineteenth place with Luxembourg. Helsinki and Oslo are number 32 on the list, as well as Calgary in Canada. The international consulting firm Mercer prepares an annual list to help international companies and organizations when they remunerate their employees abroad.

After Vienna, Zurich and Auckland follow in second and third place, respectively, and Munich is in fourth place, followed by Vancouver, which ranked fifth. Düsseldorf dropped one spot to rank sixth followed by Frankfurt in seventh.

Mercer Quality of Living Survey - Worldwide Rankings, 2012 - Top 10 Mercer City Infrastructure Ranking, 2012
Rank
City
Country Rank   
City   
Country
1
Vienna   
Austria 1   
Singapore   
Singapore
2
Zurich  
Switzerland 2   
Frankfurt   
Germany
3
Auckland   
New Zealand 2   
Munich  
Germany
4
Munich  
Germany 4 Copenhagen   
Denmark
5
Vancouver   
Canada 5
Düsseldorf   
Germany
6
Düsseldorf   
Germany 6 Hong Kong   
Hong Kong
7
Frankfurt   
Germany 6
London   
United Kingdom
8
Geneva   
Switzerland 8
Sydney   
Australia
9
Copenhagen   
Denmark 9
Hamburg   
Germany
10
Bern  
Switzerland 9 Vancouver   
Canada
10
Sydney   
Australia 11
 Yokohama   
Japan
19
Stockholm Sweden 18
Helsinki   
Finland
32   Helsinki   
Finland 18
 Oslo   
Norway
32
   Oslo   
Norway 18  Stockholm   
Sweden



18  
 Stuttgart   
Germany

Source: Mercer Quality of Living Survey - 2012



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