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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­named one of the Best Cities in the World

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­has been ranked the 8th best city in the world. Heck, yeah!

Travellers around the world agree: Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­is...awesome.

Condé Nast recently revealed the results of their 2017 Readers' Choice Awards survey, and Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ranked 8th on their list of the .

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Here's how the travel publication summed up our fair city:

"Seaport Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­has a competitive and creative arts scene, rugged natural beauty, and no shortage of things to do. As one of Canada’s most ethnically diverse cities, it’s also one of the country’s best food cities: After you’ve taken a cable car up Grouse Mountain, return to the city for Indian fare at Vij’s, a "

Such a nice shout out for our dining scene (with examples perhaps too hastily culled  from a 2016 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­restaurants feature in the publication)--though if you want to split hairs, unless you've come down from Grouse fairly early in the day you'll miss eating at the very popular breakfast/lunch only Medina, and Farmer's Apprentice isn't a "French Bistro," but, hey, they are still great spots.

While those of us who live here may gripe about the cost of housing, the bike lanes, our transit, and every day grievances, visitors still easily fall in love with our vast charms.

Here are the cities that make up the 2017 Best Cities in the World top 10 for large cities:

  1. Tokyo, Japan
  2. Vienna, Austria
  3. Kyoto, Japan
  4. Barcelona, Spain
  5. Paris, France
  6. Sydney, Australia
  7. Madrid, Spain
  8. Vancouver, Canada
  9. Rome, Italy
  10. Munich, Germany