|
Rank |
City |
LGBTQ+ Danger Index Score |
LGBTQ+ Openness in the City |
Number of Years Same-Sex Marriage Has Been Legal |
LGBTQ+ score /10 |
|
1 |
London, UK |
299 |
4.94 |
7 |
7.01 |
|
2 |
Paris, France |
287 |
4.45 |
8 |
6.74 |
|
3 |
Madrid, Spain |
279 |
4.87 |
16 |
6.04 |
|
4 |
Barcelona, Spain |
279 |
4.75 |
16 |
5.93 |
|
5 |
Toronto, Canada |
309 |
4.78 |
16 |
5.51 |
|
6 |
Lisbon, Portugal |
306 |
3.78 |
11 |
5.46 |
|
7 |
Valencia, Spain |
279 |
3.94 |
16 |
5.39 |
|
8 |
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
265 |
4.72 |
20 |
5.35 |
|
9 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
322 |
4.18 |
12 |
5.22 |
|
10 |
New York City, USA |
187 |
4.91 |
6 |
5.21 |
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London is the world’s best LGBTQ+ wedding destination. It scores top for Instagrammability, 20 million posts ahead of Paris, the City of Love as well as the highest number of romantic restaurants (1,885).
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Paris, the world’s 2nd best LGBTQ+ wedding destination, scored highly for the number of romantic hotels (544), as well as ranking highly for LGBTQ+ Danger Index score (287) and LGBTQ+ openness in the city (4.45/5).
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Madrid is the world’s 3rd best LGBTQ+ wedding destination. Spain was the third country in the world to permit same-sex marriage (in 2005) and over 10% of the citizens living in Spain’s capital, Madrid, identify as LGBTQ+.
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The Netherlands was the first country to legalise same sex marriage nearly 21 years ago in 2001. Two Dutch cities have featured in the top 30 LGBTQ+ wedding destinations, including Amsterdam, in 8th place and Rotterdam, in 29th place.
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São Paulo, Brazil and Leipzig, Germany, in 24th and 59th place in the overall ranking, respectively, offer the cheapest accommodation at an average of £56.50 per night. However, Ibiza Town, Spain, in 39th place in the overall ranking has the most expensive rooms going for £224 a night, on average.
