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These are the 10 most liveable cities in the world, according to monocle.com
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Number 10: Stockholm
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Top-notch education and welfare, but it needs more integration for immigrants to increase its diversity.
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Number 9 is Auckland.
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Hosted the rugby world cup did wonders for it, motivating it to create new entertainment precincts, and public transportation was greatly improved as well.
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Number 8 is Sydney, Australia.
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Innovative mixed-use districts incorporating cycling paths, vertical gardens are one way the Australian waterside giant is becoming more sophisticated.
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Number 7 is Tokyo.
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Hidden under the façade of a neon-lit megacity is a small town spirit featuring world-class shopping and business opportunities.
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Number 6 is Melbourne.
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Australia's cultural hub is getting even better with a big push to ease traffic congestion.
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Number 5 is Munich, where unemployment is low, but failure to act on a few key projects has hurt its standing.
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Its airport needed a third runway to compete with the other global cities on this list but didn't get one.
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Number 4 is Vienna, which continues to evolve from a beautiful relic to a modernized classic.
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Affordable housing there and an imminent brand new campus for the Vienna University's school for economics and business will inject youth into the city.
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Number 3 is Copenhagen.
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The Danes are the happiest people on earth because of places like this, with near-perfect integration between city life and the outdoors.
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The city aims to be carbon neutral by 2025.
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Number 2 is Helsinki, Finland.
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Crowned world design capital in 2012, it is unveiling a new metro line and converting its harbors into attractive residential areas.
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It's a city where good ideas can quickly come to life.
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And number 1 is Zurich.
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With 50 impressive museums, concert halls, and theaters, and the strict corporate culture, this clean, beautiful city is one larger cities should learn from.
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In the end, the cities that make the cut are not just okay,
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but places that are benchmarks for urban renaissance and rigorous reinvention in everything from environmental policy to transportation.
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Notably, no city in the Americas made the top 10, and no city in South America or Africa made the top 25.
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