Number 10: Stockholm

Top-notch education and welfare, but it needs more integration for immigrants to increase its diversity.

Number 9 is Auckland.

Hosted the rugby world cup did wonders for it, motivating it to create new entertainment precincts, and public transportation was greatly improved as well.

Number 8 is Sydney, Australia.

Innovative mixed-use districts incorporating cycling paths, vertical gardens are one way the Australian waterside giant is becoming more sophisticated.

Number 7 is Tokyo.

Hidden under the façade of a neon-lit megacity is a small town spirit featuring world-class shopping and business opportunities.

Number 6 is Melbourne.

Australia's cultural hub is getting even better with a big push to ease traffic congestion.

Number 5 is Munich, where unemployment is low, but failure to act on a few key projects has hurt its standing.

Its airport needed a third runway to compete with the other global cities on this list but didn't get one.

Number 4 is Vienna, which continues to evolve from a beautiful relic to a modernized classic.

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.

Number 3 is Copenhagen.

The Danes are the happiest people on earth because of places like this, with near-perfect integration between city life and the outdoors.

The city aims to be carbon neutral by 2025.

Number 2 is Helsinki, Finland.

Crowned world design capital in 2012, it is unveiling a new metro line and converting its harbors into attractive residential areas.

It's a city where good ideas can quickly come to life.

And number 1 is Zurich.

With 50 impressive museums, concert halls, and theaters, and the strict corporate culture, this clean, beautiful city is one larger cities should learn from.

In the end, the cities that make the cut are not just okay,

but places that are benchmarks for urban renaissance and rigorous reinvention in everything from environmental policy to transportation.

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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