Vienna returns as world’s ‘most liveable city’
25 June 2022 |
11:41 am
Germany's financial capital, Frankfurt, climbed 32 places to seventh position, while Hamburg and Düsseldorf came in at 16 and 22, according to an annual index in British weekly The Economist.
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