Edinburgh's awards and accolades
Visitors and residents alike consistently rate Edinburgh highly
for its attractiveness and quality of life, winning the Inspiring
Capital numerous 'Best City' accolades. Edinburgh has also won many
awards for its environment, economy,
innovation and architecture.
Titles include:
- Favourite UK City - for the tenth year running
(Guardian/Observer
Travel Awards 2009)
- UK's best destination port (cruisecritic.co.uk - October
2009)
-
Top Must-See UK City - (Travelodge - August 2009)
-
UK's most desirable City (YouGov poll - July
2009)
- A world top ten city (Wanderlust
2008)
- Top Ten European destination and 27th in the world
(2008 Trip Advisor Destination Awards)
-
Top Small European City (Foreign Direct Investment
magazine, 2008)
- Sixth Best Overall City in Europe and second best in Europe for
Human Resources. This places
Edinburgh ahead of major cities such as Frankfurt, Madrid,
Brussels, Barcelona, Geneva and Dublin. (Foreign Direct
Investment magazine, 2008)
-
The UK's best place to live (Location Location Location,
Channel 4, 2007)
- Edinburgh Science
Triangle - Scottish winner of the Enterprising
Britain 2007 Awards
- European City of the Year 2006 (The Academy of
Urbanism)
- Britain's most satisfying city (MORI 2006)
- The UK's only
'Ideopolis' outside London - a city of ideas, where knowledge,
creativity, enterprise, connectivity and the quality of life
combine to create a dynamic local economy (The Work Foundation,
2006)
-
The Award of Excellence for Innovative Regions (European
Commission, 2002)
