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Luxembourg third most attractive city

Luxembourg ranks 3rd in the 2021 Global 150 Cities Index, which identifies cities worldwide that have the ideal combination of high salaries, low taxes, reasonable costs and good quality of life.

10-08-2021

“If you were free to settle in any city that had the right financial rewards plus a great lifestyle, where would you go?” Expatriate compensation and mobility advisory AIRINC produces its Global 150 Cities Index in order to answer this question. Based on analyses of local salary levels, tax rates, living costs and living conditions aimed at assessing how appealing each location is to live in, the ranking lists 150 of the top global locations according to the financial and lifestyle benefits they offer.

Luxembourg among the top 3 most attractive cities

Just like in 2020, Luxembourg is 3^rd on the list, just after Zürich and Geneva. Other high-ranking European cities include Munich (4^th), Vienna (9^th), Berlin (15^th), Dublin (26^th), Amsterdam (30^th), Madrid (33^rd), Brussels (38^th) and London (39^th).

Luxembourg ranks 15^th for financial criteria (the same place as in 2020). In the lifestyle ranking, it progresses by four places compared to 2020 and is now in 21^st place.

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