London crowned Europe’s top LGBTQI+ destination, new study reveals

The city of London has been crowned Europe's top LGBTQI+ destination, according to new data.

With the European Pride Calendar already in full swing, the data experts at travel pillow brand Trtl have ranked and revealed the top ten LGBTQI+ capitals to pay a visit to this summer.

In compiling this list of the top 10 capitals, the following factors were looked at:

  • The number of LGBTQI+ dedicated bars
  • The number of Instagram hashtags for each city’s pride events, e.g. #amsterdampride
  • Safety score rating from Numbeo looking at the crime and safety index of each specific city
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London Pride parade

The full onsite guide can be viewed here.

With 45 LGBTQI+ bars, 250,572 Instagram hashtags for #londonpride, and a safety score of 45.41, the city of London holds the title of being the top LGBTQI+ capital in Europe.

This year at London Pride, the annual parade will assemble on Park Lane and travel down Piccadilly, Piccadilly Circus, Haymarket, turning left towards Trafalgar Square, and dispersing on Whitehall Place.

See the other European Pride capitals that follow London below:

Ranking City Number of LGBTQI+ bars (Google Maps) Instagram Hashtags Safety score (Numbeo)
1 London 45 250,572 45.41
2 Amsterdam 32 49,296 71.37
3 Copenhagen 13 36,666 74.01
4 Prague 27 31,345 75.55
5 Rome 22 28,289 50.09
6 Berlin 54 24,028 55.44
7 Vienna 19 20,353 69.67
8 Athens 25 14,120 65.76
9 Paris 49 12,524 41.85
10 Budapest 13 12,006 65.79
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