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Culture, food and nightlife

For people who want a city with a pulse: restaurants, galleries, music and a calendar that is never empty.

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The six largest cities for culture, food and nightlife

The same cities as on the homepage, scored for this group. Ranks are among 106 cities with enough data.

Madrid85Great fit · #1 of 106Helped by Population; Commute by public transport
Barcelona83Great fit · #2 of 106Helped by Commute by public transport; Residents born abroad
Valencia62Good fit · #23 of 106Helped by Commute by public transport; Residents born abroad
Zaragoza53Mixed fit · #49 of 106Helped by Commute by public transport; Residents born abroad
Sevilla40Weak fit · #86 of 106Helped by Commute by public transport; Commute by car
Málaga36Weak fit · #92 of 106Helped by Commute by public transport; Median age

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Ranked for culture, food and nightlife, all-round. Scroll the list or search.

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#	City	Region	Fit
1	Madrid	Comunidad de Madrid	Great fit
2	Barcelona	Cataluña	Great fit
3	Pamplona	Comunidad Foral de Navarra	Great fit
4	San Sebastián	País Vasco	Great fit
5	A Coruña	Galicia	Great fit
6	Sant Cugat del Vallès	Cataluña	Great fit
7	Girona	Cataluña	Great fit
8	Alicante	Comunitat Valenciana	Great fit
9	Tarragona	Cataluña	Great fit
10	Granada	Andalucía	Good fit
11	Palma	Illes Balears	Good fit
12	Vitoria-Gasteiz	País Vasco	Good fit
13	Santander	Cantabria	Good fit
14	Sabadell	Cataluña	Good fit
15	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Canarias	Good fit
16	Alcalá de Henares	Comunidad de Madrid	Good fit
17	Castelldefels	Cataluña	Good fit
18	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Canarias	Good fit
19	Las Rozas de Madrid	Comunidad de Madrid	Good fit
20	Oviedo	Principado de Asturias	Good fit
21	Parla	Comunidad de Madrid	Good fit
22	Terrassa	Cataluña	Good fit
23	Valencia	Comunitat Valenciana	Good fit
24	Gijón	Principado de Asturias	Good fit
25	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	Comunidad de Madrid	Good fit
26	Torrejón de Ardoz	Comunidad de Madrid	Good fit
27	Collado Villalba	Comunidad de Madrid	Good fit
28	Mataró	Cataluña	Good fit
29	Valladolid	Castilla y León	Good fit
30	Lleida	Cataluña	Good fit
31	Vigo	Galicia	Good fit
32	Burgos	Castilla y León	Good fit
33	Logroño	La Rioja	Good fit
34	Murcia	Región de Murcia	Good fit
35	Guadalajara	Castilla-La Mancha	Mixed fit
36	Salamanca	Castilla y León	Mixed fit
37	Toledo	Castilla-La Mancha	Mixed fit
38	Castellón de la Plana	Comunitat Valenciana	Mixed fit
39	Fuenlabrada	Comunidad de Madrid	Mixed fit
40	Reus	Cataluña	Mixed fit
41	Vilanova i la Geltrú	Cataluña	Mixed fit
42	Bilbao	País Vasco	Mixed fit
43	Cádiz	Andalucía	Mixed fit
44	Santiago de Compostela	Galicia	Mixed fit
45	Valdemoro	Comunidad de Madrid	Mixed fit
46	Almería	Andalucía	Mixed fit
47	Granollers	Cataluña	Mixed fit
48	Sant Boi de Llobregat	Cataluña	Mixed fit
49	Zaragoza	Aragón	Mixed fit
50	Córdoba	Andalucía	Mixed fit
51	Elche	Comunitat Valenciana	Mixed fit
52	Ourense	Galicia	Mixed fit
53	Ibiza	Illes Balears	Mixed fit
54	Manresa	Cataluña	Mixed fit
55	Arrecife	Canarias	Mixed fit
56	Coslada	Comunidad de Madrid	Mixed fit
57	El Prat de Llobregat	Cataluña	Mixed fit
58	Gandia	Comunitat Valenciana	Mixed fit
59	Cartagena	Región de Murcia	Mixed fit
60	Aranjuez	Comunidad de Madrid	Mixed fit
61	Jaén	Andalucía	Mixed fit
62	Irun	País Vasco	Mixed fit
63	Lugo	Galicia	Mixed fit
64	Albacete	Castilla-La Mancha	Mixed fit
65	Benidorm	Comunitat Valenciana	Mixed fit
66	Ceuta	Ceuta	Mixed fit
67	Huelva	Andalucía	Mixed fit
68	Arganda del Rey	Comunidad de Madrid	Mixed fit
69	Pinto	Comunidad de Madrid	Mixed fit
70	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	Canarias	Mixed fit
71	Torremolinos	Andalucía	Mixed fit
72	León	Castilla y León	Mixed fit
73	Lorca	Región de Murcia	Mixed fit
74	Melilla	Melilla	Mixed fit
75	Torrevieja	Comunitat Valenciana	Mixed fit
76	Cáceres	Extremadura	Weak fit
77	Ciudad Real	Castilla-La Mancha	Weak fit
78	Fuengirola	Andalucía	Weak fit
79	Huesca	Aragón	Weak fit
80	Pontevedra	Galicia	Weak fit
81	Viladecans	Cataluña	Weak fit
82	Avilés	Principado de Asturias	Weak fit
83	Badajoz	Extremadura	Weak fit
84	Dos Hermanas	Andalucía	Weak fit
85	Sagunto	Comunitat Valenciana	Weak fit
86	Sevilla	Andalucía	Weak fit
87	Algeciras	Andalucía	Weak fit
88	Mollet del Vallès	Cataluña	Weak fit
89	San Fernando	Andalucía	Weak fit
90	Jerez de la Frontera	Andalucía	Weak fit
91	Palencia	Castilla y León	Weak fit
92	Málaga	Andalucía	Weak fit
93	Talavera de la Reina	Castilla-La Mancha	Weak fit
94	Telde	Canarias	Weak fit
95	El Puerto de Santa María	Andalucía	Weak fit
96	Ferrol	Galicia	Weak fit
97	Alcoy	Comunitat Valenciana	Poor fit
98	Zamora	Castilla y León	Poor fit
99	Mérida	Extremadura	Poor fit
100	Chiclana de la Frontera	Andalucía	Poor fit
101	La Línea de la Concepción	Andalucía	Poor fit
102	Ponferrada	Castilla y León	Poor fit
103	Linares	Andalucía	Poor fit
104	Alcalá de Guadaíra	Andalucía	Poor fit
105	Elda	Comunitat Valenciana	Poor fit
106	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	Andalucía	Poor fit

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