Best-smelling cities revealed in new study — No. 1 is historic

Adriana Diaz
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Researchers recently sniffed out the best-smelling city in Europe: Athens, Greece. HAYPP ranked the top 10 European cities you won't need to plug your nose to visit,

A visit to this metropolis won’t stink!

Researchers recently sniffed out the best-smelling city in Europe: Athens, Greece.

HAYPP, a UK company that helps people transition from smoking to healthier alternatives, ranked the top 10 European cities you won’t need to plug your nose to visit, Time Out reports.

Researchers recently sniffed out the best-smelling city in Europe: Athens, Greece. neirfy – stock.adobe.com
Researchers recently sniffed out the best-smelling city in Europe: Athens, Greece. neirfy – stock.adobe.com

To create the ratings, 30 major cities across Europe and beyond were given a “smell score” based on factors such as cleanliness and proportion of flower shops, bakeries and perfume shops.

Athens is one of the oldest capitals in the world, but that doesn’t mean it’s rotting away.

The city scored an 8.3 out of 10 on the smell-o-meter.

Athens is home to many bakeries serving delicious and sweet baklava, 31 flower shops selling fragrant bouquets and 22 aromatic perfumeries per 10 square kilometers.

The baguettes of Paris and the clean streets of Zürich, Switzerland, helped launch those cities into spots 2 and 3, respectively.

The city scored an 8.3 out of 10 on the smell-o-meter. EdNurg – stock.adobe.com
The city scored an 8.3 out of 10 on the smell-o-meter. EdNurg – stock.adobe.com

These are the top 10 best-smelling cities

  • Athens, Greece

  • Paris, France

  • Zurich, Switzerland

  • Dublin, Ireland

  • Luxembourg

  • Nicosia, Cyprus

  • Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Bucharest, Romania

  • Valletta, Malta

  • Amsterdam, Netherlands