Newcastle among Europe’s top 20 cities for raising a family

Newcastle has been listed in the Top 20 of best cities to raise a family in Europe
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Newcastle has been listed as one of the 20 best cities to raise a family in all of Europe.

The recent study from Preply analysed over 130 European cities and graded them according to their education, health and safety and leisure and lifestyle.

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Contributing factors like teacher to student ratios, cost of living, amount of recreational spaces and healthcare accessibility were included in the findings.

Newcastle was ranked at joint 20th place alongside Krakow, Poland and Tromso, Norway on the overall list.

The Toon fared much better in the lifestyle category, where it ranked third, beaten only by Aberdeen and Lisbon.

Newcastle was one of three UK cities ranked in the Top 20Newcastle was one of three UK cities ranked in the Top 20
Newcastle was one of three UK cities ranked in the Top 20

The only other UK cities in the Europe Top 20 were Edinburgh and Aberdeen, and Portugese island Madeira, Funchal, ranked as the best place to raise a family.

London was ranked as the worst city in Europe for raising children.

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