Europe's achingly hip neighbourhoods revealed: Manchester, Edinburgh and Berlin are home to some of the top new tourist hotspots
- Kreuzberg in Berlin has been crowned the hippest district in Europe in an index
- Ancoats in Manchester is UK's trendiest neighbourhood according to reseach
- Study found that 60% of the UK's most innovative hubs are in the north
If you're always looking for the exciting new hub of innovation in each city you visit, look no further.
Holidaymakers should head to Ancoats in Manchester, Edinburgh's Leith and Digbeth in Birmingham to discover the UK's three trendiest scenes, according to a Hip Neighbourhood Index.
Tourists travelling across Europe will find the highest number of cultural outposts and creative capital in Kreuzberg in Berlin, Miera Iela in Latvia and Praga in Warsaw, the research also found.
Travellers in the know have been flocking to vibrant Berlin for years but its Kreuzberg in the city that has been crowned the hippest district in Europe
Price comparison site, TravelSupermarket, created the index by looking at the ratio of trend-setting and creative industry indicators such as independent coffee shops, vintage fashion stores, record shops, vegan cafes, independent bike shops, co-working spaces and art galleries/studios to the number of residents
Price comparison site, TravelSupermarket, created the index by looking at the ratio of trend-setting and creative industry indicators such as independent coffee shops, vintage fashion stores, record shops, vegan cafes, independent bike shops, co-working spaces and art galleries or studios to the number of residents.
Areas lost points based on the number of big chain brands on their streets which 'suggests the address has reached peak hipster.'
Travellers in the know have been flocking to vibrant Berlin for years but its Kreuzberg in the city that has been crowned the hippest district in Europe, beating Riga and Ancoats to the top spot of the Hip Hang-Out Neighbourhood Index.
Eastern European hubs that are less well-known to tourists such as Miera Iela in Riga, Warsaw’s Praga and Slovenia’s Ljubljana all made the top five on the list.
The study rated 60 per cent of the UK's hippest neighbourhoods as being in the north.
Gritty Ancoats in Manchester was awarded the top UK spot on the Hip Hang-out Index.
Hubs in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham and Liverpool all scored higher than London hipster heartlands of Peckham and Dalston.
The study rated 60 per cent of the UK's best neighbourhoods as being in the north
London, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow were named as offering the best foodie breaks with each city scoring a place in the top 20.
London's Deptford/New Cross was sixteenth, Clapton came twelfth, Peckham ranked fifth and Dalston made the list at joint eighth. Alongside Manchester's Ancoats, the Northern Quarter came joint ninth and Monton also featured at nineteenth.
In Liverpool, Baltic Triangle was fourth and Ropewalks were recognised at joint fifteenth.
Meanwhile Finnieston was sixth and the West End in Glasgow also made the cut at joint fifteenth.
In Wales, Cardiff's Pontcanna and Canton came thirteenth and Swansea’s Uplands scored fourteenth.
Gritty Ancoats in Manchester was awarded the top UK spot and number three on the overall European ranking of the Hip Hang-out Index
Outside the UK's main cities Margate’s Cliftonville/Old Town and Hastings snatched seventh and twentieth place respectively.
Emma Coulthurst, travel commentator at TravelSupermarket said: 'We scoured the UK and Europe to find the most current, independent-feeling neighbourhoods to explore.
'The destinations on the list are those buzzy areas, unspoiled by commercialism, where locals love to hang out. They offer an eclectic range of food and entertainment away from the tourist throngs.'
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