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The Australian city ranked as the world's most chilled out

Lucy Slade

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An Australian city has been voted the most chilled out in the world.

The ranking was based on factors including noise and light pollution, the number of walking trails, happiness scores, traffic, population density and parks.

Swipe through to see how our cities compare with others across the globe.

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10. Prague
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10. Prague

Prague has been ranked the world's 10th most chilled out city by travel insurance comparison site PayingTooMuch.

The city has a relatively low amount of traffic and 152 parks, which is more than other cities on the list.

It's happiness score was 1303 (out of 2000), which is lower than other cities.

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8. Berlin
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8. Berlin

Berlin has a population density of 1593 people per square mile but has a low amount of traffic and 254 parks, making it rank eighth.

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7. San Diego
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7. San Diego

San Diego has very low population density, 261 parks and a high happiness ranking.

But it does seem to have bad traffic and some noise pollution, putting it in seventh place.

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6. Kyoto
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6. Kyoto

Kyoto has a low population density and a moderate level of parks but it does have a high level of walking trails with 133.

It comes in at sixth place.

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5. Amsterdam
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5. Amsterdam

Amsterdam has the highest population density of 2037 people per square mile and the city only has 55 parks and 60 walking trails.

But the city does have a high happiness score and low traffic levels, ranking it in fifth.

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3. Melbourne
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3. Melbourne

Melbourne has the most amount of parks (918), a high amount of walking trails (367) and a high happiness score.

It also has the second smallest population density of 194 people per square mile but it does have the worst traffic score.

It comes in third.

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2. Vienna
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2. Vienna

Vienna has been ranked as the second most chilled out city.

It has a high number of parks (172), a high happiness score and now levels of noise and light pollution.

It also has the lowest level of traffic despite a population of 1670 per square mile.

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1. Sydney
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1. Sydney

Sydney has been ranked as the most chilled out city in the world.

It has the lowest population density and one less park than Melbourne with 917 but it has a huge 681 walking trails.

Sydney has the second worst traffic score, only slightly better than Melbourne but it has a slightly higher happiness ranking.

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