Vienna ranked best city as Dublin surpasses London and Paris

VIENNA is the best city in the world in which to live according to a new global survey, while Dublin ranks 26th.

Mercer’s 2010 Quality of Living worldwide city rankings shows the nation’s capital to be the 17th best European city, ahead of London which ranked 63rd overall.

Dublin also manages to score higher than Paris, Milan, Barcelona and Madrid, although it is behind the German capital Berlin, as well as Hamburg, Oslo and Luxembourg.