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Me too. Do you mean USA cities or worldwide? I'm told that some of the most walkable cities worldwide are: Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Vienna, and Barcelona. Which other ones should be on there and which ones from USA?

Devon also made this list: https://airtable.com/appcoaCeTbl22Few2/shrWJYzc04FQZIkP5

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I visited Amsterdam this summer. It's amazing, almost eerie how you get off the train at Cetraal station and you are greeted by a city that is nearly silent. Instead of the usual groan of the combustion engines you just hear the gentle sounds of bicycle chains all around you.

This has been my reaction in Oslo. I saw so few cars I thought they might be banned (but I don't think that's the case). Additionally, a great deal of cars in Norway are electric already. From what I can gather, 95+% (!!) of new cars bought in Norway are electric, and 30+% of cars as a whole.

Combine the two and it feels like walking in the middle of a Covid lockdown.

> almost eerie how you get off the train at Cetraal station and you are greeted by a city that is nearly silent

This was exactly my experience. Blew my mind. I walked down a street that was being repaved, so there were construction vehicles actively tearing up the road surface, and it was still quieter than an average block on a normal day in New York City.

I think the lack of heavy HVAC equipment on every building helps too. Living in a mild climate has a lot of perks.

Utrecht is even better!

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