The annual ranking that determines the Italian cities with best quality of life has just been published and reveals some unexpected results this year.  The 23rd edition of the survey conducted by newspaper Italia Oggi and Rome’s La Sapienza University sees Parma in Emilia-Romagna grab the top spot, gaining 38 positions (it placed 39th in 2020).  Why such a jump?

The main reasons are likely due to to the ability to react to and recover from the pandemic and to the investments made for Parma Capital of Culture 2020; the city has achieved high scores in all nine parameters evaluated by the survey (business and work, environment, social and personal hardship, education and training, population, income and wealth, safety, health and leisure), earning the top spot in four of them (income, safety, work opportunities, leisure activities).