Rankings:

• Top10 – Boyd Cohen: Smartest Cities in the World (2014)
• #2 – BEST Network: Benchmarking in European Service of Public Transport (2015)
• #1 – Charles Landry: Creative City Index (2014)
• #3 – Metropolis: The Best Cities to Live in (2016)
• #4 – Nesta: European Digital City Index (2016)
• #3 – Nesta, Accenture and Future Cities Catapult: CITIE (City Initiatives for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship) (2016)
• #3 – European Cities Talent Competitiveness Index
• #2 – D&L Partners, Bizkaia Talent (2016) Global E-Governance SurveyRutgers SPAA (2016)
• #3 – Global City Talent Competitiveness Survey INSEAD (2017)