The European Commission have presented a report containing a list of European cities with the best quality of life. One city is Portuguese, but its not Lisbon or Porto.
Braga is the only Portuguese city that appears on this list, in ninth place, considered one of the cities with the highest quality of life in Europe. The welcoming of immigrants, the conditions for young couples to have children and the quality of life for the elderly were some of the factors that contributed to Braga obtaining a good classification in this ranking.
Groningen in the Netherlands, Copenhagen in Denmark, Rostock and Leipzig in Germany, Geneva and Zurich in Switzerland, Stockholm in Sweden and Gdansk in Poland, were the other locations included in the Top10 best cities to live in Europe.
If you want to visit the city, Praça da República and Largo do Paço are two must-see spots. The latter was entirely built in granite and has a monumental fountain. Braga Cathedral is also a must-visit, as it is the oldest cathedral in the country. In one of its chapels, the tombs of the parents of D. Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal, are kept.
The Arco da Porta Nova, as well as the Biscaínhos Museum Garden and the Santa Bárbara Garden are also points of interest in the city of Braga.
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