Editing Leipzig (section)

==Quality of life==
[[File:Leipzig - Thomasgasse + Thomaswiese + Thomaskirche 01 ies.jpg|thumb|right|Leipzig has the most attractive inner city of all large German cities.{{According to whom|date=July 2023}}]]

In December 2013, according to a study by [[GfK]], Leipzig was ranked as the most livable city in Germany.<ref name="FOCUS Online-2013">{{cite web |url=http://www.focus.de/immobilien/wohnen/sicher-sauber-gruen-leipzig-lebenszufriedenheit-das-sind-die-beliebtesten-staedte-deutschlands_id_3474281.html |title=Deutschlands beliebteste Städte: Sicher, sauber, grün: Diese Stadt läuft sogar München den Rang ab |author=FOCUS Online |date=11 December 2013 |work=FOCUS Online |access-date=14 December 2013 |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021000651/https://www.focus.de/immobilien/wohnen/sicher-sauber-gruen-leipzig-lebenszufriedenheit-das-sind-die-beliebtesten-staedte-deutschlands_id_3474281.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.n24.de/n24/Mediathek/videos/d/3964070/leipzig-im-ranking-ganz-vorne.html |title=Deutschlands beliebteste Städte: Leipzig im Ranking ganz vorne – N24.de |date=9 December 2013 |work=N24.de |access-date=14 December 2013 |archive-date=13 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213050443/http://www.n24.de/n24/Mediathek/videos/d/3964070/leipzig-im-ranking-ganz-vorne.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2015/2016, Leipzig was named by the consumer portal verbraucherzentrale.de as the second-best city for students in Germany (after [[Munich]]).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/beruf-chance/campus/beliebteste-deutsche-studentenstaedte-14362058.html |title=Beliebte Studentenstädte: Wo es sich am besten leben, lernen und feiern lässt |publisher=[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|FAZ]] |language=de |first=Eva |last=Heidenfelder |newspaper=Faz.net |date=17 August 2016 |access-date=2 June 2020 |archive-date=10 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810122622/http://www.faz.net/aktuell/beruf-chance/campus/beliebteste-deutsche-studentenstaedte-14362058.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In a 2017 study from the Institut für Handelsforschung Köln, the Leipzig inner city ranked first among all large cities in Germany due to its urban aesthetics, gastronomy, and shopping opportunities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bild.de/regional/leipzig/lebensqualitaet/darum-ist-leipzigs-city-die-beste-50035292.bild.html |title=Platz 1 bei bundesweiter Innenstadtumfrage – 5 Gründe, warum Leipzigs City die beste ist |publisher=[[BILD]] |language=de |date=30 January 2017 |last=Trümper |first=Erik |access-date=24 March 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803033227/https://www.bild.de/regional/leipzig/lebensqualitaet/darum-ist-leipzigs-city-die-beste-50035292.bild.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mdr.de/meine-heimat/quedlinburg-leipzig-erfurt-umfrage-100.html |title=Bundesweite Städte-Umfrage: Leipzig, Erfurt und Quedlinburg am attraktivsten |publisher=[[Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk|MDR]] |language=de |date=31 January 2017 |access-date=31 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203033705/http://www.mdr.de/meine-heimat/quedlinburg-leipzig-erfurt-umfrage-100.html |archive-date=3 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

According to HWWI/Berenberg-Städteranking, since 2018 it also has the second-best future prospects of all cities in Germany, second to Munich in 2018 and [[Berlin]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lvz.de/Leipzig/Lokales/Staedteranking-Leipzig-landet-auf-Platz-zwei |title=Städteranking: Leipzig landet auf Platz zwei |website=LVZ – Leipziger Volkszeitung |access-date=15 September 2017 |archive-date=25 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025130615/https://www.lvz.de/Leipzig/Lokales/Staedteranking-Leipzig-landet-auf-Platz-zwei |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.leipzig.de/news/news/leipzig-behauptet-2-platz-im-staedteranking-fuer-zukunftsfaehigkeit/ |title=Leipzig behauptet 2. Platz im Städteranking für Zukunftsfähigkeit |website=leipzig.de |language=de |date=8 November 2019 |access-date=24 March 2020 |archive-date=7 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507232612/https://www.leipzig.de/news/news/leipzig-behauptet-2-platz-im-staedteranking-fuer-zukunftsfaehigkeit/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

According to a 2017 Global Least & Most Stressful Cities Ranking by Zipjet, a London-based online laundry service, Leipzig was one of the least stressful cities in the World. It was ranked 25th out of 150 cities worldwide and above [[Dortmund]], [[Cologne]], Frankfurt, and Berlin.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.zipjet.co.uk/2017-stressful-cities-ranking |title=2017 Stressful Cities Ranking {{!}} Zipjet |website=www.zipjet.co.uk |access-date=20 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803020244/https://www.zipjet.co.uk/2017-stressful-cities-ranking |archive-date=3 August 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Leipzig was named European City of the Year at the 2019 Urbanism Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.academyofurbanism.org.uk/leipzig-wins-european-city-of-the-year-at-2019-urbanism-awards/ |title=Leipzig wins European City of the Year at 2019 Urbanism Awards {{!}} The Academy of Urbanism |last=Admin |date=7 November 2018 |language=en-US |access-date=20 September 2019 |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116180753/https://www.academyofurbanism.org.uk/leipzig-wins-european-city-of-the-year-at-2019-urbanism-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to the 2019 study by Forschungsinstitut Prognos, Leipzig is the most dynamic region in Germany. Within 15 years, the city climbed 230 places and occupied in 2019 rank 104 of all 401 German regions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lvz.de/Region/Mitteldeutschland/Zukunftsatlas-Leipzig-ist-dynamischste-Region-Deutschlands |title=Zukunftsatlas: Leipzig ist dynamischste Region Deutschlands |website=LVZ – Leipziger Volkszeitung |date=5 July 2019 |language=de |access-date=20 September 2019 |archive-date=5 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705183234/https://www.lvz.de/Region/Mitteldeutschland/Zukunftsatlas-Leipzig-ist-dynamischste-Region-Deutschlands |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/zukunftsatlas-2019-das-sind-die-deutschen-regionen-mit-den-besten-zukunftsaussichten/24521120.html |title=Zukunftsatlas 2019: Das sind die deutschen Regionen mit den besten Zukunftsaussichten |website=www.handelsblatt.com |language=de |access-date=20 September 2019 |archive-date=5 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705183309/https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/zukunftsatlas-2019-das-sind-die-deutschen-regionen-mit-den-besten-zukunftsaussichten/24521120.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Leipzig was listed as one of 52 places to go in 2020 by ''[[The New York Times]]'' and the highest-ranking German destination.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/travel/places-to-visit.html |title=52 Places to Go in 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=8 January 2020 |access-date=24 March 2020 |archive-date=1 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701000934/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/travel/places-to-visit.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Leipzig Hauptbahnhof]] has been ranked the best railway station in Germany and the third-best in Europe in a consumer organisation poll, surpassed only by [[St Pancras railway station]] and [[Zürich Hauptbahnhof]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/panorama/leipzig-deutschlands-bester-bahnhof-100.html |title=Hauptbahnhof Leipzig ist Deutschlands bester Bahnhof |publisher=[[Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk|MDR]] |language=de |date=20 February 2020 |last=Otterbach |first=Niklas |access-date=24 March 2020 |archive-date=28 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928221723/https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/panorama/leipzig-deutschlands-bester-bahnhof-100.html |url-status=live }}</ref>