New York City

To all you writers out there, please use comparisons with care. I don’t know how many times I have seen Buenos Aires described as The Paris of South America, the same obviously goes for “Paris - The Buenos Aires of Europe”. I shouldn’t even mention “Amsterdam - The Venice of the North” or the village Giethoorn north of Amsterdam that apparently passes as The Venice of Holland.

And Berlin is not The New York City of Europe as I have read on several occasions. I guess you have heard the expression “Ain’t no city like New York City”. Well, whoever said it first was right. Period.

The most accurate comparison I have read and heard so far is “Canary Wharf - London’s Mini Manhattan.” Everyone who has seen the high buildings around Jubilee Place and Canada Square will probably agree. “Lanzarote - Europe’s Hawaii” is not that bad either, especially not if you’re at El Quemao - some call it The Pipeline of the Canary Islands - between November and February when the swell reaches 6ft.

What else? I recently read that Fritschestraße in Berlin is The Champs Elysées of Germany, but whether that’s true or not I have to see for myself.