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Die besten europäischen Städte für ein erstes Date
Curious to find out, Uswitch.com/mortgages/ analysed local food and service ratings, while also scraping thousands of restaurant reviews from across Europe to identify those that included romantic terminology, and determine the best European cities for a romantic first date.
The 10 Best Cities for a First Date
Rank |
City |
Country |
Romantic Atmosphere % [1] |
Romantic Restaurants % [2] |
Romance Score/10 |
1 |
Paris |
France |
35.47% |
37.37% |
10 |
2 |
Copenhagen |
Denmark |
20.37% |
53.09% |
9.7 |
3 |
Berlin |
Germany |
19.96% |
51.91% |
9.5 |
4 |
Helinski |
Finland |
31.7% |
29.31% |
9.2 |
5 |
Rome |
Italy |
24.25% |
33.83% |
9.0 |
6 |
Athens |
Greece |
19.58% |
37.84% |
8.9 |
7 |
Amsterdam |
The Netherlands |
14.98% |
48.65% |
8.1 |
=8 |
Zagreb |
Croatia |
18.59% |
41.06% |
7.9 |
=8 |
Stockholm |
Sweden |
16.37% |
43.61% |
7.9 |
10 |
Riga |
Latvia |
20.37% |
18.47% |
7.8 |
Earning its title of The City of Love, Paris claims the top position as the best European city for a first date. With a perfect 10/10 score, the restaurants of the French capital are considered to have a romantic atmosphere by 35.47% of guests—3.77% more than Helsinki (Finland), which takes second place in this regard. Even though Paris is ranked 16th for its average food rating (3.44) and 12th for average service (3.52), potential Parisian couples can expect a romantic atmosphere when going for their first date, as 37.37% of restaurants in the city were considered romantic by reviewers.
More than half of Copenhagen’s restaurants are ideal for a first date
With a romance score of 9.7/10, Copenhagen earns the silver medal as Europe’s second best city for a romantic first date. In total, 53.09% of the Danish capital’s restaurants are ideal for intimacy, the highest percentage in Europe, and 9.48% more than its neighbours in Sweden with 43.61%. Despite Copenhagen placing in the bottom 10 for both food ratings (3.08) and service ratings (3.1), possible Danish can be spoiled with a romantic atmosphere during dinner as the capital scored 20.37% for the category.
Berlin is the third most romantic European capital
Germany’s capital city, Berlin, holds third place with a romance score of 9.5/10. Despite placing 23rd and 22nd for average food rating (3.3) and service rating (3.27) respectively, 51.91% of the city’s restaurants are consistently described as romantic by reviewers—0.81% more than Madrid with 51.1%.
Methodology
1.) Romantic atmosphere %’ is the percentage of all reviews that contained a romantic keyword.
2.) Romantic restaurants %’ is the percentage of restaurants that had 10% or more of its reviews using a romantic keyword.
3.) Our sample of reviews was limited to a maximum of 250 of the most recent reviews per restaurant.