One of Sydney\u2019s most culturally diverse suburbs has made it on to Time Out\u2019s annual 39 coolest neighbourhoods list.<\/p>\n
Burwood, it seems, has come a long way since Frank Lowy opened his first Westfield shopping complex on its main street in the mid 1960s.<\/p>\n
The inner west suburb was ranked 16th in the world, beating other more globally renowned neighbourhoods such as Shanghai\u2019s French Quarter and Naples\u2019 Quartieri Spagnoli.<\/p>\n
Sign up: AU Breaking News email<\/a><\/p>\n Another Australian suburb, North Melbourne, was praised for its \u201ccharming village-style vibe\u201d and came in at No 24.<\/p>\n A vibrant culture, a dynamic food scene and lively atmosphere pushed Burwood into the Top 20<\/a>. The ranking, curated by what Time Out called its \u201cglobal network of local experts\u201d scores neighbourhoods on their blend of creativity, community, and character.<\/p>\n Burwood stood out for its exceptional diversity, according to Time Out\u2019s editor-in chief in Australia, Alice Ellis, repeating claims made by Burwood council earlier this year that it was the \u201cfifth-most multicultural suburb in Australia\u201d.<\/p>\n Burwood\u2019s mayor, John Faker said the listing came as \u201cno surprise to us\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re incredibly proud to be named the 16th coolest neighbourhood in the world and the No 1 in Australia for 2025,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cBurwood is Sydney\u2019s cultural playground, a place to eat, play, live, and celebrate the rich cultural offerings of our diverse and vibrant community.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data gathered in the last census, 58% of Burwood residents were born overseas \u2013 and almost a third had Chinese ancestry.<\/p>\n Bustling night markets, lunar new year festivities and the neighbourhood\u2019s culinary offerings \u2013 not just Chinese, but Japanese, south-east Asian, Uyghur, Greek and Italian \u2013 received special mention, as did its recently conferred status by the NSW government as a Special Entertainment Precinct, livening up the suburb\u2019s nightlife with relaxed trading and noise rules.<\/p>\n skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n Sign up to Breaking News Australia<\/p>\n Get the most important news as it breaks<\/p>\n Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. If you do not have an account, we will create a guest account for you on theguardian.com<\/a> to send you this newsletter. You can complete full registration at any time. For more information about how we use your data see our Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy<\/a> and Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p>\n after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n The neighbourhood was also praised for its \u201ctranquil charm\u201d, especially in Burwood park, but Appian Way, one of Sydney\u2019s most beautiful and significant heritage streets, wasn\u2019t mentioned.<\/p>\n Defying its undeserved reputation as one of the most boring countries in Europe, Belgium\u2019s Borgerhout, in the northern city of Antwerp, came in second, followed by Barra Funda in S\u00e3o Paulo and Camberwell in London.<\/p>\n Time Out\u2019s Top 25 coolest neighbourhoods in the world for 2025:<\/p>\n Jimb\u014dch\u014d, Tokyo<\/p>\n Borgerhout, Antwerp<\/p>\n Barra Funda, S\u00e3o Paulo<\/p>\n Camberwell, London<\/p>\n Avondale, Chicago<\/p>\n Mullae-dong, Seoul<\/p>\n M\u00e9nilmontant, Paris<\/p>\n Nakatsu, Osaka<\/p>\n Vallila, Helsinki<\/p>\n Labone, Accra<\/p>\n Nguyen Thai Binh, Ho Chi Minh<\/p>\n Anjos, Lisbon<\/p>\n Digbeth, Birmingham<\/p>\n Red Hook, New York<\/p>\n Perpetuo Socorro, Medell\u00edn<\/p>\n Burwood, Sydney<\/p>\n Linden, Johannesburg<\/p>\n Former French Concession, Shanghai<\/p>\n Quartieri Spagnoli, Naples<\/p>\n Bencoolen, Singapore<\/p>\n Endoume, Marseille<\/p>\n Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montr\u00e9al<\/p>\n The Liberties, Dublin<\/p>\n North Melbourne, Melbourne<\/p>\n Portales, Mexico City<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Sydney\u2019s most culturally diverse suburbs has made it on to Time Out\u2019s annual 39 coolest neighbourhoods…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-167738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}