No tourist traps · no paid placements
The local gem guides
// 1,007 vetted spots · 213 city guides · 47 countries — updated September 2026
Every guide is written the way we’d point a friend around town: ranked local champions, honest write-ups, and not a single paid placement. Pick a country to see its cities and their champions, or jump straight to a city below.
Country guides// every city with its local champion
Netherlands
175 spots · 40 city guides
Germany
121 spots · 25 city guides
United Kingdom
107 spots · 21 city guides
Belgium
92 spots · 21 city guides
France
83 spots · 14 city guides
Canada
77 spots · 17 city guides
Italy
52 spots · 13 city guides
Spain
44 spots · 13 city guides
Portugal
35 spots · 6 city guides
Austria
16 spots · 1 city guide
Japan
16 spots · 2 city guides
Mexico
11 spots · 1 city guide
India
10 spots · 2 city guides
Morocco
10 spots · 2 city guides
Czech Republic
9 spots · 1 city guide
Denmark
7 spots · 2 city guides
Poland
7 spots · 1 city guide
Chile
5 spots · 1 city guide
Egypt
5 spots · 1 city guide
Ethiopia
5 spots · 1 city guide
Finland
5 spots · 1 city guide
Georgia
5 spots · 1 city guide
Ghana
5 spots · 1 city guide
Greece
5 spots · 1 city guide
Indonesia
5 spots · 1 city guide
Ireland
5 spots · 1 city guide
Israel
5 spots · 1 city guide
Malaysia
5 spots · 1 city guide
New Zealand
5 spots · 1 city guide
Nigeria
5 spots · 1 city guide
Norway
5 spots · 1 city guide
Philippines
5 spots · 1 city guide
Singapore
5 spots · 1 city guide
South Africa
5 spots · 1 city guide
Turkey
5 spots · 1 city guide
Brazil
4 spots · 2 city guides
Colombia
4 spots · 1 city guide
Hungary
4 spots · 1 city guide
Kenya
4 spots · 1 city guide
Peru
4 spots · 1 city guide
Romania
4 spots · 1 city guide
Sweden
4 spots · 1 city guide
Switzerland
4 spots · 1 city guide
Ukraine
4 spots · 1 city guide
South Korea
3 spots · 1 city guide
USA
3 spots · 1 city guide
Vietnam
3 spots · 1 city guide