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Munich, Germany

Munich ranked fourth in the Mercer Quality-of-Living Ranking for 2016 and has been among the top cities on the list for many years in a row. Munich is highly attractive, not only for citizens, but also for tourists. Many of the measurement criteria applied by Mercer are equally beneficial for residents and tourists, including criteria such as political stability, security, health care, pollution, public transport, availability of consumer goods, and recreational facilities. Munich is also, however, the city with the highest cost of living in Germany.

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Home to almost 1.5 million inhabitants, Munich is the biggest city in Bavaria, the third biggest city in Germany (after Berlin and Hamburg), and ranks 12th in Europe. Situated north of the Bavarian Alps on the Isar ...

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