As far as social media is concerned, Hamburg still has some catching up to do - perhaps they will be busy setting Pride hashtags this year.
For accommodation in mid-June, visitors pay around 138 euros per night. Among other things, Hamburg scores well in the accessibility category (score: 7.98) and the Hanseatic city also delivers a presentable result in terms of LGBTQ-friendly bars, confirming that major German cities are very open to the LGBTQ community. But there are already many smaller demos, street festivals and events starting in June.Īnother German city made it into the top 5: Hamburg takes third place with an overall score of 27.32. Berlin's Christopher Street Day, or Berlin Pride Parade, will take place this year on 23 July 2022, after a break due to the pandemic. With more than 60 gay-friendly bars, the capital is also one of the top performers in Europe in this category. In terms of "accessibility", Berlin is only just behind London, scoring 9.30 out of 10. Compared to London, you only pay about half as much for accommodation in Berlin, but the competition in this category is extremely strong, which is why the big city only scores 2.79 here. The German capital also climbs the winner's podium and grabs the silver medal in the rankings. On Saturday, 2 July 2022, the big Pride parade will take place in London, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in the UK this year. The only drawback is the price of accommodation per night: with an average of 289 euros per night, visitors have to dig deep into their pockets for their stay. The metropolis is also a pioneer in terms of accessibility and achieved a score of 9.12. In terms of equality, the UK is already very progressive in a Europe-wide comparison with a score of 8.2.
In the category of Instagram hashtags as well as "LGBTQ-friendly bars", London achieved the maximum score of 10. The UK's capital London took first place this year with an overall score of 38.67, making it the most LGBTQ-friendly city in Europe. Please read on to see which European cities made it into the top 5: The maximum achievable score per city in the ranking was 50, as a score of 10 could be achieved in each individual category. The data collection should help you get a better idea of the ease to reach the respective cities, what costs can be expected, how big the offer is for the LGBTQ community and how progressive the respective country is in terms of legislation.įor this, Holidu, the search engine for holiday rentals, examined different data points for more than 100 European cities. So if you decide to go on a city break this summer and would like to take the opportunity to attend one of the Pride events, you can find inspiration in Holidu’s latest study. Pride Month is characterised by many celebrations and events, of which the Pride parades are particularly noteworthy.
This issue continues to this day in some countries where same-sex sexual orientation is still sometimes discriminated against. The term originally emerged from a collective movement to fight discrimination against sexual orientation and gender identity. The acronym LGBTQIA, with the addition of further letters, comes from English and stands for "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual".