Go 'Sightsmelling' in Europe's Best Smelling Cities
When we go on holiday, we may like to go sightseeing. This means visiting — or seeing — famous and interesting places.
But would you be interested in "sightsmelling"?
That's not a real word, but perhaps it should be!
It could mean choosing a place to visit based on the way it smells!
And if that sounds — or, um, "smells" — like something you might like to do, a company from the UK has made a list of what it says are Europe's best-smelling cities.
This wasn't a scientific study, but there was a method that was used to decide which places smelled best.
First, the company looked at how clean each city is. This measure is called the "environmental performance index," and it includes things like cleanliness of air and water.
Cities were also ranked based on how many bakeries, perfume shops and flower shops they have for every 10 square kilometers!
So if you like the smells of fresh bread, flowers and perfume — then, according to the report, Athens is the place to go.
The Greek capital was at the top of the list, with more than 30 bakeries and 30 florists for every 10 square kilometers.
The report added that Athens also has great street markets full of fresh food, which help make it a sweet-smelling city.
However, visitors who have been in the famous old city during one of its refuse worker strikes will know that Athens doesn't always smell so good!
Paris, known for its baguettes, was second in the list, while Zurich, Dublin and the city of Luxembourg came next.
In ninth place was Valletta, the small but busy capital of Malta, where there are 196 bakeries for every 10 square kilometers! But don't expect to find hundreds of bakeries there — the city is less than 1 square kilometer in size!
