Madrid moves faster than New York, Bern slowest European capital

An old piece of news, but still interesting: researchers measured the ‘pace of life’ in 32 cities around the globe, and concluded that the pace of life is now 10% faster than in the early 1990s; the biggest increases where in China’s Guangzhou and in Singapore.

Here is the list of the cities analyzed, from fastest to slowest:

Average time taken (in secs) to walk 60ft (note ed. 18 meters)

1. Singapore (Singapore); 10.55
2. Copenhagen (Denmark); 10.82
3. Madrid (Spain); 10.89
4. Guangzhou (China): 10.94
5. Dublin (Ireland); 11.03
6. Curitiba (Brazil); 11.13
7. Berlin (Germany); 11.16
8. New York (United States of America); 12.00
9. Utrecht (Netherlands); 12.04
10. Vienna (Austria); 12.06
11. Warsaw (Poland); 12.07
12. London (United Kingdom); 12.17
13. Zagreb (Croatia); 12.20
14. Prague (Czech Republic); 12.35
15. Wellington (New Zealand); 12.62
16. Paris (France); 12.65
17. Stockholm (Sweden); 12.75
18. Ljubljana (Slovenia); 12.76
19. Tokyo (Japan); 12.83
20. Ottawa (Canada); 13.72
21. Harare (Zimbabwe); 13.92
22. Sofia (Bulgaria); 13.96
23. Taipei (Taiwan): 14.00
24. Cairo (Egypt); 14.18
25. Sana’a (Yemen); 14.29
26. Bucharest (Romania); 14.36
27. Dubai (United Arab Emirates); 14.64
28. Damascus (Syria); 14.94
29. Amman (Jordan); 15.95
30. Bern (Switzerland); 17.37
31. Manama (Bahrain); 17.69
32. Blantyre (Malawi); 31.60

Pace of Life

(tip of the hat to Martin Landers, who brought this to my attention)