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World's Most Cultured Cities

source: CNN Travel
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First submittedFebruary 28, 2014
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Highest number of national museums (27; 24; 18)
Shanghai
Paris
Berlin
Highest number of other museums (162; 140; 126)
London
Berlin
New York
Highest Number of UNESCO world heritages (4; 4; 3)
Paris
London
Berlin
Highest Number of public libraries (830; 470; 383)
Paris
Shanghai
London
Highest Number of bookshops (1675; 1322; 1025)
Tokyo
Shanghai
Paris
Highest Number of movie cinemas (302; 230; 118)
Paris
Shanghai
Istanbul
Highest Number of video game arcades (997; 587; 278)
Tokyo
Shanghai
Mumbai
Highest Number of (stage) theaters (420; 353; 230)
New York
Paris
Tokyo
7 Comments
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Level 27
Mar 1, 2014
yeah, suck it Rome !
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Level 68
Mar 10, 2014
Miss only just Istanbul
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Level 82
Apr 9, 2014
Could have sworn I typed in New York... must have made a typo...

I'm not sure I understand the quiz, though. Do Tokyo, Shanghai, and Paris all have exactly the same number of bookshops? Or are those just the top 3 answers? And what's the difference between a cinema and a theater?

I remember looking at very similar data before but that data also included the size of these cities which showed some got a very unfair boost because the municipal limits as defined made the city 10 or 20x larger than some of the other cities. I forget which ones.

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Level 78
Apr 9, 2014
Sorry, the numbers were unspecific. I'll change that.

When I think of a theater, I imagine a place where they perform plays like "Hamlet" or so, and in a cinema they show movies. Is there any way to make the word theater more specific?

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Level 82
Mar 25, 2015
Hmm.. not sure. Americans just call cinemas the "movie theater" or "theater" for short. They use the same word for places that show plays or musicals.

Another thing, I wonder if they count all of the museums of the Smithsonian as a single museum, because there are 20 museums part of the Smithsonian in Washington DC alone, and a bunch of museums that are not connected to the Smithsonian in addition to those. Many of which are connected to the government somehow though I don't know if that makes them "national" museums or not.

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Level 78
Mar 26, 2015
I looked it up, "cinema" is just the British word. That's at least one thing the Americans screwed up! I added "(Stage)" to Theater, hopefully that's clearer.
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Level 82
May 21, 2015
That is an effective clarification.