The world’s coolest streets have been named. Here’s what locals really think

Hitting the streets is a great way to catch a city’s real pulse — drifting through indie stores, ducking into coffee shops or grabbing a barstool somewhere lively.

As global listing guide Time Out puts it, a city’s streets are where you’ll find “local life at its most authentic.” That idea powers the magazine’s annual “coolest streets” list, its global roundup of walkways, alleys and other urban arteries.

The 2025 edition is out , celebrating, as Time Out travel editor Grace Beard tells CNN Travel, how “streets are everything that makes urban life brilliant.”

To compile it, the brand leaned on its global network of editors and writers, each arguing for the corners of their cities that deserve the spotlight.

This year’s winner: Rua do Senado in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Time Out says