Each year the Economist Intelligence Unit compiles a ranking of more than 100 cities judged on their liveability, and although Melbourne found itself in the top slot for the past seven years, the baton has been passed off to another international city: Vienna.
This is the first time the Austrian metropolis has been named the world's Most Liveable City but to be honest it was on our travel bucket list way before we knew it was such a wonderful place to settle down.