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Top 5 cities where it is good to be vegetarian and vegan

Going to a restaurant or shopping is not always an easy task when you are a vegetarian, even in medium-sized cities. However, more metropolises are increasingly adapting to be able to provide the best services to followers of this diet. Here are the top 5 of the most vegetarian and vegan friendly cities in the world, according to the specialized online guide Happy Cow .

1. Berlin

With more than 50 vegan restaurants and hundreds of diet-friendly establishments, the German capital is the best place to live for vegetarians. Most of the restaurants listed on the site are located within 5 km of each other, and are easily accessible by metro or bicycle. To top it off, almost every restaurant and cafe in the city has vegan dishes on the menu.

2. New York

The Big Apple stands out for the choice it offers vegans:between cafes, bistros, gastro restaurants and bakeries, all the establishments seem to be suitable. Vegans therefore have the choice between eating on the cheap or breaking the bank and treating themselves to a meal like no other. In July 2014, the city had 63 exclusively vegan restaurants. A figure that must have greatly increased since then.

3. Portland, USA

The city located in Oregon is recognized as a paradise for vegans and vegetarians. In addition to that, it is made for families, pedestrians and constitutes an ecological model where life is good. We forget the car, and we enjoy a good meal in one of the 20 vegan establishments!

4. San Francisco

Decidedly, the United States are the undisputed masters in the field! The city, very chic, has several advantages:sunny weather, hills that give a view of the city center, its mythical bridges but also its places that delight vegans and vegetarians. The dozens of places reserved for them are very trendy, and can be easily reached by bus, on foot or by bike.

5. London

The site tells us that it was after the mad cow crisis in the early 2000s that many Britons adapted the vegetarian diet. Even today, vegetarian restaurants are flourishing across the city.

Chiang Mai in Thailand, Los Angeles, Singapore, Taipei (Taiwan), Toronto in Canada and Warsaw in Poland follow. No French city, but it will come, fingers crossed!