Revealed: Europe’s Most Pet-Friendly Cities for 2021

London has been crowned Europe’s most pet-friendly city, thanks to its 164 dog-friendly parks, 240 pet grooming facilities, and 172 pet daycare options in a new report by the mortgage experts at money.co.uk.

The Pet-Friendly Cities Report ranks 20 of Europe’s most densely-populated cities, scoring them on their individual pet-friendly credentials*; such as travelling on public transport, pet-friendly rentals, and options for veterinary treatment within the city centre to determine which European cities are the best for you and your pet companions.

Using a weighted ranking system, the study then assigned a score to each city in the index, revealing the most pet-friendly cities in Europe.

Top 10 European Cities for Pet-Friendliness Ranked: 

Source: Money.co.uk

London tops the list as Europe’s most pet-friendly city owing to its green space, pet shops, and public transport network.

Coming in second place is Paris, scoring 71 out of 100 in the report for green space with 163 parks welcoming four-legged friends.

Rome rounds out the top three scoring 57.5 out of 100 with 39 groomers, 29 pet daycare centers, and a whopping 129 pet stores to shop for all your pet essentials.

The report also reveals that cats are the most popular pet with 69,830,100 of them owned across the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Belgium, Austria, Spain, Poland, Romania, and Hungary.

In the UK, dogs (9,000,000) are 12.5% more popular than cats (8million) whereas fish (37million) are 87% more popular in France than in the UK (20m).