Spot a Purple Flag in Europe, and You've Found a Tourist-Friendly Nightlife District
Oftentimes, one of the challenges of visiting a new city is figuring out the nightlife, and this is doubly difficult if you're traveling solo and looking to stay as safe as possible. But now, finding the areas that remain as safe to tourists in the day and at night has become much easier with the introduction of a new purple flag system to highlight neighborhoods that stay tourist-friendly at night.
We picked up on this bit of new when we were hanging out the UK last month, and it seems to be an extremely new initiative; indeed London's popular Leicester Square and Covent Garden were the first locations in the city to receive their purple flags, and they only got them at the end of January.
Who else has a purple flag, after the jump
And the flags won't just be awarded to small areas like Leicester Square, but whole town can earn them by keeping crime rates extremely low, having a healthy and safe nightlife with a mix of offers (not just pubs or clubs), and installing nice additions like infoboards with maps and helpful information. In fact, the town of Kingston-upon-Thames is up to receive the next purple flag, and Birmingham, Manchester, Oxford and Bath are hoping they'll be next. Sounds like a pretty novel idea, but who's going to go looking for a purple flag at night?!
Related Stories:
· London's Leicester Square and Covent Garden win new Purple Flags for tourist appeal at night [Mail UK]
· Purple flags for binge drinking-free towns [Telegraph UK]
· Europe Travel [Jaunted]
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