Romania’s capital scored 52.2 points overall out of 100 in the EIU’s new index of shopping destinations, which ranks 33 European cities based on number of shops, affordability, convenience, hotels and transport and culture and climate.
Bucharest ranked third in terms of affordability with 79 points and fifth in the convenience category with 56.4 points, but it placed in the second half of the index in the remaining three categories.
London topped the EIU index for “its variety of goods and choice of locations”, the survey noted. The city scored 67.3 points overall, followed closely by Madrid, Barcelona, Paris and Rome.