Cardiff has been ranked one of the greenest capitals in Europe. A study by straw specialists Drinking Straw analysed the number of parks, gardens, wildlife areas, forests, playgrounds and bodies of water compared to the size of European capital cities to see which have the most green spaces per 100,000 people.
The Welsh capital is ranked fourth with 37 green spaces, made up of 18 parks, three gardens, five wildlife areas, three playgrounds, three forests and three bodies of water. When comparing against its population it has 5.54 parks per 100,000 people. On nature and wildlife areas Cardiff has the highest percentage per 100,000 head of population the top ten at 1.54. It also scores highly on bodies of water - like the River Taff - also at 1.54.
Paris has been ranked the greenest capital with 325 green spaces made up of 171 parks, 127 gardens, one wildlife area, 16 playgrounds and ten bodies of water. This gives it 7.62 parks and 5.66 gardens per 100,000 people
