7 Car-Free Cities Around the World

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Producer: Mehak Pal Editor: Nisha Dubey

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Have you ever imagined a life with no cars and living without traffic snarls and honking horns? Here are seven car-free cities around the world.

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Zermatt (Switzerland) Lying at the foot of Matterhorn, Zermatt has been car-free for as long as anyone can remember. For private vehicles, access is allowed until Täsch (5 km from Zermatt). 

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La Digue Island (Seychelles) La Digue has no traffic snarls and no honking horns. You can opt for a bike and take a lazy ride around the main road that loops around the island.

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 Venice (Italy) Venice’s Centro Storico is often considered Europe’s largest pedestrian-only urban space. A UNESCO World Heritage Site that draws 20 million tourists a year, Venice is vehicle-free. 

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Lamu (Kenya) Lamu has banned cars. There are donkeys for land transport and dhows to travel throughout the archipelago. 

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Fes el Bali (Morocco) With 13,380 historic buildings, Fes-al-Bali was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981 and is probably the largest contiguous car-free area in the world.

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Ghent (Belgium) The city centre of Ghent, a university town famous for its medieval architecture and a row of guildhalls, has been car-free since 2017.

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Yelapa (Mexico) Yelapa is nestled in the southernmost cove of the Bay of Banderas, the world’s seventh-largest bay. There are no cars in Yelapa, although there is a road which leads to the outskirts of the village. This island is not only car-free, even bicycles are banned.