1. Antwerp, Belgium — 15.074 points
With a 40% immigrant population that will only keep increasing, Antwerp is yet another ancient port city with a long history of diversity. In fact, it rose to importance after a neighboring ancient port was, well, reclaimed by the land. About 8% of Antwerp’s population comes from Morocco, mostly Muslim, and about 3% are very conservative Orthodox Jewish people, reflecting Belgium’s high Religious Diversity Index and cultural diversity scores. Unfortunately, Belgium’s religiously and ethnically diverse climate has made the news recently as the home turf for extremists involved in the November 13 attacks in Paris. The 11 most ethnically diverse cities in Europe all grapple with the issues created by multicultural populations.
