Why New York?

New York is not just a city — it is the city. The place you know from thousands of movies, series, songs, and books before you ever set foot on the ground. And then you stand for the first time on Times Square or the Brooklyn Bridge, and everything is even more grandiose, louder, and exciting than you imagined. New York is sensory overload in the best sense.

• The Skyline — No cityscape in the world is as iconic: the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the One World Trade Center, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Statue of Liberty. Manhattan's skyline is a promise that the city fulfills with every visit.
• Central Park — 341 hectares of greenery in the middle of Manhattan's sea of buildings: lakes, bridges, meadows, a castle, a zoo, free Shakespeare performances in the summer, and the feeling of being in a movie — because almost every other film was shot here.
• Broadway — Broadway theater is the best in the world: “Hamilton," “The Lion King," “Wicked," “Chicago" — over 40 theaters in the Theater District offer world-class performances every evening. A musical on Broadway is an unforgettable experience.
• The Food Scene — New York is the culinary capital of the world: New York pizza (a dollar per slice!), bagels, pastrami sandwiches at Katz's Deli, dim sum in Chinatown, tacos in Jackson Heights, ramen in the East Village, and over 70 Michelin-starred restaurants. Here, you eat your way around the globe.
• World-Class Museums — The Metropolitan Museum of Art (one of the largest art museums in the world), the MoMA (Museum of Modern Art), the Guggenheim, the American Museum of Natural History, and dozens of other museums make New York a cultural superpower.
• The Energy — New York has an energy that is addictive. The city pulses 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. At 3 a.m., you can get pizza, a taxi, and a conversation. The rhythm of the city — the sirens, the honking, the chatter, the rumble of the subway — is like a constant soundtrack.
• Diversity — New York is the most diverse city in the world: over 800 languages are spoken, people from every country on earth live here. Each neighborhood has its own cultural identity — from Little Italy to Chinatown to Jackson Heights (Queens), the most multicultural square kilometer on earth.
• Iconic Neighborhoods — Every neighborhood in New York is its own world: chic SoHo, artistic Greenwich Village, hip Williamsburg (Brooklyn), bustling Midtown, historic Harlem — and in between, thousands of stories waiting to be discovered.

New York is the ultimate city trip: You can stay for a week and have only scratched the surface. The city is addictive — once you've been, you want to return.