Łódź, Poland’s third biggest city, has the best strategy for attracting foreign direct investment, says the inaugural fDi Magazine’s Polish City of the Future 2015/2016 ranking. The city located in the centre of the country is followed by Katowice, Wrocław, Gdańsk and Kraków. The list of Top 15 also includes smaller cities like Piotrków Trybunalski, Białystok, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Krosno, Gdynia and Stryków and, surprisingly, no Warsaw.
But Poland’s capital city is still the Polish City of the Future as it won the ranking in four out of six categories — Economic Potential, Human Capital and Lifestyle, Business Friendliness, and Connectivity. Warsaw has an enormous economic potential with the biggest airport and one of the best transport connections as well as a large population.
As Why Emerging Europe wrote recently, Warsaw with its entire region of Mazovia generate more than a fifth of Poland GDP. According to greenfield investment monitor fDi Markets, between 2003 and 2013 the city attracted the highest levels of foreign direct investment with over 500 projects, mainly in business services, real estate and financial services sectors.
Krakow, Poland’s second largest city ranked second and Poznań — third, Wrocław — fourth and Łódź — fifth in the overall ranking.
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