We take our sunrises seriously in Cape Town, often with the early birding catching the best of the sun’s first glimpses upon our day.
In the digital world, Instagram has become the home of the sunrise and sunset collective. In ascertaining the most beautiful cities to wake up in according to Instagram, Premier Inn took to do an investigation on the most beautiful cities in the world to wake up in. To do this, it compiled over 250 of the most populated cities in the world on Instagram to reveal the places that are being photographed the most when we wake up in the morning.
The number of hashtags for #goodmorning{city} were counted and compared for cities in the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Africa, South America and Asia – which were said to determine the popularity of a city by morning ‘snaps’.
In Africa
According to the research, Instagrammers are rising early and getting ready to snap Africa’s breathtaking skies with Lagos, Nigeria taking the top spot as Africa’s most popular city to explore first thing in the morning. There were over 3890 mentions for mornings in Lagos according to the data, often seeing golden morning swirls of sky are captured in many of the morning posts from Lagos, with Instagram users showcasing the city’s vibrant feel with people on their morning commute, making time to take a morning snap in front of Lagos Lagoon.
Cape Town swooped into second place with over 2200 mentions for mornings in the Mother City. Cape Town is clearly a big hit amongst early morning Instagrammers capturing sunrises from some of Cape Town’s famous hiking routes such as Lion’s Head mountain, showing that Cape Town is even more beautiful from a great height.
In third place is Cairo with #GoodMorningCairo posts showcasing the reflections of the sunrise on the Nile from Roda Island. This city got over 760 mentions, and many of the posts under #goodmorningCairo show off the city’s unique architecture, with many getting out early to beat the crowds and capture some amazing shots of the city’s historic Old Cairo on an early morning stroll.
Durban and Nairobi round off the top five with 467 and 407 hashtags respectively according to the research.
Worldwide
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