This Somerville neighborhood is one of the coolest in the world

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Union Square is home to award-winning restaurants, crafty cocktails and unique markets.

Somerville is home to one of the coolest neighborhoods in the world, according to an international travel magazine.

Time Out shared its ranking of the 38 coolest neighborhoods in the world on Thursday. Somerville’s Union Square took the 38th spot. “Cool,” Time out clarified, means the neighborhood encapsulates “culture, community, nightlife, food and drink,” all in one walkable district.

Other US cities that made the list were Portland, Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Philadelphia and Chicago.

Time Out said the rankings came from their local writers, which were whittled down by the magazine’s global editors looking for “unique and exciting pockets of our cities.”

Local writer Jacqueline Cain called Union Square a “haven” for graduate students and young families with connections to Boston for work or Cambridge for school. She wrote that it recently opened Green Line Extension has made Somerville “Boston’s Coolest Cousin.”

Several restaurants on the square received a shoutout, including award-winning ones Celeste and Sarma. Time Out has also been highlighted Area restaurant & bakery, Bow Market, Union Square Donutsand Field & Vine.

The square also has antique shops and indie shops ax throwing for the more adventurous. Annual events also gave Union Square the “cool” factor, like Porchfest — which attracted national acts this year — and “What the hell? Festivalto celebrate the creation of Marshmallow Fluff.

No good area is complete without nightlife. Cain points visitors in the direction of The Jungleknown for live indie shows, and Rear bar for craft cocktails.