Guides

Australia

Cities

• City · 5.6M people Sydney A practical look at Sydney's accessible transport and beaches, and how to handle the steep hills in the oldest parts of the city.

Germany

Cities

• City · 3.4M people Berlin Berlin's wide pavements and modern U-Bahn promise easy wheelchair access, but surviving cobblestones in older districts and gaps in the S-Bahn network still catch visitors.

Japan

Cities

• City · 14M people Tokyo Tokyo's rail staff meet you with a ramp at the exact carriage door, but tiny hotel rooms and narrow restaurant staircases make everything beyond the station harder.

Singapore

• Hotels
• Getting around

Spain

Cities

• City · 1.7M people Barcelona Barcelona rebuilt itself for the 1992 Paralympics and became a benchmark. What still works, what deteriorated, and where the Gothic Quarter cobbles catch you.

The Netherlands

Cities

• City · 742k people Amsterdam Amsterdam is flat but never simple for wheelchair users. Steep canal bridges, narrow Jordaan pavements, and historic houses with entrance steps demand planning.

United Kingdom

Cities

• City · 9M people London London claims to be Europe's most step-free big city, and the black cabs and buses deliver, but the Tube's deep-level platform gaps remain its famous exception.

United States

Cities

• City · 8.8M people New York City New York has the least accessible subway of any major ADA city, but the buses, taxis and ferries tell a different story.