Buenos Aires is turning its post-pandemic comeback into a waterfront renaissance, while investing in what locals love most: parks by the river, late-night culture and big-tent arts. Along the Río de la Plata, the old party strip is stirring again. Costa 7070 – chef Pedro Bargero and bar icon Inés de los Santos’s two-level resto-club on Avenida Costanera – is hitting capacity most nights and anchors a 2025 wave of openings that’s pulling diners and DJs back to the shore, validating the city’s #6-ranked global Nightlife. Nature keeps the aire bueno: the 865-acre Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve is refreshing trails and wayfinding, while new green spines knit urban forests together, supporting a Top 5 Nature & Parks finish. The city’s famed culture is radiant as always. Teatro Colón’s stacked 2025 season and Movistar Arena’s international calendar back a #6 ranking for Theaters & Concerts, and MALBA and the National Museum of Fine Arts finish #6 in the Museums subcategory with blockbuster rotations. #21 overall Lovability index finish isn’t surprising. In Núñez, the 30-acre Parque de la Innovación advances with first plots activating labs and university outposts; downtown, the Microcentro Downtown Transformation Plan is pushing office-to-residential starts and street-level retail refreshes.