What sets one street apart from the next? A standout building, perhaps, some colourful street art or a picturesque, leafy boulevard vibe. These may make a road memorable, but few things make you notice a street more than slogging up or teetering down sidewalks at extremely sharp angles. We’ve pulled together a list of some of the world’s steepest streets where residents live life on the edge, from vertiginous city-centre thoroughfares to little-visited cliffside tracks.

With lofty ambitions and super-sharp gradients, read on to discover some of the steepest streets in the world...