Athens has been named the world's most flirtatious city in a new study. But London ranks a lowly 57th, according to the compilers of the world's largest ever study of online flirting.

Chilly Moscow came in at number two on the list of nearly 200 cities around the world, reports the Telegraph, while Rome took eighth place and Paris - synonymous with romance - managed only to rank 38th.

The study of flirtatious behaviour online was carried out by Badoo.com, which claims to be the world's largest social networking site for meeting new people.