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3 Dec '19

29d

1 Jan

1 Jan
3 Dec '19

Stockholm

4°C

Sweden

19 Nov '19

13d

2 Dec '19

2 Dec '19
19 Nov '19

San Francisco, CA

16°C

United States

27 May '19

6mo

18 Nov '19

18 Nov '19
27 May '19

Stockholm

14°C

Sweden

24 May '19

26 May '19

26 May '19
24 May '19

Berlin

16°C

Germany

13 Apr '19

1mo

24 May '19

24 May '19
13 Apr '19

Stockholm

10°C

Sweden

31 Mar '19

12d

12 Apr '19

12 Apr '19
31 Mar '19

Tokyo

14°C

Japan

2018

6 Oct '18

6mo

31 Mar '19

31 Mar '19
6 Oct '18

Stockholm

9°C

Sweden

1 Oct '18

6 Oct '18

6 Oct '18
1 Oct '18

Munich

15°C

Germany

12 Apr '18

6mo

1 Oct '18

1 Oct '18
12 Apr '18

Stockholm

10°C

Sweden

2 Apr '18

10d

12 Apr '18

12 Apr '18
2 Apr '18

Rome

18°C

Italy

12 Jan '18

3mo

2 Apr '18

2 Apr '18
12 Jan '18

Stockholm

-1°C

Sweden

8 Jan '18

12 Jan '18

12 Jan '18
8 Jan '18

Östersund

Sweden

2017

25 Sep '17

3mo

28 Dec '17

28 Dec '17
25 Sep '17

Stockholm

16°C

Sweden

21 Sep '17

25 Sep '17

25 Sep '17
21 Sep '17

Berlin

19°C

Germany

18 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17
18 Sep '17

Munich

17°C

Germany

3 Sep '17

15d

18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17
3 Sep '17

Berlin

19°C

Germany

31 May '17

3mo

2 Sep '17

2 Sep '17
31 May '17

Stockholm

14°C

Sweden

26 May '17

31 May '17

31 May '17
26 May '17

Lisbon

22°C

Portugal

6 May '17

19d

25 May '17

25 May '17
6 May '17

Cartagena

31°C

Colombia

19 Apr '17

16d

5 May '17

5 May '17
19 Apr '17

Medellín

25°C

Colombia

14 Apr '17

18 Apr '17

18 Apr '17
14 Apr '17

San Francisco, CA

16°C

United States

2016

14 Nov '16

5mo

13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17
14 Nov '16

Stockholm

5°C

Sweden

7 Nov '16

13 Nov '16

13 Nov '16
7 Nov '16

Berlin

8°C

Germany

4 Oct '16

1mo

6 Nov '16

6 Nov '16
4 Oct '16

Stockholm

9°C

Sweden

30 Sep '16

3 Oct '16

3 Oct '16
30 Sep '16

Munich

17°C

Germany

6 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16
6 Aug '16

London

22°C

United Kingdom

28 Jul '16

5 Aug '16

5 Aug '16
28 Jul '16

Ripatransone

Italy

24 May '16

2mo

27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16
24 May '16

Stockholm

14°C

Sweden

15 Jan '16

4mo

23 May '16

23 May '16
15 Jan '16

San Francisco, CA

14°C

United States

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Introduce yourself — who are you, where are you and what do you do?

by @coffeeshopceo | 3mo 3 months ago | 672 comments

tl;dr: introduce yourself in this thread.

We must all get sick of the same backpacker travel questions when we meet new friends, I know I do.

You know the ones - where are you from, where’ve you been, where are you going, what do you do, how long have you been doing it - etc.

The novelty of answering these questions wears off after maybe a week, but they’re nonetheless insightful and no matter how much we hate them, we find ourselves asking others.

So let’s bring the dreaded backpacker questionnaire to NomadForum and introduce ourselves shall we?

what’s your name?
where are you from?
how long have you been away from home?
what do you do?
where are you currently?
where are you going?
what has been memorable for you so far?
will you go home anytime soon?
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
[insert your own question here]

No need to answer them all if you don’t want to
But the more you share… The merrier!

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✨ Recommended destinations

This is an algorithmic recommendation based on @jesperbylund's trips history to find places they haven't been to yet that other people with similar travels as them also went and liked.

Chiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) and restaurants (2-3$ for a main). Wouldn't recommend staying there during the burning season. The best area is Nimman, but it's also the most expensive. You can stay in the old city that's very nice but that gets noisy during the weekend for the night markets. Last but not least, very safe city. All in all would go back in a heartbeat.

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🌥 Feels 36° 97° 29° 85°🥵AQI 38

$1,103 / mo

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Prague

Czechia

My husband and I spent about 6 weeks testing Prague in Nov-Dec 2018 as we were considering it as a semi-permanent base of operations for the next year or two. Honestly it was great and we plan on leaving Malta where we have been for the past year. Pluses - transportation is very good and quite cheap, tons of restaurants, lots to do. People are more reserved, perhaps even a bit suspicious, so I would not say it was an OVERLY welcoming vibe, however there are a lot of expats from the US, CA, UK

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🌤 Feels 12° 54° 12° 53°AQI 43

$1,957 / mo

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Bangkok

Thailand

Don't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser

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🌤 Feels 41° 106° 31° 87°🥵AQI 85😷

$1,428 / mo

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Barcelona

Spain

During winter is quite safe plus much cheaper. Some nightclubs are free and yet there is still a lot of people. Great por lgbtq+ community.

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67°AQI 33

$2,859 / mo

40Mbps

Budapest

Hungary

I stayed here for a month in July last year. There's lots of cool aspects to the city but I hated it when I was there. The city has a problem with British stag parties, so if you look like you're a British male and speak English expect to be treated with disdain (it's fair enough) The Hungarians can just generally be unfriendly, especially bartenders. It's a weird experience waiting to be served while 3 people ignore you. Or buying the same drink and getting charged whatever they want (700-1500

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🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 68

$1,447 / mo

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Singapore

They say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia, VietNam, Myanmar and Thailand, Singapore was so easy! The subway system is a marvel, streets signs were easy to read, everyone speaks English (that just makes it easy for me as an English speaker) it is safe, clean, and parks are gorgeous. I was there as COVID 19 was breaking out fairly fast and that put a damper on my time but I was so happy to be there anyway and plan to go back. For digital

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🌧 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 81😷

$2,772 / mo

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New York City, NY

United States

Having spent a total of two weeks in London on two separate occasions and having lived in NYC for two years, both are among my favorite cities in the world. Londoners are quite internationally and ethnically diverse, and seemingly better educated and more intellectual than New Yorkers in aggregate. The city very clean with a stunning mix of modern and historic architecture, and arguably has Europe's best public transit in terms of signage, availability, cleanliness and general efficiency. Meanw

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🌧 Feels 17° 63° 16° 62°AQI 12

$4,761 / mo

33Mbps

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

First time I was in KL was in 2015 as a backpacking student. I stayed for 2 weeks at an airbnb in Bangsar South and I loved it. Met up with Uni friends, made new friends and I really like the relaxed atmosphere, despite being in a huge city. Fast forward, 3 years later, I went by myself to KL for a 3 days stay on a visa run from Chiang Mai. I stayed in a hotel near Bukit Bintang. I actually really didn't like it - I think because I was by myself, in a fairly wild part of the city and got so us

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🌧 Feels 46° 115° 32° 90°🥵AQI 61

$1,277 / mo

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Sweden

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🌧 Feels 9° 48° 11° 51°AQI 48

3yr

$3,116 / mo

36Mbps

United States

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☀️ Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 32

5mo

$3,228 / mo

42Mbps

Germany

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🌧 Feels 12° 54° 13° 56°AQI 17

1mo

$2,828 / mo

31Mbps

Colombia

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💵 Cost 😝 Cheap

📡 Internet 🙂 Good

😀 Fun okay

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🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 46

1mo

$994 / mo

10Mbps

Italy

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🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 25

18d

$3,504 / mo

17Mbps

Japan

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🌥 Feels 20° 68° 20° 68°AQI 35

12d

$2,743 / mo

26Mbps

United Kingdom

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🌧 Feels 9° 48° 11° 51°AQI 22

$3,640 / mo

24Mbps

Portugal

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🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 26

$2,077 / mo

29Mbps

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Stockholm

Sweden

I absolutely love living in this city. It's very clean, safe and things generally always work! This is something I miss when I travel to other cities in Europe and rest of the world. Also co-working spaces are growing tons. Though night life might be pretty "boring", it truly is what you make it. Get to know other expats and friends through meetups or friend of a friend, and you'll have an awesome time here!

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11x

$3,307 / mo

36Mbps

Berlin

Germany

Berlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular

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🌤 Feels 12° 54° 13° 56°AQI 43

$2,961 / mo

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Munich

Germany

I've lived in Munich for six months during my Erasmus internship. It is a great place to live generally, offering high quality of life, and it would hands down be the best city to live in Germany if: -It wasn't expensive af, especially rent prices -It wasn't almost impossible to find a place to rent (like literally the only way to find is through acquaintances) -Bavaria was less bureaucratic and more tech-progressive -It had more... young people; much of the youth there is because of the two of

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🌧 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 33

$3,792 / mo

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San Francisco, CA

United States

I've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1

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☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 53

$5,440 / mo

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London

United Kingdom

London is the best city in the world - you just can't do it on a budget. It's got an amazing tech scene but ALSO world class media, fashion, finance, art industries and many others. If you don't want to live in a tech / expat mono-culture then it's for you. It is a genuine melting pot with a huge range of nationalities and cultures living together (the US has a large number of nationalities but there seems to be hard segregations between them geographically, economically, culturally - so they

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🌧 Feels 11° 52° 12° 53°AQI 18

$3,915 / mo

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Medellín

Colombia

We loved Medellin! Poblado is a magical enclave, unlike most of Medellin. Amazing restaurants, lots of nature, friendly people, gorgeous women, fast internet, tons of places to work.

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🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 82😷

$973 / mo

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Cartagena

Colombia

I was there for one week and stayed in Bocagrande, about a 10 minute taxi ride from the Walled City. Pros of Cartagena: Inexpensive locale, reliable and fast internet, good weather (if you like it hot), not terribly crowded (aside from Walled City), beauty/history/nightlife of Walled City. Cons: Local beaches are average at best and riddled with vendors who accost visitors non-stop, street vendors are less pushy but everywhere, fluency in Spanish is very helpful (not really a con, just is),

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🌥 Feels 43° 109° 31° 87°🥵AQI 46

$1,412 / mo

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Lisbon

Portugal

Please stop going to Lisbon, stop telling people to go Lisbon. It is a beautiful city, yes. The Portuguese people are some of the nicest, warmest I've ever had the privilege to meet, yes. But the housing crisis in Portugal is real and terrible. Airbnb and temporary accommodation for tourists / nomads, combined with rich foreigners who can afford exorbitant rents, are pushing locals out of their homes: literally. Search about the housing crisis, the police-enforced evictions of families and the e

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🌧 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 29

$2,077 / mo

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Stockholm

Sweden

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🌧 Feels 9° 48° 10° 50°AQI 39

3yr

$3,307 / mo

36Mbps

San Francisco, CA

United States

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☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 53

5mo

$5,440 / mo

67Mbps

Berlin

Germany

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🌤 Feels 12° 54° 13° 56°AQI 43

27d

$2,961 / mo

30Mbps

Cartagena

Colombia

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19d

$1,412 / mo

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Medellín

Colombia

We loved Medellin! Poblado is a magical enclave, unlike most of Medellin. Amazing restaurants, lots of nature, friendly people, gorgeous women, fast internet, tons of places to work.

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🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 82😷

16d

$973 / mo

14Mbps

Tokyo

Japan

Tokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee

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🌤 Feels 20° 68° 19° 66°AQI 27

12d

$3,207 / mo

29Mbps