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21 Jun '19

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Sofia

26°C

Bulgaria

31 May '19

20d

20 Jun '19

20 Jun '19
31 May '19

Istanbul

22°C

Turkey

2 May '19

28d

30 May '19

30 May '19
2 May '19

Hong Kong

27°C

Hong Kong

28 Apr '19

1 May '19

1 May '19
28 Apr '19

Chiang Rai

37°C

Thailand

21 Apr '19

27 Apr '19

27 Apr '19
21 Apr '19

Chiang Mai

37°C

Thailand

8 Apr '19

12d

20 Apr '19

20 Apr '19
8 Apr '19

Bangkok

36°C

Thailand

25 Mar '19

13d

7 Apr '19

7 Apr '19
25 Mar '19

Taipei

22°C

Taiwan

16 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19
16 Mar '19

Hong Kong

23°C

Hong Kong

1 Feb '19

1mo

15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19
1 Feb '19

Taipei

20°C

Taiwan

11 Jan '19

20d

31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19
11 Jan '19

Canggu, Bali

30°C

Indonesia

2018

29 Dec '18

13d

11 Jan '19

11 Jan '19
29 Dec '18

Penang

30°C

Malaysia

26 Dec '18

29 Dec '18

29 Dec '18
26 Dec '18

Malacca City

Malaysia

20 Dec '18

26 Dec '18

26 Dec '18
20 Dec '18

Kuala Lumpur

31°C

Malaysia

12 Dec '18

20 Dec '18

20 Dec '18
12 Dec '18

Singapore

30°C

Singapore

10 Sep '18

3mo

25 Nov '18

25 Nov '18
10 Sep '18

Taipei

29°C

Taiwan

2017

1 Jun '17

24d

25 Jun '17

25 Jun '17
1 Jun '17

San Francisco, CA

17°C

United States

2014

1 Dec '14

2mo

10 Feb '15

10 Feb '15
1 Dec '14

San Francisco, CA

13°C

United States

2013

20 Jun '13

29d

19 Jul '13

19 Jul '13
20 Jun '13

San Francisco, CA

17°C

United States

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

by @coffeeshopceo | 4mo 4 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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How do you invest internationally as a nomad?

by @mateuszwieloch | 9mo 9 months ago | 17 comments

I have finally saved enough money to start investing. What company gives good, diversified access to stock, ETFs and mutual funds? Does it make sense to use company like Vanguard or Fidelity for that? I’m a EU/Poland citizen, how would I transfer my money back and forth without incurring significant fees?

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Where is the best place to open a bank account in Europe?

by @julien | 3yr 2 years ago | 7 comments

Hello the community,

I am thinking about opening a business bank account in another country outside of France.
I live in Paris and I work as a freelancer. The taxes on my salary are very expensive (around 85%). I would like to know if there are better options for bank accounts within Europe.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Regards,

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Is anybody a Digital Nomad in the UK and not a resident?

by @creative_nomad_ | 3yr 2 years ago | 6 comments

The situation is that my BF is a UK citizen and I am not. We are traveling around SEA and planning to stop in the UK for 6 months to rekindle funds. Granted, the UK is not the cheapest place to rekindle funds, however, he can work and get a good job there.

I have already done my working visa in the UK so I can’t legally work there again. I’m a graphic designer and web designer and have decided that I will try and get freelance work to support myself whilst I’m over there.

My question is more related to tax and visas. I am an Australia citizen so I can get a 3 month tourist visa. I’m just a little worried about how strict they are over there on visas and questioning finance etc

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USD bank account

by @piovella | 3yr 3 years ago | 9 comments

Hey guys,

I’m in the beginning of my nomadic life. I currently have a UK account in GBP currency but most my clients pay me in USD either via Upwork or Transferwise. I was wondering if you know if there is a better way to deal with the fees?
I was looking at opening a USD account but the fees are ridiculous (I looked at HSBC).
Not sure if this is useful information but at the moment I’m still working as an independent freelancer. I haven’t set up a company yet as am looking for the best option for that.

Thanks

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✨ Recommended destinations

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

Lisbon

Portugal

Lisbon is the next remote work hub of Europe. There's many reasons why I think that: 1) it already has somewhat of a startup/tech scene because of the annual Web Summit conference 2) which means internet is fast, and there's lots of meetups and it's easy to make friends 3) it's relatively affordable for foreigners compared to Spain and the rest of Europe 4) Portuguese people are super friendly, a lot more friendly than in the rest of the Mediterranean and Europe 5) Lisbon is ideal to go on day/w

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$2,177 / 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 2° 36° 4° 38°AQI 42

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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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$3,044 / mo

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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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$3,150 / mo

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Ubud, Bali

Indonesia

Honestly, this is an awesome place to be if you're actually trying to get work done. It's a bit of an older vibe than Canggu, and there's certainly a big chunk of yogi's kicking around — but I liked it much better than Canggu and found it less pretentious. Plus, you can drive down there in 45mins whenever you want some beach or party vibes. As others mentioned, there's some great coworking spaces, cheap warungs, some really nice spots to stay cheaply if you go just outside of the mad tourist

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🌧 Feels 34° 93° 28° 83°🥵AQI 53

$1,356 / mo

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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 7° 45° 8° 47°AQI 70

$1,541 / mo

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Seoul

South Korea

Really enjoying Seoul so far. It is very hard to make friends at first as not many people will speak English or are too afraid to. Maybe easier in Itaewon. For phone service, I was able to get month to month service on KT with unlimited data for only 35,000 won a month. Check out the desk with a sign in Thai on the electronics floor at IPark Mall connected to Yonsan station for this deal. They speak great English as well.

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☀️ Feels 2° 36° 2° 35°AQI 72

$2,372 / 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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Taiwan

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United States

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Hong Kong

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Malaysia

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Thailand

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