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30 Mar '19

31 Mar '19

31 Mar '19
30 Mar '19

Penang

31°C

Malaysia

23 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19
23 Mar '19

Canggu, Bali

30°C

Indonesia

28 Jan '19

2mo

28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19
28 Jan '19

Paris

6°C

France

2018

29 Dec '18

1mo

28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19
29 Dec '18

Ho Chi Minh City

31°C

Vietnam

3 Dec '18

26d

29 Dec '18

29 Dec '18
3 Dec '18

Annecy

7°C

France

5 Nov '18

28d

3 Dec '18

3 Dec '18
5 Nov '18

Beirut

24°C

Lebanon

4 Oct '18

1mo

4 Nov '18

4 Nov '18
4 Oct '18

Bodrum

26°C

Turkey

4 Sep '18

1mo

4 Oct '18

4 Oct '18
4 Sep '18

Istanbul

25°C

Turkey

3 Sep '18

3 Sep '18
3 Sep '18

Lyon

22°C

France

31 Aug '18

2 Sep '18

2 Sep '18
31 Aug '18

Langres

France

20 Jul '18

1mo

30 Aug '18

30 Aug '18
20 Jul '18

Madrid

31°C

Spain

20 May '18

2mo

20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18
20 May '18

Annecy

15°C

France

20 Apr '18

1mo

20 May '18

20 May '18
20 Apr '18

Troyes

France

19 Apr '18

24 Apr '18

24 Apr '18
19 Apr '18

Athens

18°C

Greece

20 Mar '18

29d

18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18
20 Mar '18

Canggu, Bali

30°C

Indonesia

2017

2 Dec '17

4mo

20 Mar '18

20 Mar '18
2 Dec '17

Ho Chi Minh City

31°C

Vietnam

25 Nov '17

2 Dec '17

2 Dec '17
25 Nov '17

Siem Reap

30°C

Cambodia

30 Oct '17

26d

25 Nov '17

25 Nov '17
30 Oct '17

Bangkok

33°C

Thailand

9 Oct '17

21d

30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17
9 Oct '17

Tehran

24°C

Iran

5 Oct '17

9 Oct '17

9 Oct '17
5 Oct '17

London

14°C

United Kingdom

28 Sep '17

4 Oct '17

4 Oct '17
28 Sep '17

Paris

21°C

France

18 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17
18 Sep '17

Tallinn

14°C

Estonia

9 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17
9 Sep '17

Geneva

21°C

Switzerland

26 Aug '17

14d

9 Sep '17

9 Sep '17
26 Aug '17

Havana

31°C

Cuba

2016

31 Dec '16

8mo

26 Aug '17

26 Aug '17
31 Dec '16

Houston, TX

20°C

United States

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Not a resident in any country - What are your experiences?

by @danielaf | 3yr 3 years ago | 17 comments

Hi nomads!

Is there anyone here who’s a perpetual traveller and therefore not a resident in any country? I know that many nomads have a home base somewhere, remaining either residents in their country of origin or choosing another country.

I was a resident in Portugal for about a year but for the last 4 months, I’ve been a perpetual traveller without residence. I have an Estonian e-residency card but at the moment, my whole income derives from teaching German online and it would be senseless to open a company for this.

I’d love to hear from people who’ve been living like this for a longer time already. What are your greatest challenges? Have you ever run into problems?

I know about all these offshore possibilities, flag theory etc but honestly, I’ve always had the impression that this is not a solution for people like me who just earn enough to live comfortably but don’t have huge savings. Sure, you can and should aim for more but at the moment, the situation is like this.

Daniela

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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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🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 19

$2,040 / mo

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Chiang Mai

Thailand

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 31° 88° 28° 83°AQI 62

$1,093 / 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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☀️ Feels 3° 37° 4° 39°AQI 41

$3,031 / mo

35Mbps

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 32° 90° 28° 83°AQI 45

$2,761 / mo

87Mbps

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 15° 59° 16° 61°AQI 29

$2,878 / mo

39Mbps

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° 2° 36°AQI 60

$2,183 / mo

30Mbps

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 36° 97° 29° 84°🥵AQI 19

$1,793 / mo

12Mbps

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 3° 37° 3° 38°AQI 56

$1,519 / mo

44Mbps

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United States

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☀️ Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 25

8mo

$3,263 / mo

42Mbps

France

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🌥 Feels 12° 54° 13° 55°AQI 39

6mo

$3,543 / mo

29Mbps

Vietnam

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🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 76°AQI 63

5mo

$934 / mo

11Mbps

Turkey

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☀️ Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 80😷

2mo

$878 / mo

11Mbps

Spain

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🌧 Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 26

1mo

$2,675 / mo

31Mbps

Indonesia

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🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 30

1mo

$868 / mo

9Mbps

Lebanon

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🌥 Feels 20° 68° 20° 68°AQI 67

28d

$1,831 / mo

4Mbps

Thailand

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🌥 Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 50

26d

$1,380 / mo

23Mbps

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Paris

France

Super fun and beautiful city. I find Parisians are actually very patient and warm if you at least attempt to speak French; in my experience, most people who complain that they're rude are the ones making zero effort to speak the language. Expensive though and not very easy to meet other nomads.

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☀️ Feels 10° 50° 10° 51°AQI 80😷

$4,033 / mo

29Mbps

Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam

It used to have a lot of character and charm but all the construction is making the city lose its culture. Apartments and accommodation are ridiculously expensive. 300 to 500 a month for tiny rooms in a shared house. For single guys go elsewhere. Women here are rude, ultra conservative and have flat personalities with nothing going for them. Food is okay but plenty of MSG and food safety is atrocious. In addition motorists are aggressive and plenty of accidents take place. Don't live here i

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🌧 Feels 40° 104° 31° 88°🥵AQI 80😷

$940 / mo

17Mbps

Annecy

France

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💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive

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☀️ Feels 8° 46° 8° 46°AQI 58

$5,683 / mo

31Mbps

Canggu, Bali

Indonesia

Bali is amazing, but Canggu isn't really that great -- actually there are SO MANY better places, like Uluwatu, Gili Islands or even Ubud that I can't understand the hype. As almost everyone said below, beaches are crappy, roads are terrible, sidewalks are non-existent and having a motorbike is a must. On the other side, food is great and cafes are pretty reasonable with all those incredible bowls. Anyway I wouldn't recommend it for more than a week.

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🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 33

$1,368 / mo

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Houston, TX

United States

In it's current iteration, Houston is a wide-spread, vehicle dependent city and would be a difficult place to exist as a Nomad without a vehicle. Downtown Houston was once a desolate cluster of office buildings that was abandoned at sundown. But now, downtown is currently undergoing a transformation and will soon (5~ years) make for an inhabitable and nomad friendly destination.

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🌧 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 22

$3,346 / mo

55Mbps

Beirut

Lebanon

Beirut is a place where ideas are formed, and where art, culture, cuisine and an ardour for life thrive. Bars, restaurants and clubs come and go more frequently than the snow on the mountain peaks that form a backdrop to the city. But finding the new places - only to later realise they have vanished - is what makes for singular, memorable nights on these warm shores of the Mediterranean. Unlike in many other capitals in the region, there is a liberal attitude towards drinking in Beirut, where yo

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🌥 Feels 20° 68° 20° 68°AQI 67

$1,831 / mo

4Mbps

Bodrum

Turkey

Bodrum is an overpriced (central) but quite beautiful (surrounding villages/quays) place, mainly made up of the retirement residences of educated rather educated, secular population. There are amazing quays in driving distance that wouldn't be any different than beautiful coasts of Bali or Thailand.

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☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 69

$937 / mo

13Mbps

Istanbul

Turkey

I spent one year in Istanbul and it's absolutely amazing. The city is really safe, I went back home really late during the night, walking, without any problem. Parties are really fun and there are all kinds of spots to have fun (bars, nightclubs, restaurants...). The city has a lot of cafés to work at and most of them have free and reliable wifi. Definitely recommend!

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☀️ Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 67

$1,081 / mo

10Mbps