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| ⭐️ Total score | 32 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
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| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Germany |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 30 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌨 1°C 34°F + 💦 Damp (93%) = feels -3°C 27°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 13 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 18 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 110 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 250,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,456 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 90% 👱♀️ 10% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ryanair |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Lufthansa |
| 🏥 Best hospital | University Hospital Aachen |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,540 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,694 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,169 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $905 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,358 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,227 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $529 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $157 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $73 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $265 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $11 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $15,363 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $12 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $11,133 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $34,508 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $100,974 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 0° freezing | 457° cold | 436° cold | 489° cold | 5412° cool | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 5915° cool | 468° cold | 436° cold |
| Real | 373° very cold | 489° cold | 457° cold | 5010° cold | 5513° cool | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 6619° mild | 6720° mild | 5915° cool | 489° cold | 457° cold |
| Humidity | damp 82% | damp 76% | damp 75% | nice 70% | damp 76% | nice 79% | nice 85% | nice 86% | nice 80% | damp 78% | damp 82% | damp 83% |
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| Rain | rainy 130mm | rainy 58mm | rainy 78mm | rainy 54mm | rainy 88mm | rainy 76mm | rainy 176mm | rainy 73mm | dry 31mm | rainy 56mm | dry 50mm | rainy 72mm |
| Cloud | overcast 93% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 82% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 77% | overcast 92% |
| Air quality | clean 18 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 13 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 300 people | 400 people | 360 people | 200 people | 200 people | 333 people | 320 people | 200 people | 257 people | 267 people | 320 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 5° 41° 7° 44°AQI 102😷✈️27min$5,094 / mo87MbpsAlthough I would not praise Cologne as the top destination for digital nomads I have certain doubts about some negative aspects listed here. Hospitals: How can hospitals be pretty bad if Germany has one of the best medical systems in the world? This judgments compares it with remote 3rd world cities which is by definition not logical. Germany, and therefore also Cologne, has most likely the best emergency system in the world (ambulance must arrive within max. 12 minutes - independent of traffi
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌨 Feels -2° 28° 1° 33°AQI 8✈️31min$3,851 / mo30MbpsI recently visited Amsterdam for the third time (and the first time since 2018). I personally think it's a little overrated, but a cool place to visit nonetheless. The architecture is beautiful, and there are lots of good places to eat. I don't like the main area of the canals in the city centre; it smells of weed and is often packed. However, the outer edges - such as the Jordaan district - are less busy and more interesting in my opinion. One thing that surprised me is how much trash was o
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌨 Feels 1° 34° 4° 40°AQI 8✈️16min$5,656 / mo🌇 Also went here23 peopleI have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 5° 41° 7° 44°AQI 102😷✈️27min$5,094 / mo🌇 Also went here29 peopleBeen living here for 6-months. Not the most sociable place, people are a bit avoidant. Apparently a 'Northern' thing. On a good note not very windy. Food is pretty cheap as In Germany in general. Summers are quite nice to spend around some lakes and river beaches. Flight connections are amazing. Also airport functions even with staff shortages, not overcrowded. You can get around without German language that's for sure. On a very basic level. But having a conversation or dealing with paperw
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌨 Feels -4° 25° 0° 31°AQI 9✈️33min$4,306 / mo🌇 Also went here23 peopleI've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌨 Feels -4° 25° -1° 31°AQI 42✈️43min$3,912 / mo🌇 Also went here33 peopleLived in Prague for 8 years. It's a beautiful international European city. Never learned Czech, but was fine. Almost all cafes and restaurants have English menus. Superb food delivery apps (Wolt is the best). All the food you can imagine. Vietnamese food is world-class because of the huge Vietnamese population. If you want hipster bars and cafes, there's plenty of that. If you want old-world-charm there's plenty of that. If you want posh luxury there's some of Europes best restaurants and cockta
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels -6° 21° -2° 28°AQI 56😷✈️48min$3,579 / mo🌇 Also went here22 peopleDidn't like this city that much. Been there twice and honestly it has nothing so special. Just the DUOMO in the center is the main great scenery but besides that, nothing in particular to bother for.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 7° 45° 7° 45°AQI 1✈️51min$4,957 / mo🌇 Also went here22 peopleLived in Copenhagen for just under three years, and for the whole time, I have worked remotely as a freelancer. It's pretty much as perfect as you're going to get in terms of urban design; getting around is easy and safe by bike, and the public transport network is efficient and reasonably-priced. Lots of fun things to do for a relatively small city, and the locals are—from personal experience—incredibly friendly. Pros: - Very safe. You can walk around most areas round-the-clock and not h
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌨 Feels -6° 21° -2° 28°AQI 23✈️56min$5,114 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleVienna is a great place to visit but do not DN here. The internet is either awful of non-existent—even in coffee shops.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels -2° 28° 1° 34°AQI 21✈️1h$4,782 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleI quite liked Zagreb. People are fairly warm, and it's charmingly laid out. Lots of good cafes and restaurants, and the center is pretty walkable. As someone else said there are the commie block vibes, but those are in more peripheral neighborhoods. I felt it was safe, and had no issues getting around by tram mostly. As someone mentioned there is definitely the traditional Southern European cafes are for socializing, not working kind of vibe but still a decent number had wifi and didn't bat an e
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 5° 41° 5° 40°AQI 58😷✈️1h$1,608 / mo🌇 Also went here23 peopleStayed for 2 weeks after almost a year n a half in LatAm. Beautiful city; great food options- especially for Asian food lovers. Plenty of authentic Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese options for about 50% of what you would pay in a Western city. Decent hostels will cost $11-$15 weekdays and between $18-$30 on weekends.... Good internet; beautiful architecture and people but it is true Hungarians can be very cold at times. Overall a good stay with many destinations just a quick and cheap flight/tr
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️1h$2,591 / mo🌇 Also went here25 peopleWarsaw, as a destination for digital nomads, presents a mixed bag of experiences. It's often praised for its affordability, good quality of life, and excellent infrastructure, including fast internet and walkable neighborhoods【8†source】【7†source】. However, it's also characterized by a bustling atmosphere, high traffic, and an ongoing political agenda that some find off-putting. While many digital nomads and locals have found a home in Warsaw, it's worth noting that this city may not
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels -5° 23° -2° 29°AQI 99😷✈️1h$2,830 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleBad walkability? Oslo is known for its great walkability and accessibility to nature. The public transport system is also great, and the city is safe. However, the downside is that it is a very expensive city. Basic items like fruits, vegetables, meat and even beer can be costly. Additionally, the import system in Norway is very protective, which means that grocery stores often only carry products that are made in Norway.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels -9° 16° -5° 23°AQI 19✈️1h$5,110 / mo🌇 Also went here25 peopleYoung and cheap city. Most people can communicate in english. Locals are warmer than in other baltic countries but don't expect to make many local friends. Many foreigners thanks to the university.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌨 Feels -8° 18° -5° 23°AQI 2✈️2h$2,895 / mo🌇 Also went here25 peopleIt used to be a nice city for nomads, but its out-priced now and don't recommend it. I am a single female- remote worker from USA with residence permit of 2 years and have to say its not what it used to be. Stormy tropical weather as we speak so unpredictable these days. Landlords charging ridiculous prices and amenities just don't match quality that should be given. Looking into Spain as we speak..
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 20✈️2h$2,863 / mo🌇 Also went here32 peopleOnce you figure out housing (not an easy thing but doable, especially once you stop looking in the touristic areas), Lisbon is a very charming, safe (even though I'll admit this is getting worse in certain areas), and fun city to live in. In most neighbourhoods you have the feeling of living in a small town instead of an urban area. There's aways something to do or see so it's hard to be bored living here. I still find Lisbon (and Portugal in general), to be one of the most attractive places in
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 20° 68° 19° 66°AQI 19✈️2h$3,367 / mo🌇 Also went here34 people
