⭐️ Total score | 2.79/5 (Rank #1103) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,157 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 87Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 14°C57°F (feels 14°C57°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 96% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 8 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | Very high |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $5,885 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Great |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Norway |
⏱ Average trip length | 11 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 87 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 14°C 57°F + 💦 Damp (96%) = feels 14°C 57°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 8 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | OneCall |
💸 10 NOK in USD | USD 1.02 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NOK 1,000 = USD 102 |
💸 Tipping | No |
☕️ Best coffee place | Jacu Coffee Roastery |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Invit Espresso Bar |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | First Hotel Atlantica |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 47,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $70,617 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Komplett |
🏠 Apartment listings | Finn |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Norwegian |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | SAS |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,157 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,926 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,361 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,246 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $915 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $413 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,604 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $216 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 4 listings) | $2,131 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $70 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $10 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,752 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $32,918 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $103,117 |
✅ Pretty 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
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 0° freezing | 0° freezing | 394° cold | 373° cold | 489° cold | 5714° cool | 6418° cool | 5915° cool | 5714° cool | 5211° cool | 436° cold | 0° freezing |
Real | 362° very cold | 373° very cold | 436° very cold | 415° very cold | 5010° cold | 5714° cool | 6317° cool | 5915° cool | 5714° cool | 5412° cool | 468° cold | 373° very cold |
Humidity | damp 71% | nice 65% | damp 78% | damp 75% | damp 81% | damp 83% | damp 83% | damp 77% | damp 76% | damp 76% | damp 74% | damp 73% |
Rain | rainy 106mm | rainy 63mm | rainy 190mm | rainy 203mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 106mm | dry 49mm | rainy 96mm | rainy 186mm | rainy 396mm | rainy 278mm | rainy 163mm |
Cloud | cloudy 66% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 88% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 81% | overcast 91% | overcast 94% | overcast 92% | overcast 90% |
Air quality | clean 9 US AQI | clean 8** US AQI | clean 8** US AQI | clean 8** US AQI | clean 8** US AQI | clean 8** US AQI | clean 8** US AQI | clean 8** US AQI | clean 8** US AQI | clean 8** US AQI | clean 8** US AQI | clean 8** US AQI |
Sun | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 250 people | 200 people | 350 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 40✈️51min$3,912 / mo43Mbps×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!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 29° 84° 27° 80°AQI 31✈️59min$3,664 / mo34Mbps×I studied in Aberdeen for a year and loved living there. The city has charm and is very walkable. It was easy to meet people from the university and through my student accommodation but could see it being difficult if you aren't attending university. It wasn't too expensive coming from the US and was manageable on a student budget. It is easy to catch a train to explore nearby cities. The train ride from Edinburgh to Aberdeen is very scenic and shows a cliffside view for the majority of the ride
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 15° 59° 16° 61°AQI 17✈️60min$3,268 / mo18Mbps×Copenhagen is way too expensive. I have lived there for quite some time and although it's has this semi-hipster vibe, it still feels like a big village. It's miserable in the winter because it's so windy and went. There are much better and cheaper options, plus the people can be hard to relate to.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 66✈️1h$6,285 / mo43Mbps×I've been there in summer. I don't understand why the rate of walkability is bad, that is ridiculous. People are friendly and polite, if you want to find a job is easy, although opening a bank account to get your salary can take two months. There are plenty of coffees, restaurants and bars, often you need to book in advance (more if the weather is good), and they will rip you off. I knew this, and I went there with the plan of no-eating out, no coffee-out and no-party, but even the supermarket i
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 48✈️30min$4,909 / mo40Mbps×Like everywhere, Singapore has pros and cons. // Pros: // Everything works very well, it's clean, you can use the trains and transport system with a bank card, Grab taxis are efficient and safe, the airport is amazing // Everyone speaks English // Population seems well educated and cosmopolitan // There are lots of parks and green spaces. // Cons: // It's very expensive. For what you get it feels overpriced compared to most Western countries for example. // It's hot and very, very humid. Unti
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 39° 102° 31° 87°🥵AQI 42✈️14h$3,696 / mo102Mbps×Zurich is a nice city, not very big but charming, especially the old town where you can find bars and restaurants. Good party culture, a lot of different clubs. A lot if different things to do and other cities like the capital (Bern) are within a 1 hour train ride.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 34✈️2h$5,641 / mo28Mbps×This place should be number 1 on the Nomad list. Can’t fathom why the internet score is so low! We got anywhere from 100mbps upload and download in most cafe’s to 550mbps up and download in our apartment! The internet is blazing fast! The cost of living is great compared to places like Mexico which is becoming so expensive. I’d say it’s on par with COL in Canggu. The people are super friendly, the food is incredible and cheap! The views and endless amounts of things to do just blows your
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 75✈️14h$1,714 / mo6Mbps×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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 34° 93° 31° 88°🥵AQI 34✈️2h$3,917 / mo19Mbps×I am a Greek living abroad just the last couple of years. I accidentally discovered this page and noticed the comments below. What I can recommend to people considering living in Athens is to explore places a bit outside of the city center. I agree with people that there are many areas very close to the city center that are dirty and perhaps not very safe to walk around at night. Explore areas like Glyfada, Voula, Kifisia, Marousi, Psychiko, Marousi and you will be amazed with how different it i
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 33° 91° 31° 89°🥵AQI 46✈️4h$2,893 / mo9Mbps×I visited Prague on more than one occasion and tried something new each time. I really wanted to enjoy it, but unfortunately it turned out to be one of my least favourite cities. Perhaps it was just me, but there was an overwhelming sense of distrust and dislike towards foreigners, you have to try pretty hard to blend in if you want to experience the life of a local & avoid the tourism. I met some wonderful people and and there’s some cool communities to be part of, but another extended stay
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 33° 91° 30° 86°🥵AQI 59✈️2h$2,731 / mo23Mbps×Coming here from Bangkok was kind of a shock. Most areas are slum, except for a few developed enclaves mainly around BGC. Due to the limited developed land area equivalent housing options are more expensive and less flexible than say Bangkok. Internet is horrible (walk around with phone in the air for signal bad), public transport hugely lacking, Grab rides sometimes take over an hour to book due to driver supply caps after reopening from COVID lockdowns, food options are limited and often unhea
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 87°🥵AQI 13✈️13h$1,291 / mo5Mbps×I've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 30° 86° 28° 83°AQI 10✈️7h$5,660 / mo34Mbps×Copenhagen is way too expensive. I have lived there for quite some time and although it's has this semi-hipster vibe, it still feels like a big village. It's miserable in the winter because it's so windy and went. There are much better and cheaper options, plus the people can be hard to relate to.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 66✈️1h$6,285 / mo43Mbps×I've been there in summer. I don't understand why the rate of walkability is bad, that is ridiculous. People are friendly and polite, if you want to find a job is easy, although opening a bank account to get your salary can take two months. There are plenty of coffees, restaurants and bars, often you need to book in advance (more if the weather is good), and they will rip you off. I knew this, and I went there with the plan of no-eating out, no coffee-out and no-party, but even the supermarket i
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 48✈️30min$4,909 / mo🌇 Also went here23 people×Copenhagen is way too expensive. I have lived there for quite some time and although it's has this semi-hipster vibe, it still feels like a big village. It's miserable in the winter because it's so windy and went. There are much better and cheaper options, plus the people can be hard to relate to.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 66✈️1h$6,285 / mo🌇 Also went here21 people×Summers in Tallinn are very pleasant (if not the best, tbh). There is no need for a car or a bus to move from one point to another in the city center. I've been working in Maakri area, which is local City. Really loved my time here, especially variety of quality food options available. My favourite upscale place to eat was FARM restaurant, which is a gem of a resto located in the beginning of Tallinn's Old Town. The restaurant is also the only provence style restaurant in the country, according
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 46✈️1h$2,188 / mo🌇 Also went here20 people×A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 19° 66° 18° 65°AQI 43✈️1h$5,937 / mo🌇 Also went here22 people×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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 34° 93° 31° 88°🥵AQI 34✈️2h$3,917 / mo🌇 Also went here24 people×How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 30✈️2h$5,172 / mo🌇 Also went here25 people×I visited Prague on more than one occasion and tried something new each time. I really wanted to enjoy it, but unfortunately it turned out to be one of my least favourite cities. Perhaps it was just me, but there was an overwhelming sense of distrust and dislike towards foreigners, you have to try pretty hard to blend in if you want to experience the life of a local & avoid the tourism. I met some wonderful people and and there’s some cool communities to be part of, but another extended stay
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 33° 91° 30° 86°🥵AQI 59✈️2h$2,731 / mo🌇 Also went here23 people×Zurich is a nice city, not very big but charming, especially the old town where you can find bars and restaurants. Good party culture, a lot of different clubs. A lot if different things to do and other cities like the capital (Bern) are within a 1 hour train ride.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 34✈️2h$5,641 / mo🌇 Also went here20 people×Stayed 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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 35° 95° 32° 90°🥵AQI 55✈️2h$1,040 / mo🌇 Also went here23 people×Didn'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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 35° 95° 31° 88°🥵AQI 42✈️3h$4,410 / mo🌇 Also went here20 people×Best city in Spain. Weather is great even in December and the clubbing scene is fun. There's lots to do and it's a beautiful city overall. You have to watch out for pickpockets but as long as you aren't leaving things unattended or obviously in your pockets you'll be fine. If you're into hostels, Hostel One Paralelo is BY FAR the best hostel in the area, worth every penny. Will definitely be back, and I never say that.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 31✈️3h$3,616 / mo🌇 Also went here25 people×I am a Greek living abroad just the last couple of years. I accidentally discovered this page and noticed the comments below. What I can recommend to people considering living in Athens is to explore places a bit outside of the city center. I agree with people that there are many areas very close to the city center that are dirty and perhaps not very safe to walk around at night. Explore areas like Glyfada, Voula, Kifisia, Marousi, Psychiko, Marousi and you will be amazed with how different it i
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 30° 86° 28° 83°AQI 10✈️7h$5,660 / mo🌇 Also went here23 people×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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