⭐️ Total score | 2.61/5 (Rank #857) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,891 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 88Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 0°C32°F (feels -3°C27°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 67% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 3 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | Very high |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Great |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $5,885 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ 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 | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 88 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 0°C 32°F + 😊 Comfy (67%) = feels -3°C 27°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 3 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 100 NOK in USD | USD 9.17 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NOK 1,000 = USD 92 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💻 Best coworking space | Mesh |
☕️ 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 |
♻️ Return rate | 👎3% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 47,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $70,617 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 73% 👱♀️ 27% |
🏞 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 | $3,891 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,108 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,682 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,338 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,200 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,219 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $848 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $150 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $73 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $326 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $12 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $8 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $4,057 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $15 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,752 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $32,918 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $103,117 |
✅ 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
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ 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% |
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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 3** US AQI | clean 3** US AQI | clean 3** US AQI | clean 3** US AQI | clean 3** US AQI | clean 3** US AQI | clean 3** US AQI | clean 3** US AQI | clean 3** US AQI | clean 3** US AQI | clean 3** US AQI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 333 people | 280 people | 350 people | 300 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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Bad 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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌨 Feels -6° 21° -4° 25°AQI 19✈️30min$4,787 / mo52Mbps×not the best city to live in Denmark, it gets boring very fast
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels -1° 30° 3° 38°AQI 16✈️51min$4,175 / mo54Mbps×Nice place to live, but for travel not sure. Things are very expensive if you want to stay in a hotel and eat out most of the time. Price for cafe is not that crazy but still not the reasonable. Not many fun places to go as a traveler. But if you have a place you can cook by yourself, have some friends to hang out, and enjoy simple and quite lifestyle, then I do recommend to come Stockholm. I'm enjoying a peaceful and calm daily life here!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels -2° 28° 1° 33°AQI 8✈️59min$3,485 / mo175Mbps×Been to Aarhus many times and always enjoy coming here. The people are incredibly friendly, and I personally would change the Friendly to Foreigners rating to “Great”. There are also a lot of cosy cafes and bakeries, which are nice to hang around in when the rain and wind show their faces — as they often do. The city has a good range of things to keep you interested, and the nature nearby is also pleasant. Definitely go to ARoS when you visit; the panoramic view is cool, but the exhibiti
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open✈️59min$4,885 / mo45Mbps×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 goodTap to open🌧 Feels 5° 41° 7° 45°AQI 31✈️60min$3,753 / mo29Mbps×Lived 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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open✈️1h$4,809 / mo54Mbps×Close proximity to Copenhagen and it’s airport; much cheaper than the Danish capital, though still quite expensive compared to many other European cities. I’ve been to Malmö multiple times and would say that I always feel safe during the day, but there are pockets I wouldn’t be so comfortable going to at night. The area close Triangeln Station is one place I didn’t feel so comfortable. Most of the center is fine though, I’d say — though I feel like the city has gotten worse since
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open✈️1h$3,246 / mo57Mbps×Bad 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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌨 Feels -6° 21° -4° 25°AQI 19✈️30min$4,787 / mo52Mbps×I'm Polish and I've been to Gdańsk a number of times over the course of the last 10 years. When I was younger and have seen and experienced less, I was very impressed by the old town. However, these days, after having seen most of Europe and some of the US, I can't help but feel that Gdansk's old town is small and everything that surrounds it has a distinct, post-communist feel, which I do not enjoy. I was there this summer (2022) and it felt like being in an amusement park, with many of the ap
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌨 Feels -3° 27° 1° 33°AQI 52😷✈️2h$4,579 / mo31Mbps×Lived 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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open✈️1h$4,809 / mo54Mbps×So… amazing food. Great public transportation. Very clean. But very conformist. Self expression limited. The irony of seeing an exhibit on graffiti, yet no actual graffiti in the streets. And the causal racism especially if you’re brown. You could be British born but still expect to be sat far away from everyone else at cocktail bars, experience comments and have weird assumptions made.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety greatTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°🥵AQI 25✈️14h$4,101 / mo54Mbps×It's a pretty awesome place and next year will definitely stay for longer. So clean, has amazing people, and great culture
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety greatTap to open🌧 Feels 5° 41° 7° 45°AQI 34✈️2h$6,268 / mo85Mbps×One of my favorite cities in Europe, only "con" is the cold, but you already know that coming into Iceland.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels -3° 27° 0° 32°AQI 14✈️2h$5,265 / mo32Mbps×Cape Town is one of the best cities in the world. There are so many things to do in and around the city. The winelands in Stellenbosch and Constantia are a must-do. The people are very friendly. Cafe / restaurant scene is amazing. During my entire 3 month trip, I never once felt unsafe anywhere I went. If you're considering Cape Town, just do it - you won't regret it!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 17✈️14h$2,182 / mo33Mbps×Athens is a fantastic city. Locals are friendly and food is fantastic. There isn't a huge amount to do, but for a short stay it's definitely worth the visit.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 53°AQI 117😷✈️4h$3,018 / mo52Mbps×I've been here just under a week so it might be too early to comment on Helsinki, but so far I like it. I'd like to second what the review from 9 mths ago said: I can recommend Noli Studios, specifically the Herttoniemi one. I'll tell you more about Finland once I've been here longer.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels -7° 19° -3° 26°AQI 49✈️1h$3,307 / mo31Mbps×Lived 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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 1° 34° 4° 39°AQI 32✈️2h$2,926 / mo65Mbps×Bad 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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌨 Feels -6° 21° -4° 25°AQI 19✈️30min$4,787 / mo🌇 Also went here30 people×Lived 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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open✈️1h$4,809 / mo🌇 Also went here28 people×I've been here just under a week so it might be too early to comment on Helsinki, but so far I like it. I'd like to second what the review from 9 mths ago said: I can recommend Noli Studios, specifically the Herttoniemi one. I'll tell you more about Finland once I've been here longer.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels -7° 19° -3° 26°AQI 49✈️1h$3,307 / mo🌇 Also went here27 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 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels -13° 9° -7° 20°AQI 54😷✈️1h$2,853 / mo🌇 Also went here27 people×I 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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 6° 43° 9° 49°AQI 43✈️1h$5,047 / mo🌇 Also went here28 people×I stayed in spring, and outside old town I didn't encounter many tourists at all. The city was beautiful. I would recommend it for foodies, most things were very tasty and the prices weren't crazy high. Overall, a nice place to visit.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels -6° 21° -3° 26°AQI 4✈️2h$2,722 / mo🌇 Also went here25 people×I'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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 6° 43° 7° 44°AQI 50✈️2h$3,557 / mo🌇 Also went here30 people×I find it difficult to understand what people see in this city. The cost to benefit ratio is just so terribly bad! This is by far the most expensive city in Europe (especially in terms of rent), with hardly anything to offer in comparision with other cities like Barcelona, Lisbon or Warsaw. The weather is just average, with cold and windy winters and mediocre summers. It's difficult to come by restaurants that offer anything other than Indian fast food for a decent price - most places are just u
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 10° 50° 11° 53°AQI 34✈️2h$5,463 / mo🌇 Also went here32 people×Lived 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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 1° 34° 4° 39°AQI 32✈️2h$2,926 / mo🌇 Also went here30 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 mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌨 Feels -1° 30° 0° 33°AQI 3✈️2h$2,277 / mo🌇 Also went here27 people×I don't know exactly how Barcelona is still considered safe but it's far from it. It's probably the most dangerous city to live in Madrid and one of the most dangerous in europe, with constant pick-pocketing and even violent crimes to get your wallet and phone in certain areas. If you like a peaceful life, Barcelona is not the place anymore!!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 30✈️3h$3,530 / mo🌇 Also went here33 people×Athens is a fantastic city. Locals are friendly and food is fantastic. There isn't a huge amount to do, but for a short stay it's definitely worth the visit.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 53°AQI 117😷✈️4h$3,018 / mo🌇 Also went here25 people×New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 85😷✈️7h$7,583 / mo🌇 Also went here27 people×BA is the safest city in the world, just after Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana and Caracas! And if you ask the local Porteños/Argentinians, they'll assure you 100% Argentina is THE BEST around the globe... whatever the matter in discussion! 😂 With all the slums, poverty and ignorant population, a true 3rd world country, made of rude people, they didn't need to be so ridiculously arrogant. 😅😅
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 17✈️16h$1,657 / mo🌇 Also went here26 people×