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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 230 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Bulgaria |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 28 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 22 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 12°C 54°F + Humid (91%) = feels 12°C 54°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 52 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Vivacom |
| 💸 10 BGN in USD | USD 5.96 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BGN 1,000 = USD 596 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Coworking Bansko |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Family Bansko Coffee & Kids Club |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Coworking Bansko |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 13% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 8,600 people |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Emag |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Transavia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Transavia |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hospital Razlog |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,391 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $883 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,296 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $370 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $238 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $119 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $657 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $31 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (155 listings) | $1,640 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $54 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
I see that there are a whopping 200 nomads in Bansko, Bulgaria. I’m in Sofia, but aside from Bansko being cheap, I get the feeling that it’s a retirement centre in the summer time. I saw a few Youtube vids but it looks dead. What’s the draw to Bansko right now? Is there nightlife, or is it just a place to go hiking? Are there decent work cafe’s? Is it a decent place for singles?
Since it’s a hotspot I’d love to see some reviews on the page.
Thanks!
I tell you why, a friend Matthias is running a coliving space there called Coworking Bansko, and as they’ll throw a big party next year, the nomad scene is growing there. That’s actually when I’m gonna see the place for the first time, and I can give you my official review 
It’s a mega cheap place, that’s why. It’s probably on a par with Thailand for costs.
If you want to hunker down and just work, then it’s a good place! There is 24/7 coworking and a good community of people there. I was there in September and it was a lot of fun. As it’s a small community you do end up doing lots of things together as everyone is in the same boat.
That said, the nightlife is basically a couple of ok bars and it’s not a place to jump on Tinder. Good for working, not a party town basically.
It’s mostly REALLy cheap to live, and in the winter it’s good for skiing etc. The 200 number is extrapolated from the 8 people checked in on Nomad List, so not necessarily completely accurate. But it is exceptional that there’s 8 people from Nomad List in a place like Bansko. I wonder why too!
Yeah, you either hike, go to the spa, or just save money. Nothing else left to do, during the summer.
Hmm, sounds boooooooring. Why are 200 nomads there? Because it’s easy to find an apartment for $150?
Hi all, my husband and I have been living in Bulgaria for the past month and were hoping to travel to Greece next. Have any UK nationals entered Greece lately? I believe that anyone entering Greece requires a negative COVID test 72 hours before travel - is this what they are requiring at the borders please? (Reason we ask is for Bulgaria we filled out forms but weren't asked for them) Thanks.
Hi from Greece,
This is what is currently effective:
Passengers of flights from Bulgaria, Romania, UAE, Malta, Belgium, Spain, Albania, North Macedonia and Hungary (as of September 16, 2020 until October 12, 2020) from Czech Republic (as of September 28, 2020) and Poland (as of October 3, 2020) to Greece will be required to have a negative molecular test result (PCR) for COVID-19, performed up to 72 hours before their entry to Greece.
I see that there are a whopping 200 nomads in Bansko, Bulgaria. I’m in Sofia, but aside from Bansko being cheap, I get the feeling that it’s a retirement centre in the summer time. I saw a few Youtube vids but it looks dead. What’s the draw to Bansko right now? Is there nightlife, or is it just a place to go hiking? Are there decent work cafe’s? Is it a decent place for singles?
Since it’s a hotspot I’d love to see some reviews on the page.
Thanks!
I tell you why, a friend Matthias is running a coliving space there called Coworking Bansko, and as they’ll throw a big party next year, the nomad scene is growing there. That’s actually when I’m gonna see the place for the first time, and I can give you my official review
It’s a mega cheap place, that’s why. It’s probably on a par with Thailand for costs.
If you want to hunker down and just work, then it’s a good place! There is 24/7 coworking and a good community of people there. I was there in September and it was a lot of fun. As it’s a small community you do end up doing lots of things together as everyone is in the same boat.
That said, the nightlife is basically a couple of ok bars and it’s not a place to jump on Tinder. Good for working, not a party town basically.
It’s mostly REALLy cheap to live, and in the winter it’s good for skiing etc. The 200 number is extrapolated from the 8 people checked in on Nomad List, so not necessarily completely accurate. But it is exceptional that there’s 8 people from Nomad List in a place like Bansko. I wonder why too!
Yeah, you either hike, go to the spa, or just save money. Nothing else left to do, during the summer.
Hmm, sounds boooooooring. Why are 200 nomads there? Because it’s easy to find an apartment for $150?
Hey,
I’m looking for a remote accounting and company admin office in Bulgaria for handling a limited company fully remotely with 1-2 invoices per month max.
If you happen to know any, let me know.
Thank you!
Are you interested in setting up the company in Bulgaria or set up somewhere else and just use Bulgaria as back office to take advantage of the lower costs? If you set up shop in Bulgaria the obvious advantage is the low tax (10% corporate tax and 5% on dividends!) and access to EU market. A disadvantage of sorts will be that you will need to come here more to have your board meetings etc as you will need some sort of physical presence. I run a cloud based accounting practice with most of my clients’ companies based in UK, however I spent most of my time in Bulgaria and find it a good place to base a distributed business.
Hi all. In view of the interest, I checked with my accountant and they agreed to publish their email address here.
Please feel free to contact Veda Accounting directly at: [email protected]
I’ll send you a private message with the details of my accountant, I think they can help you.
Thanx a lot. I will check that out.
Just out of curiousity. What makes you choose Bulgaria over other Estonia for example (besides the smaller taxes)?
Gustav
What are some good places to work from in Sofia, Bulgaria?
Looking for the standard things:
Good height tables
Good internet
Comfortably large/not jampacked
Good wifi/plug sockets
Good food/coffee
Decent atmosphere
Friendly staff
and so on
Sofia doesn’t have a ton of laptop-type cafes, but a great exception is Barista Coffee and More. The Greenwich bookstore/ cafe on Vitosha is also not bad. And if you like arty tea houses, two great places are Tea House on ul. Georgi Benkovski (a bit pricey but cozy atmosphere, some people on laptops, good food) and Veda House, which has a great Indian vibe and veg food – you can sit on cushions on the floor or at tables.
There are coffee shops beyond this on Vitosha, and a couple of Costa Coffee cafes that are fine for a little working but the above were my favorites.
Thanks for the reply!
Beyond those, looks like there’s some kind of coworking space around the corner from fabrika daga and searching on foursquare found several promising cafes I’ll check out this week. I’ll be sure to post here with what I’ve liked after I’ve had time to get to know the city a bit, too.
This year I would to work for a few months in a different location taking my partner with me. I’m calling it a working holiday. Bulgaria is the place I’m thinking of starting this “trend” I would like to do. I have read a lot of other peoples thoughts of it and I know a guy who I sort of worked with, He currently works around the world.
My question is as I am a British WordPress developer will I need a work visa or anything? All my work will be with clients back home. I’m fully booked up with projects for around 6 months - it grows each week.
Will my partner need any visa?
I have been looking at places to stay and the thought of working on a nice sunny balcony overlooking the sea really make me feel good.
Hi Jason,
As far as I’m aware, as a member of the EU (British citizen), you have freedom of movement across all member states (Bulgaria being one of them). Technically you should register your arrival with an embassy or council, but that’s more of a formality.
This is from wikipedia:
The free movement of persons means that EU citizens can move freely between member states to live, work, study or retire in another country. This required the lowering of administrative formalities and recognition of professional qualifications of other states.
Hope that helps and happy travels!
I’ve spent a lot of time in Bulgaria. My 2¢:
HAVE FUN, Bulgaria is amazing!
I second Plovdiv! I am thinking I will spend my summer there. It’s a great little city!
If you are visiting Bulgaria in the summer, you will prefer some smaller city/village, since the big ones are too ‘touristy’ in the holiday season.
If you are looking for a cool city not at the sea - definitely Plovdiv.
Hello!
As I understand, UK citizens are not Schengen but can work and live freely without registration in other EU states, [up to 90 days][1].
And although Bulgaria is not Schengen, they now have to follow the Schengen visa-issuing rules. Bulgaria is great. Of course double check but, you should be good-to-go!
Good luck!
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_the_Schengen_Area
@Andrew_F_Shaker thanks buddy! I will take a few months to plan this, hoping ni the UK summer (just before).
I thought best to try it in the EU first.
Aaron
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many members go here
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 415° cold | 457° cold | 5513° cool | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 8127° warm | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 5714° cool | 468° cold |
| Real | 415° very cold | 447° cold | 5513° cool | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7926° warm | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 5614° cool | 468° cold |
| Humidity | damp 72% | nice 67% | nice 65% | nice 68% | nice 65% | nice 73% | nice 67% | nice 58% | nice 58% | nice 57% | damp 76% | nice 68% |
| Rain | rainy 53mm | dry 18mm | dry 18mm | rainy 52mm | dry 42mm | rainy 120mm | rainy 56mm | dry 12mm | dry 33mm | dry 24mm | rainy 67mm | rainy 52mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 89% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 61% | pockets 45% | pockets 26% | pockets 19% | pockets 37% | pockets 13% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 75% |
| Air quality | clean 39 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Nomad List members | 3 people | 3 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 6 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 4 people |
Based on Bansko's cost of living, here's selected remote jobs that would cover your costs:
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 32✈️2h$3,852 / mo🌇 Also went here33 peopleLondon 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
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 38✈️3h$3,884 / mo🌇 Also went here52 peoplePlease stop going to Lisbon, stop telling people to go Lisbon. It is a beautiful city, yes. The Portuguese people are some of the nicest, warmest I've ever had the privilege to meet, yes. But the housing crisis in Portugal is real and terrible. Airbnb and temporary accommodation for tourists / nomads, combined with rich foreigners who can afford exorbitant rents, are pushing locals out of their homes: literally. Search about the housing crisis, the police-enforced evictions of families and the e
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 1✈️4h$2,061 / mo🌇 Also went here44 peopleChiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) 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.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 21✈️10h$1,104 / mo🌇 Also went here41 peopleHaving spent a total of two weeks in London on two separate occasions and having lived in NYC for two years, both are among my favorite cities in the world. Londoners are quite internationally and ethnically diverse, and seemingly better educated and more intellectual than New Yorkers in aggregate. The city very clean with a stunning mix of modern and historic architecture, and arguably has Europe's best public transit in terms of signage, availability, cleanliness and general efficiency. Meanw
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 4° 39° 6° 43°AQI 20✈️10h$4,761 / mo🌇 Also went here35 peopleFirst time I was in KL was in 2015 as a backpacking student. I stayed for 2 weeks at an airbnb in Bangsar South and I loved it. Met up with Uni friends, made new friends and I really like the relaxed atmosphere, despite being in a huge city. Fast forward, 3 years later, I went by myself to KL for a 3 days stay on a visa run from Chiang Mai. I stayed in a hotel near Bukit Bintang. I actually really didn't like it - I think because I was by myself, in a fairly wild part of the city and got so us
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 48° 118° 32° 89°🥵AQI 61✈️12h$1,278 / mo🌇 Also went here31 peopleThey 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
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 40° 104° 31° 87°🥵AQI 60✈️12h$2,759 / mo🌇 Also went here34 peopleI've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 17° 63° 16° 61°AQI 46✈️14h$5,440 / mo🌇 Also went here35 peopleHonestly, 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
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 42° 108° 30° 85°🥵AQI 36✈️14h$1,336 / mo🌇 Also went here30 people
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