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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 213 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Europe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚩 Country | Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 7 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 44 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌧 10°C 51°F + 💦 Humid (89%) + 💨 5km/h = Feels like 10°C 50°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 47 US AQI equal to 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 68 US AQI equal to 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 📱 Best wireless carrier | SwissCom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: CHF 100 | USD 103 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💸 Tipping | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💻 Best coworking space | Coworking Basel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 👌 Yes, drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 170,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Digitec | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏠 Apartment listings | HomeGate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Easyjet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Swiss | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| legal weedno-beachcoldcold nowclean airgood air qualityfast internethigh cost of livinglow crimehigh humidityfreedom of pressdemocracyfreedommany womenfriendly people | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $4,336 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,840 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,563 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,875 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,442 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $333 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $2,670 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $125 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (278 listings) | $3,091 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $101 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $15 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $7 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $5 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $4,328 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $14,553 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $65,337 |
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✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBT friendly
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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