⭐️ Overall Score | 2.72/5 (Rank #1086) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: €3,389 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 38Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 11°C52°F (feels 10°C50°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 76% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 53 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 34 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | High: $3,433 / mo |
🙊 English speaking | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare | Great |
😄 Happiness | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Great |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Region | Europe |
🚩 Country | Belgium |
⏱ Average trip duration | 2 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 38 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 11°C 52°F + 💦 Damp (76%) = feels 10°C 50°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 53 US AQI 🍃 good |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 34 US AQI 🍃 good |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Proximus |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | That's Toast |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | The Olive Street Food |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | De Makers Republiek |
🚰 Safe tap water | 👌 Yes, drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 4% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 120,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per Capita | $41,199 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Coolblue |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Lufthansa |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Lufthansa |
🏥 Best hospital | AZ Sint Lucas |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | €3,389 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | €2,165 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | €3,911 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | €1,117 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | €808 / month |
🏢 Coworking | €174 / month |
🏨 Hotel | €1,813 / month |
🏨 Hotel | €85 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (209 listings) | €2,868 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | €94 / night |
🍛 Dinner | €15 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | €2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | €4 |
☕️ Coffee | €3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 394° cold | 489° cold | 468° cold | 5513° cool | 5513° cool | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 6418° cool | 5513° cool | 457° cold | 415° cold |
Real | 436° very cold | 5010° cold | 5010° cold | 5614° cool | 5714° cool | 6720° mild | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 6418° cool | 5714° cool | 489° cold | 457° cold |
Humidity | damp 75% | damp 75% | damp 71% | nice 64% | damp 71% | nice 73% | nice 69% | nice 70% | nice 70% | damp 78% | damp 79% | damp 80% |
Rain | dry 31mm | dry 27mm | dry 42mm | dry 17mm | dry 28mm | rainy 70mm | dry 25mm | dry 24mm | dry 42mm | rainy 58mm | dry 38mm | dry 46mm |
Cloud | overcast 93% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 69% | pockets 46% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 55% | pockets 47% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 77% |
Air quality | clean 47 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | okay 52 US AQI | clean 46 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
Nomad List members | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people |
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⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 Internet 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 64🚕3h€2,408 / mo40Mbps×As a very sociable expat who's been living here for the past 2 years, and with still no friends outside of work, I can say it's HARD making friends in Antwerp.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 Internet 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 104😷🚕3h€3,371 / mo58Mbps×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
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⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 Internet 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 64🚕3h€2,408 / mo🌇 Also went here46 people×Housing is an issue (so cost of living is high) but the city is beautiful and summer in Amsterdam is hard to beat with all the cultural activiies and music festivals. Would not want to live in the actual city center (inside the "grachtengordel") but have been living in East for over 2 years now and aside from the price (and size) of apartment life is just good here. Biking everywhere is bliss. Winter can be cold though.
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