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| 🌍 Region | Europe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚩 Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📡 Internet speed | 9 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌥 26°C 80°F + 💦 Humid (89%) + 💨 1km/h = Feels like 30°C86°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 77 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 37 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | TurkCell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💸 10 TRY in USD | USD 1.63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: TRY 1,000 | USD 163 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💸 Tipping | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💳 Cashless society | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Caribou Coffee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, contaminated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,800,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Hepsiburada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Sahibinden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | EasyJet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Turkish Airlines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏥 Best hospital | Doruk Bursa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🕌 It is now Ramadan in Turkey, which can make it less easy to travel, more info | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| places of worshipchurchesmarketsfew mosquitosspalegal weedno-beachairportwarm nowwarmhotslow internetcheap cost of livinghigh humiditymany womenfriendly people | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $875 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $352 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $558 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $159 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $82 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $70 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $1,107 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $52 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (18 listings) | $647 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $21 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $2 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $17,500 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $35,000 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $87,500 |
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People shoul eat “iskender kebap”
Spent six months in Istanbul in 1993 when Turkey was really exotic. Didn't return till 2007, when I made mostly Kurdish friends in Sultanahmet, whom I'd see on frequent visits thereafter. Otherwise, I'd skip the city as like throughout Turkey bar the Kurdish areas there's anti Western feeling and targeting of visitors (I noticed that after a meal with alcohol, I'd nearly always be approached by a single male in the street near the restaurant inviting me to a bar certain. I'd suggest going to the first busy café instead, at which point they'd excuse themselves. I suspect some waiters were part of a scam targeting single males).
Racism is absolutely present in Izmir and Turkey. You only have to take a look here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_Turkey to find systemic racism "towards non-Turkish ethnic minorities such as Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks, Kurds, Jews, Yazidis and Zazas as well as hostility towards minority forms of Islam such as Alevis, Sufis, and Shiites."
İt is capital city of turkey and very safe enjoyable environment , relax and warm place :)
Varna is a nice city, specially during spring and summer, great beaches and nightlife on high season
one of the most popular spots for european and russian tourists during summer (june-july-august). especially its counties are known for beaches, resorts and other natural beauties. temperature can be over 40 degrees.
By far, one of the best cities in Bulgaria, located in the center of the country, with good views upon the Balkans + Rila Rodopi mountains. Has good scenery from 2-3 hills + cheap food/drinks and so on! Fully recommend for those who wanna see it!
Gets expensive in the summer season
I like it here better than Canggu. It's more walkable, more cheap warungs, more convenient. You could find all kinds of shop catering to different type of visitor, from cheap to luxurious. Not a party place if you're looking for it, which made it even more perfect. More female than male, great for dating.
Great place. You can avoid the dropshipper, FBA and MLM webinar course people who have infested the coworkings here for years, by, well, just not visiting the coworking spaces here.
Great place has everything you need on a smaller scale, good beaches South and Bangkok 3 hours North. Economic, hot, sunny and generally dry.
I like it here better than Canggu. It's more walkable, more cheap warungs, more convenient. You could find all kinds of shop catering to different type of visitor, from cheap to luxurious. Not a party place if you're looking for it, which made it even more perfect. More female than male, great for dating.
I visited Poblado for about a week. I had absolutely no problems with the Internet while I was there. Maybe it was because I was in Poblado, but I never experienced slowness or anything of the sort. Pros of Medellin: spring-like weather, inexpensive, reliable Internet, plenty of shopping and creature comforts, cosmopolitan, friendly people. For cons, a big one is air pollution. Medellin is located in a higher altitude valley. There are many old cars, buses, and (especially) motorcycles belching exhaust into the air. It's difficult for pollutants to disperse because of the city's geography. I.e., there's plenty of smog and there's no debate regarding the negative health impact. To Medellin's credit, the city acknowledges the problem, monitors pollution, issues advisories, and is trying to change, but obviously change doesnt happen overnight. Other cons: The more Spanish you know, the better (not really a con, just is), gringo price gouging, some safety issues (use extra common sense).
Buenos Aires has everything, nightlife (excellent bars and clubs), culture, art, running places, etc. Though insecurity could be an issue, it is not as high as it may seem; if you know how to get around, nothing will happen to you. It is also quite diverse in terms of LGBTTQQIAAP and there's plenty of offer to be entertained. I see that hospitals are badly ranked in the Nomad ranking but I'd like to make a point here: public hospitals are free to use by anyone (no matter nationality nor residency status) and they are collapsed. Normally, people pay (the ones that can) around 100/110usd per month (the same way you pay in the majority of the countries) for a private health system which is excellent. So, that is not an issue at all.
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