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| ⭐️ Total score | 239 reviews |
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| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | North Macedonia |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 17 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 25°C 76°F + 😊 Comfy (66%) = feels 25°C 77°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 24 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 160 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Makedonskiing,snowboarding,snow |
| 💸 100 MKD in USD | USD 1.69 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MKD 10,000 = USD 169 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Drama Coffee House |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Red Caffe |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Hotel Dolce |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 540,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,163 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Neptun |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Comparto Depa |
| 🏥 Best hospital | My Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,238 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $704 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,151 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $329 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $203 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $159 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $767 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $36 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 182 listings) | $1,262 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $41 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ People can speak basic English
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
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13° cool |
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30° warm |
84
29° warm |
55
13° cool |
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15° cool |
45
7° cold |
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7° cold |
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| Humidity |
nice 35% |
nice 33% |
nice 31% |
nice 33% |
nice 32% |
nice 31% |
too dry 26% |
too dry 22% |
too dry 26% |
nice 34% |
nice 37% |
nice 34% |
| Rain |
rainy 94mm |
dry 20mm |
rainy 57mm |
dry 36mm |
dry 36mm |
dry 26mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 12mm |
dry 12mm |
rainy 104mm |
dry 42mm |
rainy 70mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 32% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 19% |
clear 8% |
clear 9% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 34% |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
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Pros: * Very clean - lots of hand sanitisation places and people wear masks + streets are clean * Great, cheap public transport * Very beautiful city and good parks * Pretty good Italian and asian food Cons: * Coffee shops seem to have mostly gone and been replaced with lots of Starbucks and other chains. * Food / drinks is very expensive in most parts - Local beer is quite cheap though * Barely any night life to speak of - everything closes at 11pm Other Info: COVID restrictions are very stri
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Incredible city for nomads. In autumn/winter you'll have to deal with the cold, but there's still stuff going on. - Using the tram and uber was rare. Stay in Kazimierz or Stare Miasto and you get anywhere interesting in
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I visited Prague on more than one occasion and tried something new each time. I really wanted to enjoy it, but unfortunately it turned out to be one of my least favourite cities. Perhaps it was just me, but there was an overwhelming sense of distrust and dislike towards foreigners, you have to try pretty hard to blend in if you want to experience the life of a local & avoid the tourism. I met some wonderful people and and there’s some cool communities to be part of, but another extended stay
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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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Best city in Spain. Weather is great even in December and the clubbing scene is fun. There's lots to do and it's a beautiful city overall. You have to watch out for pickpockets but as long as you aren't leaving things unattended or obviously in your pockets you'll be fine. If you're into hostels, Hostel One Paralelo is BY FAR the best hostel in the area, worth every penny. Will definitely be back, and I never say that.
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I spent a month here in January. It's beautiful, and there are plenty of touristy things to do, however the city is very expensive. There are plenty of places to shop, which is the main reason why I went. There are also plenty of WeWorks scattered across the city if you need somewhere consistent to work. The people weren't rude to me, but that's because I always greet people in French before asking for help or information, so to avoid rudeness, I'd suggest learning basic greetings and how to ask
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A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
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How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
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I cannot help but agree with the review from the person before me. I'm finishing my 3 weeks trip here, and something feels off. Like that person put it rightly, everything is for sale, and nothing has value. There is no soul to this city and its people, locals or otherwise. Something is wrong here.
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