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| ⭐️ Total score | 94 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
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| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Switzerland |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 39 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 2°C 35°F + 💦 Damp (85%) = feels 0°C 0°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 11 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 12 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Montchoisi |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Sébeillon / Malley |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CHF 100 = USD 114 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Eclau |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | La Muse |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Café de Grancy |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Sidewalk Café |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍10% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 140,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $79,609 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 79% 👱♀️ 21% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Digitec |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Immoscout24 |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jet2 |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air France |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Clinique Cecil |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $6,350 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,997 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $8,648 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,471 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,684 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,676 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,816 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $173 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $121 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $359 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $29 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $5 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $9 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $37,122 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $43 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $11 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very 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
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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| Humidity |
damp 79% |
damp 77% |
nice 70% |
nice 64% |
damp 71% |
nice 74% |
nice 77% |
nice 72% |
nice 75% |
damp 73% |
damp 79% |
damp 82% |
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| Rain |
rainy 200mm |
rainy 64mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 70mm |
rainy 204mm |
rainy 147mm |
rainy 209mm |
rainy 106mm |
rainy 70mm |
rainy 64mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 186mm |
| Cloud |
overcast 90% |
cloudy 77% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 67% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 77% |
| Air quality |
clean 12 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 11 US AQI |
clean 13 US AQI |
clean 11 US AQI |
clean 11 US AQI |
clean 14 US AQI |
clean 11 US AQI |
clean 12 US AQI |
clean 11 US AQI |
clean 12 US AQI |
clean 8 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
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safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
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Incredibly expensive city, but a great location to get to many other destinations. The city is highly diverse due to all the diplomats and their various supporting structures. You can see most of Geneva in 2 days. The lake is gorgeous!!! Public transport is fantastic and on the honor system. The people are very nice and everyone speaks English.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 1° 34° 2° 36° AQI 46 🚕2h $6,407 / mo 39 Mbps
Great place in summer if you love the mountains/adventure/hiking. Quite pricey tho. The Ski Locker is the recommended co-working, very international, great vibe for well-focused work.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🚕2h $5,676 / mo 34 Mbps
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I spent a week in Annecy several years ago and found it to be a beautiful small city. The architecture is bright and cheerful and I love that water is all around. Lake Annecy is very clean and I didn't see litter anywhere. The train runs right into town, making it very easily accessible; the train station is walking distance to the car rental office. I loved the old section of town and being able to walk everywhere. I was surprised to see Annecy received a low rating for being family-friend
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 3° 37° 3° 37° AQI 1 🚕3h $5,355 / mo 34 Mbps
Interlaken is in an absolutely stunning area, and it's an outdoor lover's paradise. It's well connected via train, bus, and ferry boat, which makes it so easy to get around to anywhere in the country. Extremely clean. Almost everyone speaks English. Lots of young people in this area who visited once and then came back to live because they loved it so much. If you make it to Interlaken, make sure you go into Lauterbrunnen for the most stunning views and villages.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🚕3h $7,596 / mo 36 Mbps
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2k/month is not enough to have a good lifestyle. With my gf, as a locals, we have 5k a month for 2 people, and we don't go to the restaurant each week.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 2° 36° 4° 39° AQI 18 ✈️12min $3,407 / mo 42 Mbps
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It's a pretty awesome place and next year will definitely stay for longer. So clean, has amazing people, and great culture
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels -3° 27° 0° 32° AQI 14 ✈️14min $6,434 / mo 78 Mbps
Beautiful city and well worth a weekend trip. Pretty safe in most areas, though you should keep an eye on your belongings at the Porta Palazzo market. One thing worth noting is that the air quality can be quite bad, and the drivers are also quite erratic. Probably wouldn't live in Turin long-term, but it's worth a visit for sure.
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I have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 4° 39° 6° 44° AQI 31 ✈️33min $5,013 / mo 100 Mbps
I don't know exactly how Barcelona is still considered safe but it's far from it. It's probably the most dangerous city to live in Madrid and one of the most dangerous in europe, with constant pick-pocketing and even violent crimes to get your wallet and phone in certain areas. If you like a peaceful life, Barcelona is not the place anymore!!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 13° 55° 14° 57° AQI 42 ✈️54min $3,738 / mo 125 Mbps
Incredibly expensive city, but a great location to get to many other destinations. The city is highly diverse due to all the diplomats and their various supporting structures. You can see most of Geneva in 2 days. The lake is gorgeous!!! Public transport is fantastic and on the honor system. The people are very nice and everyone speaks English.
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New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
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I find it difficult to understand what people see in this city. The cost to benefit ratio is just so terribly bad! This is by far the most expensive city in Europe (especially in terms of rent), with hardly anything to offer in comparision with other cities like Barcelona, Lisbon or Warsaw. The weather is just average, with cold and windy winters and mediocre summers. It's difficult to come by restaurants that offer anything other than Indian fast food for a decent price - most places are just u
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 5° 41° 7° 45° AQI 57 😷 ✈️59min $5,987 / mo 28 Mbps
I've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels -2° 28° 0° 32° AQI 70 😷 ✈️1h $3,878 / mo 92 Mbps
I absolutely love Istanbul! My biggest recommendation would be to stay in Cihangir or Nişantaşı and avoid the main centre. Cihangir has so many beautiful cafes to work from and there are a lot of people working remotely so it's a really nice vibe. I agree with the comments about taxis, we just caught ubers but mostly walked everywhere which I would recommend. If you stay in Cihangir you can easily walk to Taxim square and through Galata. The food scene here is great once you know where to go
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54° AQI 18 ✈️3h $1,634 / mo 30 Mbps
I've been here just under a week so it might be too early to comment on Helsinki, but so far I like it. I'd like to second what the review from 9 mths ago said: I can recommend Noli Studios, specifically the Herttoniemi one. I'll tell you more about Finland once I've been here longer.
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Didn't like this city that much. Been there twice and honestly it has nothing so special. Just the DUOMO in the center is the main great scenery but besides that, nothing in particular to bother for.
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Boston is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is the capital of the state, the largest city in New England, and the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The city proper is home to about 617,900 people, making it the largest city in New England and the 26th largest in the United States.
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Super safe city, many things to do, good restaurants. Nightlife is great (especially Boho Bar) but it's not for everyone as locals like to stick to tables and don't socialize much. The city is very walkable.
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Incredibly expensive city, but a great location to get to many other destinations. The city is highly diverse due to all the diplomats and their various supporting structures. You can see most of Geneva in 2 days. The lake is gorgeous!!! Public transport is fantastic and on the honor system. The people are very nice and everyone speaks English.
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It's a pretty awesome place and next year will definitely stay for longer. So clean, has amazing people, and great culture
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I have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
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I recently visited Amsterdam for the third time (and the first time since 2018). I personally think it's a little overrated, but a cool place to visit nonetheless. The architecture is beautiful, and there are lots of good places to eat. I don't like the main area of the canals in the city centre; it smells of weed and is often packed. However, the outer edges - such as the Jordaan district - are less busy and more interesting in my opinion. One thing that surprised me is how much trash was o
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I don't know exactly how Barcelona is still considered safe but it's far from it. It's probably the most dangerous city to live in Madrid and one of the most dangerous in europe, with constant pick-pocketing and even violent crimes to get your wallet and phone in certain areas. If you like a peaceful life, Barcelona is not the place anymore!!
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A walking stereotype. Overcrowded, messy, expensive. Literally nothing works. There are more USA people than in Lisbon, which I thought was impossible. Yes, Italians are awesome and food is great.
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I find it difficult to understand what people see in this city. The cost to benefit ratio is just so terribly bad! This is by far the most expensive city in Europe (especially in terms of rent), with hardly anything to offer in comparision with other cities like Barcelona, Lisbon or Warsaw. The weather is just average, with cold and windy winters and mediocre summers. It's difficult to come by restaurants that offer anything other than Indian fast food for a decent price - most places are just u
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Vienna is a great place to visit but do not DN here. The internet is either awful of non-existent—even in coffee shops.
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I've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
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Liked Madrid,but its a bit dangerous in the evening and way to expensive! people can be really nice when they meet you but after a while you realize all it's not what it seems. And Barcelona is exactly the same.
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Lived in Copenhagen for just under three years, and for the whole time, I have worked remotely as a freelancer. It's pretty much as perfect as you're going to get in terms of urban design; getting around is easy and safe by bike, and the public transport network is efficient and reasonably-priced. Lots of fun things to do for a relatively small city, and the locals are—from personal experience—incredibly friendly. Pros: - Very safe. You can walk around most areas round-the-clock and not h
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Once you figure out housing (not an easy thing but doable, especially once you stop looking in the touristic areas), Lisbon is a very charming, safe (even though I'll admit this is getting worse in certain areas), and fun city to live in. In most neighbourhoods you have the feeling of living in a small town instead of an urban area. There's aways something to do or see so it's hard to be bored living here. I still find Lisbon (and Portugal in general), to be one of the most attractive places in
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I absolutely love Istanbul! My biggest recommendation would be to stay in Cihangir or Nişantaşı and avoid the main centre. Cihangir has so many beautiful cafes to work from and there are a lot of people working remotely so it's a really nice vibe. I agree with the comments about taxis, we just caught ubers but mostly walked everywhere which I would recommend. If you stay in Cihangir you can easily walk to Taxim square and through Galata. The food scene here is great once you know where to go
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New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
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Stayed in for a month and it was enough for me. Pros: -Great weather. -Great Restaurant scene -Amazing areas to walk around and super green for a major city -Lots to do, was never bored here -Good healthcare -Good shopping Cons: -The pollution is quite bad and very noisy - Cost, one of the most expensive places in Latin America, maybe Cancun & Cabo are the only places more expensive -The traffic was probably the worst I have ever witnessed, very chaotic. -Starting to become westernised so a
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 62° AQI 65 😷 ✈️13h $1,917 / mo 🌇 Also went here50 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
