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| ⭐️ Total score | 4 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Finland |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌫 1°C 34°F + 💦 Damp (86%) = feels -3°C 27°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 53 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 19 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 109 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Arnolds |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 270,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $43,339 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Verkkokauppa |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Oikotie |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ryanair |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Finair |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Jorvi Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,519 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,558 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,213 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,775 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,158 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,820 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,403 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $195 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $60 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $215 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $17 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,376 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $34,930 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $110,589 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 21-6° freezing | 14-10° freezing | 28-2° freezing | 394° cold | 5412° cool | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 6418° cool | 5412° cool | 468° cold | 373° cold | 14-10° freezing |
| Real | 28-2° freezing | 21-6° freezing | 341° very cold | 436° very cold | 5513° cool | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 6418° cool | 5412° cool | 5010° cold | 415° very cold | 21-6° freezing |
| Humidity | damp 80% | damp 72% | damp 79% | damp 74% | damp 78% | nice 67% | nice 66% | nice 83% | damp 74% | damp 82% | damp 80% | damp 71% |
| Rain | rainy 107mm | dry 25mm | dry 45mm | dry 44mm | rainy 96mm | dry 21mm | dry 42mm | rainy 157mm | dry 36mm | rainy 84mm | rainy 57mm | dry 42mm |
| Cloud | overcast 94% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 57% | pockets 45% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 87% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 78% |
| Air quality | clean 18 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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I've been in Helsinki on New Year's Eve and it's been okay. There isn't lots of fireworks but in front of the main cathedral you'll find some. Cafe-scene is great and you also find lots of places to work from. The city is walkable, although I wouldn't recommend doing that in winter as it'll be freaking cold. Surprisingly you can find lots of vegan options. No matter if you're in a super-market (I can tell you, I've never seen so many different replacement products) or in a cafe. It's way bette
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌫 Feels -3° 27° 1° 33°AQI 19🚕32min$4,428 / mo24MbpsSummers in Tallinn are very pleasant (if not the best, tbh). There is no need for a car or a bus to move from one point to another in the city center. I've been working in Maakri area, which is local City. Really loved my time here, especially variety of quality food options available. My favourite upscale place to eat was FARM restaurant, which is a gem of a resto located in the beginning of Tallinn's Old Town. The restaurant is also the only provence style restaurant in the country, according
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌫 Feels -4° 25° 0° 31°AQI 54🚕3h$2,636 / mo19Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌫 Feels -3° 27° 1° 34°AQI 8✈️11min$3,372 / mo24MbpsWe stayed in Tampere for a month this summer and it was wonderful. My husband's father and family live in the area, so we've visited multiple times but this was the first time we went on an extended trip and worked remotely. Choose a place to stay where you're in walking distance of a public swimming beach so you can take a dip in the evening sunlight.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌫 Feels -4° 25° 0° 31°AQI 9✈️12min$4,294 / mo24MbpsBikes being stolen all the time, even during day time while you are at work! More and more young people who have problems with drugs and are taking part in the criminal world. If you don't like to drink, there's nothing to do. Horrible and depressing - the only thing is that it's pretty safe, depending on which part of the city you live in.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌨 Feels -4° 25° 0° 33°AQI 5✈️19min$3,566 / mo24Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels -6° 21° -2° 29°AQI 40✈️19min$2,616 / mo19MbpsLove this city, very romantic and cool in the summer. but it is difficult to find a nice airbnb. it is too much small or too expensive for the quality. you will def have great time here. but unfortunately, I had problem to make friends here. some how, It seemed the locals were not quite interested in having communication or making forein friends even in the co-working space. I don't think this is because of the language barrier but...I cant explain this well. anyway, the city is great to stay f
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌫 Feels -6° 21° -3° 27°AQI 4✈️25min$2,100 / mo9MbpsVisited the small, cute part of RIGA's old town and the ART NOUVEAU architecture that is located a bit outside the center. Seemed quite juvenile + full of tourists during the summer of JULY 2019. Has a bit of that ex-comunist era inside the city.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌫 Feels -4° 25° -1° 29°AQI 4✈️29min$2,552 / mo22MbpsI absolutely love living in this city. It's very clean, safe and things generally always work! This is something I miss when I travel to other cities in Europe and rest of the world. Also co-working spaces are growing tons. Though night life might be pretty "boring", it truly is what you make it. Get to know other expats and friends through meetups or friend of a friend, and you'll have an awesome time here!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️30min$3,927 / mo34MbpsI am a foreign student here in Oulu, and I am pretty sure that the scores should be updated. Such as Internet connection here is great, 60-100mbs at my workplace. The city is bike friendly and foreign friendly, much better than the east and the south part of Finland. The city is promoting startups and improving environment toward internationalisation, so the future is bright and worthy. There is not much nightlife activities to do besides drinking and dancing, but in the summer you can do sport
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌨 Feels -5° 23° 0° 31°AQI 3✈️43min$3,163 / mo24Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌫 Feels -2° 28° 1° 34°AQI 25✈️43min$2,409 / mo25MbpsLiving here for a couple of years already. Cost of living information is very accurate, even surprised me :D But I can't agree with couple Cons. As mentioned in the older review, pretty much everyone speaks english, only some older folks (40+) doesn't. It's true that LGBT community isn't very popular, but I would not say that it's hostile. Lithuanians indeed are a bit closed in, but that's only till the first drink, then everyone becomes besties. If you struggle with making friends visit "Dzem P
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 31✈️5h$1,019 / mo4MbpsHow the f is this city in the #1 spot for europe? Is the Warsaw city council paying for the spot? I spent a month here mostly to help during the ukraine refugee crisis. This was the most meh city I've visited in my life. People are incredibly cold. They have this attitude (I was about to write slavic, but actually I've been to other slavic countries and they've been really friendly, so I don't want to bunch them together) kind of a cold indifference, but you can never tell if they're purposeful
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️2h$4,060 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peopleLived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 2° 36° 4° 40°AQI 50✈️3h$5,676 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peopleDear travelers, I'm from Istanbul. I can provide you some guidance. Istanbul is a fairly advanced metropolis in terms of transportation, to start. Don't limit yourself to staying in motels near old mosques. You may also like locations in the city's north like Saryer and Beykoz. You may get an Istanbul city card for 6 liras, and with the remaining $20 you load onto it, you can ride the bus 35–40 times. Even if months pass, your money on the card will not be lost. In actuality, the Taksim distri
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 6° 43° 8° 46°AQI 27✈️3h$2,038 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peopleThe city is quite pleasant. There are some good streets to walk. It never feels crowded, except the most touristic areas. Architecture is interesting (but nothing to write home about) in a small touristic area, outside of it it's mostly ugly Soviet-era apartment blocks and ramshackle small houses. A couple of years ago the city was cheap, but now it's more expensive than many European cities and Asian capitals. When it was cheap, it was nice to stay there despite its drawbacks. Now it is very q
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 6° 43° 6° 44°AQI 157😷✈️3h$1,943 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peopleAmazing place. Great weather . Great internet. Amazing beaches. After living in 30 countris now this place is my top1. And companies only pay 4% taxes if you have 3 employees.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 14° 57° 15° 59°AQI 80😷✈️10h$3,920 / mo🌇 Also went here2 peopleBusy city. Lots of fun. Lots of different choices for food. Great night life
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 23✈️22h$5,046 / mo🌇 Also went here1 people⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 17° 63° 18° 65°AQI 22✈️23h$4,942 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
