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| ⭐️ Total score | 3 reviews |
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| 😝 Fun | |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 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) | 🌤 9°C 48°F + 💦 Damp (86%) = feels 7°C 45°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 8 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 19 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 10 EUR in USD | USD 9.96 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 100 |
| 💸 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 | $3,912 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,335 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,696 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,627 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,194 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,628 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,287 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $150 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $53 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $197 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $15 |
| 🥤 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
❌ 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 | 0 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 8° 46° 9° 48°AQI 13✈️25min$2,700 / 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 10° 50° 12° 54°AQI 5✈️29min$2,616 / 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 ☀️ Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 12✈️30min$3,890 / 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
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