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| ⭐️ Total score | 229 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ 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 | Belgium |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 29 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 8°C 47°F + 💦 Damp (93%) = feels 6°C 43°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 80 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 41 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Kanaaldorpen en -zone |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Drongen |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Mobile Vikings |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 111 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 12% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 250,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $41,199 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Coolblue |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ryan Air |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air France |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,065 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,992 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,987 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,139 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $836 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $108 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,267 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $106 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 96 listings) | $2,841 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $93 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $9 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $20,014 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $45,039 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $120,233 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 394° cold | 5010° cold | 5010° cold | 5714° cool | 5915° cool | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 6619° mild | 5915° cool | 457° cold | 436° cold |
| Real | 436° very cold | 5111° cool | 5211° cool | 5714° cool | 5915° cool | 7122° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 6619° mild | 5915° cool | 489° cold | 468° cold |
| Humidity | damp 79% | damp 76% | damp 71% | nice 67% | nice 70% | nice 71% | nice 66% | nice 67% | nice 72% | damp 79% | damp 83% | damp 83% |
| Rain | dry 27mm | dry 27mm | dry 48mm | dry 22mm | dry 28mm | rainy 204mm | dry 24mm | dry 26mm | dry 36mm | rainy 63mm | dry 37mm | rainy 53mm |
| Cloud | overcast 93% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 75% | pockets 46% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 78% |
| Air quality | clean 49 US AQI | okay 67 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | okay 57 US AQI | okay 51 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 48 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
| Remote workers | 286 people | 250 people | 320 people | 233 people | 300 people | 333 people | 250 people | 360 people | 200 people | 450 people | 450 people | 343 people |
Based on Ghent's cost of living, here's selected remote jobs that would cover your costs:
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 8° 47°AQI 61🚕1h$3,937 / mo33MbpsSuper expensive city, with some nice tourist attractions. Wouldn't recommend staying here for a longer time as price levels are almost Parisienne. Also, you can easily see all the good spots within 3 days or so. Pros: - nice tourist attractions (quite a couple of them) - many food options - people are open & friendly Cons: - hella expensive - limited vegan food options - you should at least understand some Dutch or French to survive here
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 7° 45°AQI 70🚕2h$2,773 / mo34MbpsAs a very sociable expat who's been living here for the past 2 years, and with still no friends outside of work, I can say it's HARD making friends in Antwerp.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 8° 46°AQI 91😷🚕2h$3,455 / mo36Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 8° 46° 9° 47°AQI 29🚕2h$3,228 / mo22Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 7° 44°AQI 76😷🚕2h$3,149 / mo50Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 8° 46°AQI 91😷🚕3h$4,370 / mo35Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 8° 46°AQI 91😷🚕4h$4,173 / mo39MbpsGreat city, but not for nomads. If you want to come here, come here for a week, that's more than enough to see all the interesting parts of the city. Best place for beers: Kaapse Brouwers.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 7° 45° 9° 47°AQI 60🚕4h$3,772 / mo35Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 5° 41° 8° 46°AQI 25🚕4h$3,685 / mo27Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 5° 41° 7° 45°AQI 25✈️10min$4,472 / mo22Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 8° 46°AQI 36✈️10min$4,035 / mo45MbpsI study in Leiden, and I love it here! The city is beautiful, and quaint enough that you can bike from end to end in 10-15 minutes. Because it's a student town there's also a lot to do here, even for non-students. By West-European standards the prices are reasonable. Pretty much everyone speaks English fairly well, and Dutch is not too hard to pick up on. The location of Leiden in the Netherlands is also neat: 10 min by train to The Hague, 20-ish to Schiphol Airport, 30 min to Rotterdam, 40-ish
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 5° 41° 8° 46°AQI 24✈️11min$5,443 / mo35Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 8° 47°AQI 61🚕1h$3,937 / mo33MbpsA 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 8° 46°AQI 43✈️13min$4,444 / mo14MbpsSuper expensive city, with some nice tourist attractions. Wouldn't recommend staying here for a longer time as price levels are almost Parisienne. Also, you can easily see all the good spots within 3 days or so. Pros: - nice tourist attractions (quite a couple of them) - many food options - people are open & friendly Cons: - hella expensive - limited vegan food options - you should at least understand some Dutch or French to survive here
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 7° 45°AQI 70🚕2h$2,773 / mo34MbpsParis is wonderful, and I love it here, but the stereotypes some real truth to them. I stepped off the plane to a protest, my airbnb host was incredibly stylish yet didn't wear deoderant, and I met the rudest waiter I've ever encountered in my entire life on day 3 (though most Parisians are super nice!)
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 9° 48° 9° 48°AQI 73✈️21min$4,027 / mo24MbpsBest 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 14° 57° 14° 58°AQI 78😷✈️1h$2,866 / mo27Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 8° 47°AQI 91😷✈️12min$3,744 / mo34Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 8° 46°AQI 36✈️10min$4,035 / mo45MbpsAs a very sociable expat who's been living here for the past 2 years, and with still no friends outside of work, I can say it's HARD making friends in Antwerp.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 8° 46°AQI 91😷🚕2h$3,455 / mo36MbpsI was in Las Palmas for three months during spring. I volunteered in an hostel and there were many people working online. The Canaries offer great options for short trips to the other islands, that are all very distinct and also on Gran Canaria itself there is a lot to do! You can reach many places with a bus, but at times it is much easier to share a car, especially to get into the mountains! Really liked the city bikes, too!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 19° 66° 19° 65°AQI 107😷✈️4h$1,810 / mo23MbpsHow 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 8° 46° 9° 49°AQI 42✈️22min$4,305 / mo15MbpsGraz is a nice place. It's prettiest in the Innere Stadt, like the old city center. So probably stay there. Graz has a very lefty, alternative, hippe vibe to it. You'll see people wear lots of hemp and earth toned clothing and dreadlocks all over the place. Which is kinda fun for a change. The same people you'd see in Ubud or Koh Pha Ngan or Goa, you'll see in Graz. Speaking of the people, they're nice, but they won't smile at you in public mostly. I also wouldn't say it's easy to meet people he
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 4° 39° 5° 40°AQI 5✈️1h$2,841 / mo17MbpsI've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 17° 63° 16° 60°AQI 61✈️12h$6,059 / mo54Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 8° 47°AQI 61🚕1h$3,937 / mo🌇 Also went here48 peopleSuper expensive city, with some nice tourist attractions. Wouldn't recommend staying here for a longer time as price levels are almost Parisienne. Also, you can easily see all the good spots within 3 days or so. Pros: - nice tourist attractions (quite a couple of them) - many food options - people are open & friendly Cons: - hella expensive - limited vegan food options - you should at least understand some Dutch or French to survive here
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 7° 45°AQI 70🚕2h$2,773 / mo🌇 Also went here47 peopleGreat city, but not for nomads. If you want to come here, come here for a week, that's more than enough to see all the interesting parts of the city. Best place for beers: Kaapse Brouwers.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 7° 45° 9° 47°AQI 60🚕4h$3,772 / mo🌇 Also went here38 peopleA 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 8° 46°AQI 43✈️13min$4,444 / mo🌇 Also went here66 peopleParis is wonderful, and I love it here, but the stereotypes some real truth to them. I stepped off the plane to a protest, my airbnb host was incredibly stylish yet didn't wear deoderant, and I met the rudest waiter I've ever encountered in my entire life on day 3 (though most Parisians are super nice!)
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 9° 48° 9° 48°AQI 73✈️21min$4,027 / mo🌇 Also went here60 peopleHow 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 8° 46° 9° 49°AQI 42✈️22min$4,305 / mo🌇 Also went here51 peopleBerlin 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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 2° 36° 5° 42°AQI 20✈️55min$2,951 / mo🌇 Also went here60 peopleI 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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️1h$2,108 / mo🌇 Also went here40 peopleCopenhagen is way too expensive. I have lived there for quite some time and although it's has this semi-hipster vibe, it still feels like a big village. It's miserable in the winter because it's so windy and went. There are much better and cheaper options, plus the people can be hard to relate to.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️1h$4,416 / mo🌇 Also went here50 peopleBest 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 14° 57° 14° 58°AQI 78😷✈️1h$2,866 / mo🌇 Also went here55 peopleI lived in Central Warsaw on and off for about 1 year pre and post-pandemic. Central Warsaw is the "New York of Eastern Europe". Pros: - Very convenient, safe and clean. - Lots of modern, futuristic buildings. Easy to find nice apartments. - Very bike-able. - Not too expensive. - Lots of coworking spaces. - Some startup culture and quite a few meetups (pre-pandemic). - Polish women are beautiful. - Interesting history. Cons: - Not much of a nomad scene. - Coworking spaces have a rather corpor
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels -2° 28° 2° 36°AQI 31✈️2h$1,742 / mo🌇 Also went here40 peopleRome has tourist fatigue. Servers are curt and it's hard to find a decent restaurant.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 53°AQI 104😷✈️2h$3,789 / mo🌇 Also went here42 peopleI don't know why some people here are so negative about Lisboa. It's far from the level the level of dirt as described. Only the area of barrio alto and pink street have some dealers, but they don't bother you and aren't aggressive. Lack of heating is something I have heard, however should be easy enough to buy a radiator. Besides Lisboa doesn't really get that cold, compared to other European cities. The climate is very pleasant for most of the year. A real con would be that the historic centr
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 15✈️2h$2,031 / mo🌇 Also went here56 peopleI've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels -1° 30° 1° 33°AQI 102😷✈️8h$4,715 / mo🌇 Also went here53 peopleI've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 17° 63° 16° 60°AQI 61✈️12h$6,059 / mo🌇 Also went here47 people
