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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 227 reviews |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 🌍 Region | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Belgium |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 43 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 18°C 65°F + Humid (79%) = feels 19°C 66°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 50 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Watersportbaan - Ekkergem |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Stationsbuurt Noord |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Mobile Vikings |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 114 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Shambho Open Office |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Likebirds |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 👌 Yes, drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 14% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 250,000 people |
| 🏞 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 | $2,784 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,863 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,079 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,165 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $855 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $111 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $1,824 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $85 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (147 listings) | $2,206 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $72 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $9 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ 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 on average
✅ 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+
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very humid now
❌ Nomad List members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many members go here
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ 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 | clean 67 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | clean 57 US AQI | clean 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 | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
| Nomad List members | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 1 people | 2 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people |
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