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| ⭐️ Overall score | 205 reviews |
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| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Netherlands |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 30 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 19°C 66°F + 😊 Comfy (74%) = feels 19°C 66°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 21 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 15 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Lebara |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because Albert Heijn still doesn't accept CC) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Anne&Max Haarlem |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 160,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $45,753 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 14x14m (196m²) per person |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Cool Blue |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | KLM |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | €3,910 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | €2,359 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | €3,797 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | €1,085 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | €713 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | €177 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €2,565 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €120 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (32 listings) | €3,695 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | €121 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | €15 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | €2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | €5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | €3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 373° cold | 457° cold | 468° cold | 5412° cool | 5513° cool | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 6418° cool | 5513° cool | 436° cold | 415° cold |
| Real | 436° very cold | 489° cold | 5010° cold | 5614° cool | 5714° cool | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 6418° cool | 5714° cool | 468° cold | 468° cold |
| Humidity | damp 73% | damp 75% | damp 75% | nice 64% | nice 70% | nice 71% | nice 73% | nice 73% | damp 74% | damp 82% | damp 82% | damp 81% |
| Rain | dry 24mm | dry 25mm | dry 49mm | dry 22mm | dry 17mm | rainy 205mm | dry 28mm | dry 30mm | rainy 64mm | rainy 71mm | dry 47mm | dry 40mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 88% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 72% | pockets 41% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 83% | cloudy 88% | cloudy 79% |
| Air quality | clean 18 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
| Remote workers | 267 people | 200 people | 0 people | 800 people | 400 people | 200 people | 500 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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