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| ⭐️ Total score | 229 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Switzerland |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 29 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 20°C 68°F + 😊 Comfy (61%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 33 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 11.5 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Montchoisi |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Sébeillon / Malley |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Swisscom |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CHF 100 = USD 104 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Café de Grancy |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Sidewalk Café |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 140,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $79,609 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Digitec |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Immoscout24 |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jet2 |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air France |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Clinique Cecil |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,342 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,212 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $7,376 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,107 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,351 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $458 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,069 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $144 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 82 listings) | $3,010 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $99 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $21 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $10 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $7 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 341° cold | 5010° cold | 5010° cold | 5513° cool | 5915° cool | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 5915° cool | 468° cold | 394° cold |
| Real | 373° very cold | 5010° cold | 5010° cold | 5614° cool | 5915° cool | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 7122° mild | 5915° cool | 489° cold | 415° very cold |
| Humidity | damp 79% | damp 77% | nice 70% | nice 64% | damp 71% | nice 74% | nice 77% | nice 72% | nice 75% | damp 73% | damp 79% | damp 82% |
| Rain | rainy 200mm | rainy 64mm | rainy 78mm | rainy 70mm | rainy 204mm | rainy 147mm | rainy 209mm | rainy 106mm | rainy 70mm | rainy 64mm | rainy 82mm | rainy 186mm |
| Cloud | overcast 90% | cloudy 77% | pockets 46% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 67% | pockets 44% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 77% |
| Air quality | clean 12 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 11 US AQI | clean 13 US AQI | clean 11 US AQI | clean 11 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 11 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI | clean 11 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI | clean 8 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
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As an expat in Geneva since 5years now, I'll recommend Lausanne or Zurich before Geneva. French Swiss are slow to make business with and have a lot of bureaucracy.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 20° 68° 20° 68°AQI 34🚕2h$5,456 / mo29MbpsGreat place in summer if you love the mountains/adventure/hiking. Quite pricey tho. The Ski Locker is the recommended co-working, very international, great vibe for well-focused work.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 19🚕2h$4,164 / mo24Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 66°AQI 29🚕3h$4,740 / mo41MbpsI spent a week in Annecy several years ago and found it to be a beautiful small city. The architecture is bright and cheerful and I love that water is all around. Lake Annecy is very clean and I didn't see litter anywhere. The train runs right into town, making it very easily accessible; the train station is walking distance to the car rental office. I loved the old section of town and being able to walk everywhere. I was surprised to see Annecy received a low rating for being family-friend
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 37🚕3h$3,109 / mo24Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 31🚕3h$6,436 / mo25Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 20° 68° 20° 69°AQI 35✈️11min$4,742 / mo27Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 67°AQI 30✈️12min$3,210 / mo35Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 26✈️13min$3,121 / mo24Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 19° 66° 19° 66°AQI 19✈️13min$2,915 / mo24MbpsZurich is a nice city, not very big but charming, especially the old town where you can find bars and restaurants. Good party culture, a lot of different clubs. A lot if different things to do and other cities like the capital (Bern) are within a 1 hour train ride.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 20° 68° 20° 67°AQI 26✈️14min$5,661 / mo28MbpsGreat city if you come here as a tourist But after one month here it has not been my best experience The city is dirty and peoples don't talk great english but defenitively some nice place to visit like the egyptian museum or the museum of cinema and also the muntain are not that far away. For thr price it's not the best blace to go unless you absolutely want to learn italian. And gosh try not to be run over by cars there.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 38✈️14min$4,017 / mo13Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 32✈️15min$5,349 / mo29MbpsI spent a month here in January. It's beautiful, and there are plenty of touristy things to do, however the city is very expensive. There are plenty of places to shop, which is the main reason why I went. There are also plenty of WeWorks scattered across the city if you need somewhere consistent to work. The people weren't rude to me, but that's because I always greet people in French before asking for help or information, so to avoid rudeness, I'd suggest learning basic greetings and how to ask
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 67°AQI 21✈️33min$4,396 / 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 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 17✈️54min$3,803 / mo40MbpsHow 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 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 25✈️59min$5,006 / mo15MbpsI'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 20° 68° 19° 65°AQI 5✈️8h$5,566 / mo37MbpsAs an expat in Geneva since 5years now, I'll recommend Lausanne or Zurich before Geneva. French Swiss are slow to make business with and have a lot of bureaucracy.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 20° 68° 20° 68°AQI 34🚕2h$5,456 / mo29MbpsA lot more things to do there on Summer than on Winter, even though the city is beautiful both seasons. Wouldn't recommend going there in the beginning of spring or late autumn since it'd be mostly rainy and cold. On Summer I recommend just walking around the city and checking out all the architecture and drinking beer on the beach of Hietalahti or taking a ferry to Suomenlinna and having a picnic day there. Linnanmäki amusement park is also nice if you are traveling with children. On Winter I
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58°AQI 75✈️3h$4,237 / mo24MbpsBerlin 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 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 25✈️1h$4,293 / mo24Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 66°AQI 29🚕3h$4,740 / mo41MbpsA great place to be. Excellent price/quality ratio. You can easily find everything needed to work: coworking, sim (you can eg use Airalo). There is a plenty of things to do in the city and around it. Food is dirt cheap and delicious. It can be trashy and sometimes touristy but that didn't cause problems for me.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 31✈️3h$1,124 / mo7MbpsThessaloniki is a city spread over the hills by the side of the Aegean. A cultural crossroads since Byzantine times, it has amazing cuisine and is full of reasonably priced tavernas and restaurants. Full of neo-classical buildings, there are lots of great living options available close to the city center and beyond. The pace of life is stately or as locals call it "hallarah" and most are not in a rush. There is a nice film festival in the Fall and many other public celebrations.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 29° 84° 27° 81°AQI 17✈️2h$2,201 / mo12Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 35✈️2h$4,538 / mo24MbpsThe center around Rynok Square was awesome with scenic views, street performers, interesting and creative restaurants, places to grab a beer/wine, coffee shops, pedestrian areas, etc. During the school year one out of five people in Lviv are students and so it definitely has a college town vibe. Personally I think it's Ukraine's best city and I found the cost of living value ratio to be superb. The co-working space I went to (iHub) had a good mix of locals and foreign digital nomads.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 5✈️2h$1,261 / mo24MbpsAs an expat in Geneva since 5years now, I'll recommend Lausanne or Zurich before Geneva. French Swiss are slow to make business with and have a lot of bureaucracy.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 20° 68° 20° 68°AQI 34🚕2h$5,456 / mo🌇 Also went here26 peopleZurich is a nice city, not very big but charming, especially the old town where you can find bars and restaurants. Good party culture, a lot of different clubs. A lot if different things to do and other cities like the capital (Bern) are within a 1 hour train ride.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 20° 68° 20° 67°AQI 26✈️14min$5,661 / mo🌇 Also went here23 peopleI spent a month here in January. It's beautiful, and there are plenty of touristy things to do, however the city is very expensive. There are plenty of places to shop, which is the main reason why I went. There are also plenty of WeWorks scattered across the city if you need somewhere consistent to work. The people weren't rude to me, but that's because I always greet people in French before asking for help or information, so to avoid rudeness, I'd suggest learning basic greetings and how to ask
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 67°AQI 21✈️33min$4,396 / mo🌇 Also went here45 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 15° 59° 16° 60°AQI 25✈️53min$5,919 / mo🌇 Also went here31 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 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 17✈️54min$3,803 / mo🌇 Also went here36 peopleRome has tourist fatigue. Servers are curt and it's hard to find a decent restaurant.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 28° 82° 28° 83°AQI 61✈️56min$4,853 / mo🌇 Also went here29 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 🌧 Feels 20° 68° 19° 65°AQI 34✈️56min$2,837 / mo🌇 Also went here23 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 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 25✈️59min$5,006 / mo🌇 Also went here41 peoplePros: * Very clean - lots of hand sanitisation places and people wear masks + streets are clean * Great, cheap public transport * Very beautiful city and good parks * Pretty good Italian and asian food Cons: * Coffee shops seem to have mostly gone and been replaced with lots of Starbucks and other chains. * Food / drinks is very expensive in most parts - Local beer is quite cheap though * Barely any night life to speak of - everything closes at 11pm Other Info: COVID restrictions are very stri
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 9✈️1h$2,899 / mo🌇 Also went here27 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 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 25✈️1h$4,293 / mo🌇 Also went here34 peopleJust blindingly good. Best european city by miles. Cheap tube €26 for 5 days unlimited use! City centre is all walkable though. 4 or 5 distinct barrios with mega nightlife- does anyone actually work?!! Architecture fabulous on every street. Museum reno sofia; the best collection of 20c art, free entry after 7pm! The locals are friendly too. Could easily move here.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 32✈️1h$3,329 / mo🌇 Also went here21 peopleGood: - Great local food - Portuguese people are amazingly friendly - Vibrant DN community. It's like the city has been overtaken by remote workers. You will see everyone working on their laptop everywhere you go. - Amazing views whenever you want; you can just get a beer and climb to one of the viewpoints to see the sunset. Easy and magical. - Super cheap Ubers, easy subway Bad: - Housing prices. I'm not kidding, it's the worst I've ever seen. Ultra overpriced. I guess that's the problem when
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 26✈️2h$2,581 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleA great place to be. Excellent price/quality ratio. You can easily find everything needed to work: coworking, sim (you can eg use Airalo). There is a plenty of things to do in the city and around it. Food is dirt cheap and delicious. It can be trashy and sometimes touristy but that didn't cause problems for me.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 31✈️3h$1,124 / mo🌇 Also went here22 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 20° 68° 19° 65°AQI 5✈️8h$5,566 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleI cannot help but agree with the review from the person before me. I'm finishing my 3 weeks trip here, and something feels off. Like that person put it rightly, everything is for sale, and nothing has value. There is no soul to this city and its people, locals or otherwise. Something is wrong here.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 40° 104° 31° 88°🥵AQI 61✈️12h$1,315 / mo🌇 Also went here21 people
