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| ⭐️ Total score | 18 reviews |
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| 😝 Fun | |
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Netherlands |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 28 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 27 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 5°C 41°F + 💦 Damp (83%) = feels 4°C 39°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 21 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 29 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 109 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.5% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because Albert Heijn still doesn't accept CC) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Launchdesk |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Cafefinder |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Lebkov |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 120,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $45,753 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 13x13m (169m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 88% 👱♀️ 13% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Cool Blue |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Pararius |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Transavia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
| 🏥 Best hospital | LUMC |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,324 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,181 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,150 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,757 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,111 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,624 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,259 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $146 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $119 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $432 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $22 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
| Sales tax (VAT/GST) | 21 |
| Individual tax rate (min) | 30 |
| Individual tax rate (max) | 52 |
| 💰 Corporate tax rate | 20 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ 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
✅ Very family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomad List members go here
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 394° cold | 436° cold | 436° cold | 489° cold | 5412° cool | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 6619° mild | 6619° mild | 5714° cool | 5010° cold | 436° cold |
| Real | 436° very cold | 468° cold | 468° cold | 5010° cold | 5513° cool | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 6619° mild | 5915° cool | 5211° cool | 468° cold |
| Humidity | damp 79% | damp 79% | damp 75% | nice 69% | damp 79% | nice 78% | nice 85% | nice 80% | nice 79% | damp 78% | damp 82% | damp 84% |
| Rain | rainy 91mm | rainy 58mm | rainy 53mm | dry 44mm | rainy 104mm | rainy 75mm | rainy 57mm | rainy 65mm | dry 31mm | rainy 120mm | rainy 81mm | rainy 74mm |
| Cloud | overcast 91% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 89% |
| Air quality | clean 21 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 9 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 400 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 0 people | 400 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 26✈️2h$3,568 / mo21Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 4° 39° 5° 41°AQI 35🚕33min$5,425 / mo27MbpsHow 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 6° 43° 6° 43°AQI 27✈️26min$5,156 / mo16MbpsSuper 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
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 5° 41° 5° 41°AQI 24🚕1h$6,161 / mo🌇 Also went here16 people⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 4° 39° 5° 41°AQI 55✈️11min$4,532 / mo🌇 Also went here10 peopleAlthough I would not praise Cologne as the top destination for digital nomads I have certain doubts about some negative aspects listed here. Hospitals: How can hospitals be pretty bad if Germany has one of the best medical systems in the world? This judgments compares it with remote 3rd world cities which is by definition not logical. Germany, and therefore also Cologne, has most likely the best emergency system in the world (ambulance must arrive within max. 12 minutes - independent of traffi
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 2° 36° 3° 37°AQI 10✈️17min$3,800 / mo🌇 Also went here12 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 6° 43° 6° 43°AQI 27✈️26min$5,156 / mo🌇 Also went here18 peopleLived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 2° 36° 4° 40°AQI 50✈️32min$5,676 / mo🌇 Also went here11 peopleLOVED my stay in Edinburgh! This was my very first stop as a nomad and I stayed here for a month with my partner. The city is so beautiful and has so much character. Everything just felt very easy, as previous people have mentioned, it's super walkable, great wifi, good bus system, amazing trails for running/biking, and lots to do. I'd recommend staying a round Cannon Mills or the Stock Bridge area. We stayed there and it was a nice, quite and more residential part of town, but was only a 20-30
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 5° 41° 6° 44°AQI 25✈️52min$5,200 / mo🌇 Also went here12 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 -3° 27° -1° 31°AQI 29✈️58min$3,046 / mo🌇 Also went here12 peopleFor a European capital, there's not much to do. It's extremely overpriced for what it offers. Did not find the locals nearly as friendly as sources say. Food is very meh. Grocery stores are disorganized and everything close to expiry. You will have to beg and compete to find a dump of an apartment for under $2,000 euro/month. Maybe quality of life is better in the suburbs, but the city centre and surrounding area is not an attractive place to live. Overall, just avoid. For a similar price, you
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 8° 46° 9° 47°AQI 18✈️59min$5,105 / mo🌇 Also went here12 peopleFlorence is one of the most beautiful city in the world! Here you have the opportunity to taste real genuine, fresh and organic food and experience great wines (such a Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino, Nobile di Montepulciano, Bolgheri Sassicaia, Ornellaia and much more) ! Think that Italy is the only country in the world where each region produce a different kind of wine with different kind of local grapes. It is a real bless for palate. Italians are friendly and locals even more. Almost e
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 8° 46°AQI 46✈️1h$5,444 / mo🌇 Also went here13 peopleStayed for 2 weeks after almost a year n a half in LatAm. Beautiful city; great food options- especially for Asian food lovers. Plenty of authentic Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese options for about 50% of what you would pay in a Western city. Decent hostels will cost $11-$15 weekdays and between $18-$30 on weekends.... Good internet; beautiful architecture and people but it is true Hungarians can be very cold at times. Overall a good stay with many destinations just a quick and cheap flight/tr
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 2° 36° 3° 38°AQI 109😷✈️2h$2,324 / mo🌇 Also went here17 peopleNomading here is tough because there are no reasonable Airbnbs and finding a short-term apt is difficult. You have to ask yourself, is it worth coming to Barcelona? It's probably the dirtiest city in Spain, and a bit sketchy. There's more beautiful and cleaner cities like Seville where you can find a reasonably priced Airbnb.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 7° 45° 8° 47°AQI 38✈️2h$4,857 / mo🌇 Also went here12 peopleIt´s difficult to make friends here. Generally speaking, lifelong friends are made in school and then there´s family. People are very nice and sociable but forget about making friends. Lots of really bad restaurants (tourist traps) so you have to be careful where you go. I´ve lived here for two years so I have gotten to know some good places. Tons of tourists and overcroweded public transport. Yes, it´s a beautiful city but quite unlivable.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 9° 48° 10° 49°AQI 42✈️2h$5,142 / mo🌇 Also went here12 peopleVery cheap city, I don't know what nomadlist is smoking with their price estimates. I spent around $500-600/mo while I was here even while living in city center. City is relatively safe but you'll occasionally get harassed by beggars which can create a feeling of unease. Food is very meh, the best restaurants are the turkish/greek over the traditional "serbian" ones. Locals are generally nice and welcoming even if you're from the US, but the youth are obnoxious and loud especially at night. The
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️2h$2,302 / mo🌇 Also went here11 peoplePorto was like a scaled down Lisbon (I swear they are trying to copy it down to the cable car). Lots to do but manageable walking wise. I walked everywhere and always found stuff to do. Bars and clubs are focused in one main area so everything is just easier. The architecture is wonderful and the people are nice. I'd like to see the city in summer as it's just on the wrong side of comfortable and it rained quite a bit (I was there in December). Dog poo is seemingly an issue generally in Portugal
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 10° 50° 11° 51°AQI 26✈️2h$3,021 / mo🌇 Also went here12 peopleHonestly, this is an awesome place to be if you're actually trying to get work done. It's a bit of an older vibe than Canggu, and there's certainly a big chunk of yogi's kicking around — but I liked it much better than Canggu and found it less pretentious. Plus, you can drive down there in 45mins whenever you want some beach or party vibes. As others mentioned, there's some great coworking spaces, cheap warungs, some really nice spots to stay cheaply if you go just outside of the mad tourist
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 33° 91° 27° 80°🥵AQI 102😷✈️16h$2,055 / mo🌇 Also went here12 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
