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| ⭐️ Total score | 232 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 🙊 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 | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 35 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 17°C 63°F + 💦 Damp (84%) = feels 17°C 63°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 34 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 29 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Lebara |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 105 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.5% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because Albert Heijn still doesn't accept CC) |
| ☕️ 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 |
| 🏞 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 | Pararius |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Transavia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
| 🏥 Best hospital | LUMC |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,171 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,516 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,327 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,236 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $791 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $387 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,978 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $233 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 16 listings) | $3,758 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $123 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $16 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
| Sales tax (VAT/GST) | 21 |
| Individual tax rate (min) | 30 |
| Individual tax rate (max) | 52 |
| 💰 Corporate tax rate | 20 |
✅ Pretty 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
❌ 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 | 600 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 14° 57° 15° 59°AQI 32✈️52min$5,838 / mo🌇 Also went here10 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
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 27° 81° 27° 80°AQI 66✈️2h$1,514 / mo🌇 Also went here10 peopleI've been to ~70 countries. Porto is my favorite city in the world. The people, the people, the people! It's the perfect size, well connected airport, vibrant and happening, amazing blend of locals and expats, and much cheaper than Lisbon. Looking to call this place home.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 46✈️2h$2,158 / mo🌇 Also went here12 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 29° 84° 28° 82°AQI 22✈️2h$2,529 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleShanghai is a giant city and your experience really depends on a few factors like: 1) where you live in the city 2) do you speak basic Mandarin 3) do you make nice money 4) do you have to use the internet If you can afford to live in Jing'an or the French Concession, you can live a fashionable metropolitan lifestyle like you would in New York City. There's amazing food (Asian, Western and fusion). You'll be surrounded by entrepreneurs, artists, fashion designers and models. Many of whom d
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 30✈️12h$1,951 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleOnly thing to add is that in general Saigon has terrible walkability. I love Saigon, lived there for 3 years. But motorbikes are always parked on the sidewalks so you constantly have to step onto the road which is a little hair raising. And if it's not motorbikes then there are restaurant tables scattered across the pavement. Plus the pavement is almost always cracked. I'm a pretty chill person. But going for a random walk in Saigon always leaves me kind of irritated after a while. Of course the
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 41° 106° 31° 89°🥵AQI 93😷✈️13h$956 / mo🌇 Also went here9 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° 28° 82°🥵AQI 57✈️16h$1,300 / mo🌇 Also went here11 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
