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| ⭐️ Total score | 70 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ 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* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Switzerland |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 29 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 15°C 58°F + 💦 Damp (85%) = feels 15°C 59°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 20 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 11.5 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Montchoisi |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Sébeillon / Malley |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CHF 100 = USD 102 |
| 💸 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 | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 140,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $79,609 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ 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 | $5,620 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,645 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $8,266 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,362 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,739 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,479 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,665 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $128 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $114 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $447 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $23 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $9 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $7 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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| 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 |
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Super 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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A 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.
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Rome has tourist fatigue. Servers are curt and it's hard to find a decent restaurant.
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I 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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How 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.
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Vienna is a cool city. Was there once in winter and once in summer and I liked being there more in summer. In winter is just horribly cold and it's all grey. In summer you can do lots of stuff outside, although the Danube riverside isn't as cool as in Budapest. Pros: - great food options (not only Austrian, but also for vegans) - amazing architecture (really worth seeing) - lots of things to do Cons: - everything closes quite early (supermarkets at 8pm, come on) - quite expensive (didn't re
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Berlin 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
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Awesome city. Limitless good restaurants and bars. Easy to use transit, but you barely need it because the city is so walkable. Beautiful streets. Overflowing with genuine Spanish culture. Not cheap but affordable for how large of a city it is. Wish it was a bit greener, but overall Madrid is a great spot to spend significant time in.
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The city got overcrowded, really expensive, overhyped, can believe it is still the number one destination for remote workers. Where ever the hype or FOMO goes, you should go the oppositive!
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I've spent 4 years in Istanbul, it was one of my best experience. I met amazing people, but also a loooooot (looooot) of scams even from people I considered friends. So be careful of whom you trust there, but instead of that it is a magical city, always something to do, very beautiful, and affordable, and as a women I felt very safe there (learnt turkish but even before that I felt safe)
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I'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.
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