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| ⭐️ Overall score | 233 reviews |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Bulgaria |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 28 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 27 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 21°C 69°F + 😊 Comfy (86%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 21 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 24 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Vivacom |
| 💸 10 BGN in USD | USD 6.06 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BGN 100 = USD 61 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Coworking Bansko |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Family Bansko Coffee & Kids Club |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Coworking Bansko |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 13% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 8,600 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $7,465 / year |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Emag |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Transavia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Transavia |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hospital Razlog |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,613 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,099 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,317 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $376 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $242 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $121 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $665 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $31 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (98 listings) | $2,470 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $81 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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| Feels | 415° cold | 457° cold | 5513° cool | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 8127° warm | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 5714° cool | 468° cold |
| Real | 415° very cold | 447° cold | 5513° cool | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7926° warm | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 5614° cool | 468° cold |
| Humidity | damp 72% | nice 67% | nice 65% | nice 68% | nice 65% | nice 73% | nice 67% | nice 58% | nice 58% | nice 57% | damp 76% | nice 68% |
| Rain | rainy 53mm | dry 18mm | dry 18mm | rainy 52mm | dry 42mm | rainy 120mm | rainy 56mm | dry 12mm | dry 33mm | dry 24mm | rainy 67mm | rainy 52mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 89% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 61% | pockets 45% | pockets 26% | pockets 19% | pockets 37% | pockets 13% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 75% |
| Air quality | clean 39 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 457 people | 400 people | 250 people | 333 people | 450 people | 280 people | 1,400 people | 450 people | 400 people | 333 people | 700 people |
Based on Bansko's cost of living, here's selected remote jobs that would cover your costs:
Sofia is a small city and it is very polluted. In fact it is one of the most polluted cities in Europe. The restaurants and bars are ok. For the rest there is not a lot to do. After a couple of days you have seen it all. The people are ok but Sofia misses an international vibe. Lets be honest here, you mostly get where you pay for.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 71°AQI 34🚕3h$1,386 / mo30MbpsI've been here for the last 5 months. People are extremely friendly, the weather has been amazing (on the too hot side, during the summer). You can drink tap water, Nomadlist, check that. It is very cheap, walkable, plenty of cafes, bars and restaurants. It is very safe. The gym scene is not great but you can survive. Not many hipsters, but overloaded with instagrammers (like everywhere else, I guess). All in all, it's a beautiful city, safe, affordable, welcoming (if you are white). Racist gra
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 79°AQI 17🚕4h$1,432 / mo32MbpsSkopje is certainly an interesting place to see, but where you shouldn't spend too much time. You can start here and take a trip around the country, as there are several places worth seeing. The city is safe, the air quality is very low and it does not get too cold in winter (though it does get cold). There isn't much to do, plus I visited the city during the time of the pandemic, which made it worse for socializing. Cheap prices and great Internet connection, even on the road between cities.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 30° 86° 28° 82°AQI 60✈️14min$1,355 / mo30MbpsIt's a gem! Niš is a tiny city full of green places to walk and friendly people. Cost of living is ridiculously cheap (current $2,137 / month listed here in nomadlist is probably wrong, as you can live here comfortably for half of that or even less, even living in the main street in downtown and eating out everyday).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 45✈️17min$1,507 / mo38MbpsDirty cheap, you can live a very comfortable life there for way less than 1,000 USD. It’s literally a “new” country, young crowd, mostly unemployed but very hardworking. Energy is vibrant and people are really welcoming. It’s safe and not much to see and do, what is great for getting the work done.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 60✈️17min$1,820 / mo11MbpsTirana was a pleasant surprise for me! It wasn’t on my initial list for places I’d planned to go this year, but after researching countries in Europe that allows U.S. citizens to enter with COVID, it piqued my interest. I stayed in the Blloku area and would definitely recommend it. It’s littered with bars and cafes you can work from (Mon Cheri and Mulliri Vjeter became fast favorites because of consistency!). I was also genuinely grateful to get the chance to learn about the very recent co
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 31° 88° 29° 84°AQI 36✈️25min$1,275 / mo15MbpsI was in Burgas in June 2018. Stayed there like 2 days, which for most of you guys wouldn't be enough to establish if it's worthy or not. Cheap city with a nice old town, the sea side is really clean + the food/drinks and other services are quite affordable. Do not know exactly if this will match with the NOMADS for a long timeframe, but I am positive about the time spent over there and would return for a longer period.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 9✈️27min$1,976 / mo32MbpsBucharest is a lovely, calm and joyful city. I was staying at ICANSEE villa, a family stay place and I’ve just had everything I needed. The streets are safe, people are nice, nice clubs, terraces. It has a good vibe, I love it!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 16✈️29min$1,622 / mo48MbpsSofia is a small city and it is very polluted. In fact it is one of the most polluted cities in Europe. The restaurants and bars are ok. For the rest there is not a lot to do. After a couple of days you have seen it all. The people are ok but Sofia misses an international vibe. Lets be honest here, you mostly get where you pay for.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 71°AQI 34🚕3h$1,386 / mo30MbpsMy girlfriend and I lived in Belgrade for over a month and absolutely loved it! It has a bit of a raw feeling and the indoor smoking is something that's hard to get used to, but in general we felt welcomed with open arms with pretty much everyone we've been in contact with. We were particularly fond of the Dorcol region to stay, eat and live. The castle area is great for a walk on a sunny day. Also relevant in pandemic times: the food delivery is amazing (we mostly used Wolt).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 33° 91° 30° 86°🥵AQI 10✈️33min$1,499 / mo33MbpsBerlin 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 35° 95° 31° 87°🥵AQI 38✈️2h$2,988 / mo33MbpsI've been here for the last 5 months. People are extremely friendly, the weather has been amazing (on the too hot side, during the summer). You can drink tap water, Nomadlist, check that. It is very cheap, walkable, plenty of cafes, bars and restaurants. It is very safe. The gym scene is not great but you can survive. Not many hipsters, but overloaded with instagrammers (like everywhere else, I guess). All in all, it's a beautiful city, safe, affordable, welcoming (if you are white). Racist gra
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 79°AQI 17🚕4h$1,432 / mo32MbpsPros: -Great airport for connections to Africa and South America. -Has some really beautiful views. -Great fruit and fish. -Native Portuguese people are generally friendly and helpful. -Wonderful moderate climate (better than Spain) Cons: -The dirtiest major city I've seen in Europe. Filthy buildings and dog crap everywhere. -Unsafe - most other women I spoke to said they feel unsafe walking alone here (being leered at, whistled at and followed by the mostly immigrant men is a common occurrenc
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 20✈️4h$2,053 / mo31MbpsDon't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 47° 117° 35° 94°🥵AQI 89😷✈️11h$1,439 / mo24MbpsHow 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 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 23✈️3h$4,199 / mo21MbpsTirana was a pleasant surprise for me! It wasn’t on my initial list for places I’d planned to go this year, but after researching countries in Europe that allows U.S. citizens to enter with COVID, it piqued my interest. I stayed in the Blloku area and would definitely recommend it. It’s littered with bars and cafes you can work from (Mon Cheri and Mulliri Vjeter became fast favorites because of consistency!). I was also genuinely grateful to get the chance to learn about the very recent co
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 31° 88° 29° 84°AQI 36✈️25min$1,275 / mo15MbpsAthens is a great city; much to do! It offers a balance of daily life and nightlife. Rents are extremely reasonable. Two of my colleagues and I decided to live in the northern suburbs near metro stations called Doukisis Plakentias. 15 minute underground ride to Athens centre. Mt. Pentelis which is very nearby offers and great trekking paths and clean air for those who love to be close to nature as well as close to the city. Nice shopping area too, like Halandri. Great restaurants, cafes, etc.,
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 31° 88° 29° 85°AQI 55✈️34min$2,971 / mo12MbpsBucharest is a lovely, calm and joyful city. I was staying at ICANSEE villa, a family stay place and I’ve just had everything I needed. The streets are safe, people are nice, nice clubs, terraces. It has a good vibe, I love it!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 16✈️29min$1,622 / mo48MbpsI 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 35° 95° 31° 87°🥵AQI 38✈️2h$2,159 / mo35MbpsSofia is a small city and it is very polluted. In fact it is one of the most polluted cities in Europe. The restaurants and bars are ok. For the rest there is not a lot to do. After a couple of days you have seen it all. The people are ok but Sofia misses an international vibe. Lets be honest here, you mostly get where you pay for.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 71°AQI 34🚕3h$1,386 / mo🌇 Also went here60 peopleMy girlfriend and I lived in Belgrade for over a month and absolutely loved it! It has a bit of a raw feeling and the indoor smoking is something that's hard to get used to, but in general we felt welcomed with open arms with pretty much everyone we've been in contact with. We were particularly fond of the Dorcol region to stay, eat and live. The castle area is great for a walk on a sunny day. Also relevant in pandemic times: the food delivery is amazing (we mostly used Wolt).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 33° 91° 30° 86°🥵AQI 10✈️33min$1,499 / mo🌇 Also went here35 peopleAthens is a great city; much to do! It offers a balance of daily life and nightlife. Rents are extremely reasonable. Two of my colleagues and I decided to live in the northern suburbs near metro stations called Doukisis Plakentias. 15 minute underground ride to Athens centre. Mt. Pentelis which is very nearby offers and great trekking paths and clean air for those who love to be close to nature as well as close to the city. Nice shopping area too, like Halandri. Great restaurants, cafes, etc.,
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 31° 88° 29° 85°AQI 55✈️34min$2,971 / mo🌇 Also went here40 peopleI stayed here for a month in July last year. There's lots of cool aspects to the city but I hated it when I was there. The city has a problem with British stag parties, so if you look like you're a British male and speak English expect to be treated with disdain (it's fair enough) The Hungarians can just generally be unfriendly, especially bartenders. It's a weird experience waiting to be served while 3 people ignore you. Or buying the same drink and getting charged whatever they want (700-1500
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 33° 91° 30° 87°🥵AQI 51✈️58min$1,517 / mo🌇 Also went here49 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 35° 95° 31° 87°🥵AQI 38✈️2h$2,988 / mo🌇 Also went here56 peopleEven if the city is kind of on the decline, it still is awesome. Perfect weather all year, amazing food, vibrant local & expat community.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 28° 82° 26° 80°AQI 22✈️2h$3,127 / mo🌇 Also went here39 peopleDuring my brief trip to Paris, I was surprised to find few people spoke English. I speak French moderately well and always began speaking with people in French. At the hotel, I had some questions I couldn't ask in French and was surprised that the front-desk staff seemingly only spoke a few words of English. Aside from that, I did not find people rude, just businesslike. My favorite neighborhood was the Quartier Latin - I would live there if I could! I didn't see any tourists in that arrond
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 23✈️2h$4,126 / mo🌇 Also went here38 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 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 23✈️3h$4,199 / mo🌇 Also went here58 peopleInitially I didn't like Madrid. People don't speak english well and people seem very dry. After spending a month there, my opinion changed. People in Madrid are more formal and it reminds me of the wrong impression people get of Parisians. The dining scene is very developed with a ton of options. The only complaint I have had over the years with Madrid is how late people eat. It's truly absurd and I hope COVID might help to change that for good. Centro is a great area to stay and everything is w
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 30✈️3h$2,749 / mo🌇 Also went here33 peoplePros: -Great airport for connections to Africa and South America. -Has some really beautiful views. -Great fruit and fish. -Native Portuguese people are generally friendly and helpful. -Wonderful moderate climate (better than Spain) Cons: -The dirtiest major city I've seen in Europe. Filthy buildings and dog crap everywhere. -Unsafe - most other women I spoke to said they feel unsafe walking alone here (being leered at, whistled at and followed by the mostly immigrant men is a common occurrenc
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 20✈️4h$2,053 / mo🌇 Also went here49 peopleChiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) and restaurants (2-3$ for a main). Wouldn't recommend staying there during the burning season. The best area is Nimman, but it's also the most expensive. You can stay in the old city that's very nice but that gets noisy during the weekend for the night markets. Last but not least, very safe city. All in all would go back in a heartbeat.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 41° 106° 32° 90°🥵AQI 70✈️10h$1,030 / mo🌇 Also went here41 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 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 78😷✈️10h$4,805 / mo🌇 Also went here35 peoplePutrajaya is the only place I would recommend due to its close proximity to the airport. The Shaftsbury Hotel is modern with two convenience stores, pharmacy, restaurants, dental, and more in the actual building. There is a rain fountain in "mall" of the building that would be Putrajaya's attempt at Singapore's airport one. The location is also literally right across from the bigger mall that has restaurants, international grocery store, movie theater, bowling, electronics, etc. It's a safe a
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 33° 91° 28° 82°🥵AQI 57✈️12h$1,275 / mo🌇 Also went here35 peopleThey say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia, VietNam, Myanmar and Thailand, Singapore was so easy! The subway system is a marvel, streets signs were easy to read, everyone speaks English (that just makes it easy for me as an English speaker) it is safe, clean, and parks are gorgeous. I was there as COVID 19 was breaking out fairly fast and that put a damper on my time but I was so happy to be there anyway and plan to go back. For digital
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 37° 99° 31° 87°🥵AQI 93😷✈️12h$2,800 / mo🌇 Also went here39 peopleI've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 28✈️14h$5,659 / mo🌇 Also went here37 people
