⭐️ Total score | 2.32/5 (Rank #596) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,228 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 35Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 13°C56°F (feels 12°C54°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 74% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 20 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 11 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Okay |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,538 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Germany |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 35 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 13°C 56°F + 💦 Damp (74%) = feels 12°C 54°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 20 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 12 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 108 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | weserwork |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Cowork Bremen |
☕️ Best coffee place | Kaffeemühle |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Lilie |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | ATLANTIC Grand Hotel |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 560,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,456 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | WG Gesucht |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ryanair |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Lufthansa |
🏥 Best hospital | Community Hospital of Bremen |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,228 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,798 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,757 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,073 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,080 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,892 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $707 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $97 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $62 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $324 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $12 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $21,288 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $10 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $9 / trip |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $11,133 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $34,508 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $100,974 |
✅ 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+
❌ 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
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 341° cold | 341° cold | 436° cold | 468° cold | 5412° cool | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 5513° cool | 457° cold | 362° cold |
Real | 373° very cold | 373° very cold | 457° cold | 489° cold | 5513° cool | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 6619° mild | 6519° mild | 5614° cool | 468° cold | 394° very cold |
Humidity | nice 43% | nice 39% | nice 40% | nice 36% | nice 41% | nice 40% | nice 42% | nice 42% | nice 42% | nice 41% | nice 44% | nice 43% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | rainy 71mm | rainy 52mm | rainy 59mm | rainy 52mm | rainy 64mm | rainy 77mm | rainy 84mm | rainy 80mm | dry 39mm | rainy 58mm | dry 31mm | rainy 73mm |
Cloud | cloudy 52% | pockets 47% | pockets 45% | pockets 44% | cloudy 52% | pockets 50% | pockets 49% | pockets 49% | pockets 47% | cloudy 50% | pockets 50% | cloudy 55% |
Air quality | clean 12 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI | clean 13 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI | clean 11 US AQI | clean 10 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI | clean 10 US AQI | clean 10 US AQI | clean 13 US AQI | clean 9 US AQI |
Remote workers | 233 people | 200 people | 333 people | 367 people | 600 people | 267 people | 400 people | 440 people | 286 people | 400 people | 350 people | 467 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 13° 55° 14° 58°AQI 32✈️2h$5,078 / mo🌇 Also went here23 people×It is more expensve than expected. Depending whete you live, streets can be dirty. It seems the government only uses the tax money to invest in the high en areas. Thwre are is a lot of inequality. People are very racist. I am Mexican, and the first thing people ask me here, is whete do I come from. I have never felt as discriminated as here and to be honest I dont think I have it as bad as other people.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 36✈️3h$3,490 / mo🌇 Also went here18 people×New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°✈️8h$6,505 / mo🌇 Also went here17 people×A dystopian cyberpunk metropolis, a veritable Night City, both chaotic and well run, livable yet poisonous. Follow the classic advice: stay near the BTS, skyscraper condo, work from mall libraries, cafes, and commons, don’t be outside. Outsource your chores. On a western salary or with savings, you’ll be playing life on easy mode. Focus your energy on meeting people, honing your body, and learning new skills. There’s a reason it’s number 1. You can disagree, but try to find it.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 39° 102° 34° 94°🥵AQI 71😷✈️12h$1,346 / mo🌇 Also went here18 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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