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| ⭐️ Total score | 431 reviews |
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| 👍 Quality of life score | |
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| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 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 | Iceland |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 26 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 9°C 48°F + 💦 Damp (72%) = feels 7°C 45°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 7 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 57 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 ISK in USD | USD 7.26 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ISK 10,000 = USD 73 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Reykjavík Coworking Unit |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 120,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $60,966 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | IcelandAir |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Finnair |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,587 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,518 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $7,221 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,063 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,582 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,468 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,618 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $168 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $146 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $471 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $20 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $7 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $6,036 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $6 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg ~3km/2mi trip) | $10 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ 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+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Cold all year round
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
25
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34
1° cold |
39
4° cold |
43
6° cold |
46
8° cold |
54
12° cool |
57
14° cool |
50
10° cold |
41
5° cold |
32
0° freezing |
30
-1° freezing |
| Real |
32
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freezing |
37
3°
very cold |
39
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very cold |
43
6°
very cold |
45
7°
cold |
50
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55
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cool |
57
14°
cool |
52
11°
cool |
45
7°
cold |
37
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very cold |
36
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| Humidity |
nice 70% |
damp 71% |
damp 80% |
damp 76% |
nice 60% |
damp 76% |
damp 83% |
damp 82% |
damp 78% |
damp 73% |
damp 80% |
damp 80% |
| Rain |
rainy 106mm |
rainy 80mm |
rainy 139mm |
rainy 123mm |
rainy 83mm |
rainy 114mm |
rainy 89mm |
rainy 91mm |
rainy 249mm |
rainy 127mm |
rainy 207mm |
rainy 123mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 73% |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 580 people | 945 people | 691 people | 855 people | 1,031 people | 825 people | 813 people | 877 people | 677 people | 800 people | 680 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 9° 49° AQI 8 ✈️1h $5,351 / mo 146 Mbps
I studied in Aberdeen for a year and loved living there. The city has charm and is very walkable. It was easy to meet people from the university and through my student accommodation but could see it being difficult if you aren't attending university. It wasn't too expensive coming from the US and was manageable on a student budget. It is easy to catch a train to explore nearby cities. The train ride from Edinburgh to Aberdeen is very scenic and shows a cliffside view for the majority of the ride
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Was in GLASGOW this end of JANUARY 2020. Post-industrial view everywhere, there is little to do in the old town + pedestrian area. Seems quite unattractive in comparison with EDINBURGH. Just to be quite frank with you nomads, it looks much more affordable if you eat at BURGER KING + LIDL or TESCO around there.
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Love Edinburgh. A very historic place that's just generally lovely to enjoy! It's actually not as Scottish as Glasgow. There is a huge English population, as well as many other cultures. A lovely city to spends hours walking around.
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I'm a native Ålesunder, and I'll be honest: this city is boring as hell. Very few cafés/restaurants/bars/museums/etc. Therefore it'll also be hard to make friends and connections. As with the rest of Norway, it's very expensive. The public transport is limited. The pros: Art Noveau architecture and lots of green areas, generally very safe city regardless of neighborhood. I'd recommend stopping by for a few days (a week tops) if you're in Norway anyway, but I would not recommend moving here for
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Nice for a few days, and as a basing off point for other places. Not much to do here and not a great nightlife. Stayed for a week and wished it was only a few days.
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For 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
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you mean cheap alcohol ? :) to some people there is more to a great nightlife than that.
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This city is incredible. Now I understand why Parisians look down on other cities. It is endless. Museums, history, cool bars, incredible food, diversity, beautiful people nicely dressed... It helps a lot to speak French. It's expensive. I'd love to nomad here for a month or two. I really liked Marais as an area.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65° AQI 31 ✈️3h $5,973 / mo 🌇 Also went here352 people
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64° AQI 28 ✈️4h $3,114 / mo 🌇 Also went here273 people
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7 years ago Lisbon was amazing. Since it became trendy lost what made it unique. I will return when the hype is gone!
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One of the best cities in Europe. Though location makes a big difference in Istanbul. Besikatas, Nişantaşı, and Karakoy are parts that I enjoyed. They are safe and have nice vibe and energy. Big city, but not too hectic. I've met a lot of friendly Turkish people there and had good conversations. The food is good and relatively cheap. Outside of the good areas you will find lots of scams, people will try you everyday. Though its not violent, you can always just walk away.
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