โจ Recommended destinations they haven't been
This is an algorithmic recommendation based on @timfriese's trips history to find places they haven't been to yet that other people with similar travels also went and liked.
Bangkok is one of my favorite cities. Very cyberpunk vibes. Huge, full of skyscrapers, impressive concrete infrastructure for the BTS skytrain, great architecture and design, super fancy shopping malls, lights, noise, tuktuks, street food vendors, prostitutes and ladyboys, cannabis shops, and advertisements everywhere for beauty products, cosmetic surgery clinics or various furutistic-sounding medical treatments. There are two ways to live in Bangkok: either you live cheaply in a poorly insu
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 38° 100° 30° 87° ๐ฅต AQI 66 ๐ท 0 $1,525 / mo 81 MbpsLived in Prague for 8 years. It's a beautiful international European city. Never learned Czech, but was fine. Almost all cafes and restaurants have English menus. Superb food delivery apps (Wolt is the best). All the food you can imagine. Vietnamese food is world-class because of the huge Vietnamese population. If you want hipster bars and cafes, there's plenty of that. If you want old-world-charm there's plenty of that. If you want posh luxury there's some of Europes best restaurants and cockta
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 19° 66° 19° 66° AQI 82 ๐ท 0 $2,965 / mo 44 MbpsDifficult to find places to work in the evenings if you work for a western company. Hard to find a good quality restaurant, Google reviews are very inflated here.
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71° AQI 36 0 $4,679 / mo 70 MbpsBudapest was on my list about cities for living. I stayed for 7 days and was a little disappointed People are not very friendly, lots os places very dirty, people smoke a lot and the costs isn't affordable as people indicated here. Its a beautiful place, walkable, people have a good level of education, lots of things to do, but not as i imagined. Even so its a nice place.
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 63 ๐ท 0 $2,404 / mo 74 MbpsI try to like this city and been many times (twice for 1 month and few times for few days) but it's been pretty rough. Overall malaysia is not that easy for slow nomads (if you want to stay for 1-3 months) and I still preferred penang much more. This might be good place for family to settle or if you having base for most of the year with many friends around. LOGISTICS You will waste a lot of time to move around: - if you hate malls you won't be able to avoid it - crossing some street sometimes
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ง Feels 33° 91° 29° 84° AQI 53 ๐ท 0 $1,454 / mo 87 MbpsBerlin used to be nomad base in Europe... but it's not the same anymore. The 'pandemic' changed many things -- the cost of course, but also the culture -- the freedom and liberty have been contained. The police presence and size of the state have grown -- definitely doesn't feel so relaxed anymore. It's also important to note here -- there is limited ambition. Most are looking for an easy, fun and peaceful life -- which is great, but if you are building something or running a business it can fee
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73° AQI 91 ๐ท 0 $4,332 / mo 88 MbpsNew York is cool. Iโve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, itโs very expensive โ but there is no city on earth thatโs 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 youโll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 22° 72° 22° 72° 0 $6,996 / mo 87 MbpsI liked Dubai a lot! It's definitely an indoor lifestyle especially in the summer when it's 45'C outside. But that's very similar to Bangkok which is also an indoor lifestyle in my opinion. Generally airconditioning everywhere is great, except in the older pre-2010 buildings/malls. It's super modern, super international. You'll be in having lunch in a cafe and next to you is a table of Africans, the next table is Asians, the next table is white (often Russians). You don't actually see Europea
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 41° 106° 33° 91° ๐ฅต AQI 119 ๐ท 0 $3,754 / mo 27 Mbpsโค๏ธ Favorites
Bangkok is one of my favorite cities. Very cyberpunk vibes. Huge, full of skyscrapers, impressive concrete infrastructure for the BTS skytrain, great architecture and design, super fancy shopping malls, lights, noise, tuktuks, street food vendors, prostitutes and ladyboys, cannabis shops, and advertisements everywhere for beauty products, cosmetic surgery clinics or various furutistic-sounding medical treatments. There are two ways to live in Bangkok: either you live cheaply in a poorly insu
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 38° 100° 30° 87° ๐ฅต AQI 66 ๐ท 0 $1,525 / mo 81 MbpsLived in Prague for 8 years. It's a beautiful international European city. Never learned Czech, but was fine. Almost all cafes and restaurants have English menus. Superb food delivery apps (Wolt is the best). All the food you can imagine. Vietnamese food is world-class because of the huge Vietnamese population. If you want hipster bars and cafes, there's plenty of that. If you want old-world-charm there's plenty of that. If you want posh luxury there's some of Europes best restaurants and cockta
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 19° 66° 19° 66° AQI 82 ๐ท 1 $2,965 / mo 44 MbpsLived here, as a guy, most of my youth, so I can't speak about expat experience very much, but I want to address some issues: 1. It's very safe, no pick pocketers, no scammers, no addicts, streets are safe at night, and women are not afraid in general to walk at night, very unlikely to attract even catfishing. Not sure why it rates lower than cities with culture of thinking a single woman is a willing woman. 2. The country itself is not friendly to LGBTQ+ citizens: no gay marriage, pushbacks
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73° AQI 68 ๐ท 2 $3,002 / mo 75 MbpsDifficult to find places to work in the evenings if you work for a western company. Hard to find a good quality restaurant, Google reviews are very inflated here.
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71° AQI 36 3 $4,679 / mo 70 MbpsBudapest was on my list about cities for living. I stayed for 7 days and was a little disappointed People are not very friendly, lots os places very dirty, people smoke a lot and the costs isn't affordable as people indicated here. Its a beautiful place, walkable, people have a good level of education, lots of things to do, but not as i imagined. Even so its a nice place.
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 63 ๐ท 4 $2,404 / mo 74 Mbps"Not safe for women" are you kidding? ๐คฃ one of the safest places for women in the world, hands down!
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 17° 63° 17° 63° AQI 61 ๐ท 5 $3,475 / mo 41 MbpsWe loved our time in Krakow this July and August. The city exceeded our expectations with its charm and affordability. There are so many great restaurants that are affordable, and getting around couldnโt be easier. Whether you're walking, biking, or hopping on a tram, everything is within reach and super budget-friendly. I was worried Krakow might be overhyped, but honestly, itโs still underrated in my opinion. Yes, thereโs a noticeable amount of tourism, and prices have risen like everyw
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 18° 64° 18° 65° AQI 60 ๐ท 6 $2,458 / mo 54 MbpsAthens is a fantastic city. Locals are friendly and food is fantastic. There isn't a huge amount to do, but for a short stay it's definitely worth the visit.
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 24° 75° 24° 75° AQI 46 7 $3,121 / mo 50 MbpsSummers in Tallinn are very pleasant (if not the best, tbh). There is no need for a car or a bus to move from one point to another in the city center. I've been working in Maakri area, which is local City. Really loved my time here, especially variety of quality food options available. My favourite upscale place to eat was FARM restaurant, which is a gem of a resto located in the beginning of Tallinn's Old Town. The restaurant is also the only provence style restaurant in the country, according
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 16° 61° 16° 60° AQI 13 8 $2,755 / mo 55 MbpsBerlin used to be nomad base in Europe... but it's not the same anymore. The 'pandemic' changed many things -- the cost of course, but also the culture -- the freedom and liberty have been contained. The police presence and size of the state have grown -- definitely doesn't feel so relaxed anymore. It's also important to note here -- there is limited ambition. Most are looking for an easy, fun and peaceful life -- which is great, but if you are building something or running a business it can fee
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73° AQI 91 ๐ท 9 $4,332 / mo 88 MbpsNew York is cool. Iโve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, itโs very expensive โ but there is no city on earth thatโs 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 youโll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
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It used to be a nice city for nomads, but its out-priced now and don't recommend it. I am a single female- remote worker from USA with residence permit of 2 years and have to say its not what it used to be. Stormy tropical weather as we speak so unpredictable these days. Landlords charging ridiculous prices and amenities just don't match quality that should be given. Looking into Spain as we speak..
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73° AQI 165 ๐ท 12 $2,959 / mo 94 MbpsI quite liked Zagreb. People are fairly warm, and it's charmingly laid out. Lots of good cafes and restaurants, and the center is pretty walkable. As someone else said there are the commie block vibes, but those are in more peripheral neighborhoods. I felt it was safe, and had no issues getting around by tram mostly. As someone mentioned there is definitely the traditional Southern European cafes are for socializing, not working kind of vibe but still a decent number had wifi and didn't bat an e
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 21° 70° 20° 67° AQI 88 ๐ท 13 $1,813 / mo 115 MbpsI grew up in Chicago and still return fairly often. I love the character of the different neighborhoods, the variety of architectural styles, and as others have said, the food scene is incredible. It's easy to make friends in the suburbs, perhaps not so much in the city itself. I have never witnessed racial tension here, and have been pleasantly surprised by the interracial friendliness I have observed. There are a wonderful selection of forests and parks just about everywhere, and the museu
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 24° 75° 24° 76° AQI 57 ๐ท 14 $4,770 / mo 81 MbpsGroningen is easy going but very international. Due to it's kind of "remote" location (well, Amsterdam is only 2 hrs. away) it's an island one its own with lots to do here: culture, nightlife (vรฉry late!) but also a lot of beautiful quiet nature in the surroundings, You take a bike and you are in the middle of nowhere in just 15 minutes: lakes, woods in the south, or at the northside of the city: beautiful endless tyoical dutch landscapes with lots of famous black and white frisian cows, mills
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 21° 70° 21° 69° AQI 60 ๐ท 15 $4,844 / mo 44 MbpsThessaloniki is Greece's capital of food. No matter where you go to, you will always find fantastic food around you. The place is great for nomads as you can find a lot of cheap places to stay with decent internet speeds. There are a lot of coffee shops to work from the city center. People are super friendly here and you can easily start a chat with anyone. Lots of young people due to the universities, so the atmosphere is great. There are not that many unique experiences to do here though, ot
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73° 16 $2,886 / mo 87 MbpsI loved this city! We stayed for one week, but could easily stay longer. What I love about this city is its beauty, walk ability and convenience to other places such as Germany, Switzerland and other parts of France, just to name a few. Itโs a big, little city. It has an airport as well, for when you want to go further. The cost for groceries were not any different than other parts of France or Germany. There are many students here and a rich culture of Alsatian, German and French culture
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 70 ๐ท 17 $3,940 / mo 29 MbpsI've never had such rude, aggressive, slow, uninterested service anywhere as in Portugal. Portuguese do not understand the basic idea of a customer paying for a service and getting something in return. Many Portuguese explicitly stated to me they really just don't care about money. But at the same time they complain about not making enough money because costs are so high. That sums up the Portuguese mindset: I'm not willing to work hard at my job to deliver a good product or service, but I e
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 22° 72° 22° 72° AQI 52 ๐ท 18 $3,920 / mo 94 Mbpsgood: - very walkable friendly city - many good cafes, restoraunts, coffee shops with specialties coffee - great architecture - many parks bad: - amlost no AC anywhere - 38c at night (august), not humid tho. itโs not thailand 38c - aqi 82
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Lille is a very nice city with lot to do, very walkable, friendly people, good cultural life. The old town is the best place to stay, it's cute and has a lot of good bars and restaurants but it's also the most expensive neigborhood.
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73° AQI 104 ๐ท 21 $3,223 / mo 34 MbpsI have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. โWell worth a visit, would recommendโ.
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 23° 73° 23° 74° AQI 155 ๐ท 22 $5,344 / mo 82 MbpsBeautiful old town and waterfront, but as soon as you leave them it becomes a post-Communist dump. I've had very good internet in airbnbs, and it's quite affordable if you live like a local.
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ง Feels 16° 61° 16° 61° AQI 8 23 $2,089 / mo 20 MbpsI recently visited Amsterdam for the third time (and the first time since 2018). I personally think it's a little overrated, but a cool place to visit nonetheless. The architecture is beautiful, and there are lots of good places to eat. I don't like the main area of the canals in the city centre; it smells of weed and is often packed. However, the outer edges - such as the Jordaan district - are less busy and more interesting in my opinion. One thing that surprised me is how much trash was o
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 92 ๐ท 24 $5,772 / mo 128 Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 21° 70° 20° 68° AQI 38 25 $3,796 / mo 89 Mbps
Vienna is a great place to visit but do not DN here. The internet is either awful of non-existentโeven in coffee shops.
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 21° 70° 20° 68° AQI 61 ๐ท 26 $3,604 / mo 62 MbpsLived there for 7 years. Nantes is like a little Paris but is 30~50% cheaper. There is usually no security issue so donโt trust the medias. Try to leave downtown near Place Graslin if you can. You donโt have the choices you can get in a lot of big cities for food though. I would say the city is perfect for a family who seek a calm city but can be annoying for young nomads if they stay too long. My favorite restaurant is La Cigale (the Tartare is renowned worldwide).
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73° AQI 29 27 $3,489 / mo 87 MbpsIncredibly expensive city, but a great location to get to many other destinations. The city is highly diverse due to all the diplomats and their various supporting structures. You can see most of Geneva in 2 days. The lake is gorgeous!!! Public transport is fantastic and on the honor system. The people are very nice and everyone speaks English.
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 18° 64° 17° 63° AQI 41 28 $6,407 / mo 40 MbpsSpent the month of September here and it was nice for the first 2 weeks. There are a lot of young people due to the multiple universities and you smell weed everywhere!!! There is also so much construction going on with the roads and buildings, so itโs best to walk and bike most places. The BIXI bike system is awesome! There are also a lot of homeless screaming at people randomly in the streets. Food and rent is expensive. The โEuropeanโ vibe is isolated to a 3 street area, but the re
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 28° 82° 26° 78° AQI 50 29 $4,053 / mo 94 MbpsI think it's better place to visit than to live. Very French with no signs of expat or digital nomad communities. Night life can be crazy. Great place to walk around.
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I think better than Amsterdam. Like Madrid. There are lot of things to do, good nightlife, good restaraunts..
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73° AQI 91 ๐ท 32 $4,132 / mo 159 MbpsDon't let yourself be discouraged by the reviews here! Most of them are untrue and very negative and actually they made me skip Santiago in 2022. I came to spend a month in February 2024 and it was amazing! Everyday I got impressed by how nice this city feels. I've been in every latam country apart from Venezuela. Santiago is for sure one of the best. The city is very developed, clean and organized at the same time has a lot of shops, nice architecture, museums, bars and places with a soul. It's
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 17° 63° 17° 62° AQI 76 ๐ท 33 $1,954 / mo 103 MbpsRenting a flat as a freelancer here is incredibly difficult. The city isn't small but there's not enough to do in my opinion apart from drinking and eating. Locals mostly keep to themselves and don't mix much. Not enough nomadlisters. The co-working space here is alright (Harry Cow is โฌ20 per day) but when it gets busy with 4-5 people having meetings and generally not being mindful of others, it's headache inducing. A lot of homeless weirdos with dogs asking for change who will insult you if y
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 23° 73° 23° 74° AQI 31 34 $3,439 / mo 29 MbpsIt's a very cahotic city. The city center is very dirty and stinky and not pleasant at all. Old people are quite friendly and easy going, young people not so much. There is a lot of incivilities as well.
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 20° 68° 20° 69° AQI 48 35 $3,642 / mo 34 MbpsI have lived in Madison for many years and have mixed feelings about it. It is a very clean and green city, and hospitable to bicyclists. There are many parks and nature centers and an abundance of restaurants serving all varieties of cuisine. There is quite a bit to do here, and Madison is also close enough to Milwaukee for day trips to explore. I love the farmers markets and feel very spoiled to have access to so many locales from which to buy organic food (and vegan, paleo, etc.). What I
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 24° 75° 24° 76° 36 $4,344 / mo 110 MbpsSuper 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
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety โ๏ธ Feels 22° 72° 22° 72° AQI 88 ๐ท 37 $3,842 / mo 41 MbpsAs a very sociable expat who's been living here for the past 2 years, and with still no friends outside of work, I can say it's HARD making friends in Antwerp.
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December 2022: Nairobi is a city less walkable than Bangkok, worse infrastructure than the Eastern European province, a non-service culture that would rival Germany, WiFi & 3G/4G like in rural Kyrgyzstan (the kind of where you walk with your phone in your stretched out hand)โฆ. All of that you get for almost US-level prices. Nah, I didnโt have a good time. It feels utterly derelict and careless. Zero things to do except paying through your nose for Safari stuff. Although the people are ver
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ง Feels 23° 73° 23° 74° AQI 73 ๐ท 40 $1,641 / mo 11 MbpsIf you don't like chaotic developing world cities and don't want to be exposed to issues like petty crime, poverty, etc. - stop here, you won't like Addis one bit. If you clicked here because you're a seasoned traveler coming in with eyes wide open that Ethiopia is (very) poor but the experience and empathy to make it work in order to have an amazing travel experience: you can make it work. Ethiopia is the most foreign experience I have ever felt coming from a Western perspective. Nonetheless th
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