3.07/5
152 reviews
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Brasov

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Brasov is a scenic and historic city surrounded by mountains, making it a top choice for outdoor enthusiasts. It's especially good for hiking and mountain sports in the warm seasons. The city offers good infrastructure with fast internet in central areas, and it's very affordable compared to other European cities. The locals are friendly, English is commonly spoken, and the nearby castles and national parks are easily accessible via public transportation. It's also in a central location for exploring other parts of Romania.

However, Brasov is heavily influenced by tourism. The old center largely caters to visitors, and many cafes are crowded and not ideal for working remotely. People looking for a productive environment might find it too relaxed or leisure-focused. There's also a limited digital nomad or expat community, which could be a downside for those looking to connect socially. Overall, it's a great temporary base for adventure and nature, but perhaps not the best fit for working remotely long-term.

AI-generated summary of reviews
6 months ago

Brasov is absolutely beautiful. Not a ton to do socially, and certainly no big nomad community. But the food is amazing, cost of living is cheap, and the parks and mountains surrounding you make it worth visiting! You can literally hike a gorgeous mountain walking about 5 minutes south of the old city center. It's also the most central location to visit nearby castles and national parks. You can buy tickets online and the trains are easy to navigate to get to places like Peles Castle in an hour or so. Highly recommend staying here a couple weeks! I hope to return.

3 years ago

Amazing location for the adventure nomad. If you love mountain sports it is hard to find a better spot. Romania has one of the best internet providers you could want in Digi. Be careful where you stay, anything up towards Poiana Brasov will not have wired internet, anything in the square will be great and super cheap. This is a great spot for anyone in the summer but def rough in the winter. We did 4 months in Bucharest and moved up here after we were visiting every weekend. If you plan to travel Europe and see all of Romania this is a very central location to accomplish both of those.

4 years ago

I have tried Brasov for 1 month in August.
I was desperate to find any place that was not run down by tourists. There is virtually almost no cafe that is suitable to work from, as they are overcrowded by hordes of tourists, families, people drinking.
I had a hard time. I booked in advance for 1 entire month in light of other reviews I saw, but this was my mistake. I would not recommend this for someone who is trying to be productive. The atmosphere is way too much 'vacation' style and reminds me of Disneyland. If I had to redo it I would much more consider other cities in Romania. Bucharest looks quite great. Unfortunately, I did not see other cities in this country yet.

4 years ago

Brasov looks like any historic German city, but Brasov is a resort city, the entire old town is only catered to tourism. There's nothing special about it.

5 years ago

If you love hiking Brasov is like heaven. The mountains nearby have a widespread network of trails. Also it becomes a ski spot in the winter. Architecture is also nice, locals are friendly, prices are low, English is spoken and Romanian is a very interesting language, by the way.

5 years ago

Brasov, is very beautiful, and interesting city, with a huge mountain, "Tampa" near city. Center of city, it is a museum, churches, buildings, restaurants, good infrastructure, is not very expensive, quality of life, is high, very much tourists, of all countries.
Brasov it is a treasure, Romanian treasure. Brasov it is amazing.
Brasov, is on the top!

5 years ago

Lots of cafes with English-speaking staff and great Wi-Fi. Very close to Sibiu and Bucharest, but also the mountains, with lots of stuff to do during the winter season.

6 years ago

Brasov should be in top 5 in europe for quality of living. gorgeous city, fresh air, mountains, booming it industry,way ahead, sofia, kiev, krakow, warsaw, minsk

7 years ago

✅ Beautiful city

✅ Great for hiking and mountain sports

✅ Affordable cost of living

✅ Fast internet

✅ Friendly locals

✅ Central location for travel

✅ Pretty safe

✅ Perfect humidity now

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Nomads.com members liked going here

✅ Many Nomads.com members have been

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Very easy to make friends

✅ Easy to do business

✅ High quality of education

✅ Roads are very safe

✅ Great freedom of speech

✅ Democratic

✅ Everyone speaks English

✅ Safe for women

✅ Family friendly

❌ Very touristy

❌ Not ideal for remote work

❌ Small or absent digital nomad community

❌ Not much to do

❌ Cold now

❌ Gets cold in the winter

❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now

❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+

❌ Many people smoke tobacco

❌ High alcohol consumption

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Feels (median)

0°C / 0°F freezing

7°C / 45°F cold

3°C / 37°F cold

9°C / 48°F cold

17°C / 63°F cool

18°C / 64°F cool

25°C / 77°F warm

23°C / 73°F mild

16°C / 61°F cool

11°C / 52°F cool

9°C / 48°F cold

4°C / 39°F cold

Real (median)

0°C / 32°F
freezing

7°C / 44°F
cold

3°C / 37°F
very cold

9°C / 48°F
cold

16°C / 61°F
cool

18°C / 64°F
cool

25°C / 77°F
warm

23°C / 73°F
mild

16°C / 61°F
cool

11°C / 52°F
cool

9°C / 47°F
cold

4°C / 38°F
very cold

Humidity

damp
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69%

nice
65%

damp
73%

nice
70%

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80%

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70%

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64%

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67%

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62%

nice
68%

damp
73%

Most common

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Rain

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43mm

rainy
57mm

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77mm

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101mm

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65mm

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22mm

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49mm

Cloud

cloudy
53%

pockets
43%

pockets
47%

cloudy
52%

pockets
41%

pockets
28%

pockets
30%

pockets
36%

pockets
34%

pockets
36%

cloudy
58%

Air quality

clean
35 US AQI

clean
29 US AQI

clean
10 US AQI

clean
12 US AQI

clean
14 US AQI

clean
25 US AQI

clean
22 US AQI

okay
77 US AQI

clean
32* US AQI

clean
26 US AQI

clean
30 US AQI

Sun

safe
1 UVI

safe
2 UVI

seek shade
3 UVI

seek shade
4 UVI

seek shade
5 UVI

seek shade
6 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

seek shade
5 UVI

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3 UVI

safe
2 UVI

safe
1 UVI

Remote workers

286 people

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733 people

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343 people

400 people

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Romania

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👮 Safety mediocre

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Romania

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United States

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✈️10h

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Budapest

Hungary

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👍 Liked good

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🌤 Feels 2° 36° 3° 37° AQI 89 😷

✈️43min

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32 Mbps

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Spain

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Germany

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Netherlands

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👍 Liked mediocre

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✈️2h

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Bucharest

Romania

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌤 Feels 5° 41° 5° 41° AQI 75 😷

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Hungary

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👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌤 Feels 2° 36° 3° 37° AQI 89 😷

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👮 Safety mediocre

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✈️1h

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Czechia

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✈️1h

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Berlin

Germany

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Amsterdam

Netherlands

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🌤 Feels 7° 45° 9° 48° AQI 55 😷

✈️2h

$5,455 / mo

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Paris

France

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📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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✈️2h

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Barcelona

Spain

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💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57° AQI 76 😷

✈️3h

$4,481 / mo

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London

United Kingdom

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💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌦 Feels 8° 46° 9° 49° AQI 50

✈️3h

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Madrid

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 10° 50° 11° 51° AQI 30

✈️3h

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Lisbon

Portugal

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57° AQI 33

✈️4h

$3,828 / mo

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Bangkok

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 35° 95° 32° 89° 🥵 AQI 109 😷

✈️10h

$1,620 / mo

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Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Visits are also normalized by overall trips added per month on the site, so if site usage goes up or down it does not affect trends. Not all digital nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

⭐️ Total score	3.07/5 (Rank #92) 152 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍9 liked it 👎2 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Good
👶 Family score	Okay
🎒 Community score	Okay
🤯 Overcrowding score	0% is nomad here
💵 Cost	😙 Affordable: $2,399 / mo
📡 Internet	🙂 Good: 36 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥶 Too cold: 5°C41°F (feels 5°C41°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	😊 Comfy: 48%
💨 Air quality (now)	😐 Moderate: 53 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	🌱 Great: 32 US AQI
👌 Safety	Good
👩 Safe for women	Okay
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+	Bad
🤮 Food safety*	Great
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Good
🤝 Lack of racism*	Bad
🎓 Education level*	High
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Good
💰 Income level*	Low: $787 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Good
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Okay
✈️ Airline scores*	Great
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🏥 Hospitals	Okay
😄 Happiness*	Okay
🍸 Nightlife	Okay
📶 Free WiFi in city	Okay
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Bad
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Okay
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Good
🎅 Startup Score	Okay

🌍 Continent	Europe
🚩 Country	Romania
🗓️ Average trip length	8 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	36 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	☀️ 5°C 41°F + 😊 Comfy (48%) = feels 5°C 41°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👍 53 US AQI 🍃 OK
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👍 32 US AQI
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Uber
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 10 RON in USD	USD 2.30
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	RON 1,000 = USD 230
💸 Tipping	Yes, 7.50%
💳 Cashless	💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere
💻 Best coworking space	Hub One Zero
💻 Best alt. coworking space	Hub 1317
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
♻️ Return rate	9% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	250,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$9,439 / year
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 45% 👱‍♀️ 55%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 52% 👱‍♀️ 48%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 85% 👱‍♀️ 15%
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
💻 Online electronics shop	Emag
🏠 Apartment listings	White Mountain
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	WizzAir
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Tarom

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$2,399 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$1,553 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$2,558 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$731 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$1,234 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$2,659 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$511 / month
🏠 Median home price	$31,123
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$58 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$87 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$180 / month
🍛 Dinner	$8
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$2
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$2
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$2
👩‍🏫 International school	$5,482 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$5 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$2 / trip