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Edinburgh is a favorite for many digital nomads and long-term travelers thanks to its charm, walkability, and easy infrastructure. The city is easy to navigate, with strong public transport options and reliable internet, which makes it a practical base for remote work. Its scenic streets, cultural richness, and accessible nature trails offer plenty to explore in both work and leisure time.
Neighborhoods like Canonmills and Stockbridge come highly recommended for longer stays due to their quieter vibe while still being within walking distance of main attractions. While the Royal Mile is lively and historic, it may be better suited for short-term tourism rather than extended stays.
Edinburgh does come with a few drawbacks. Compared to other popular digital nomad hubs, it's relatively expensive. There also aren’t as many fellow nomads around, so community and networking opportunities might be limited. The weather leans cool and rainy, though rainstorms tend to be brief and not a major disruption.
Overall, travelers find Edinburgh a lovely place to spend time, full of history, character, and ease of living—ideal for those who want a quieter, culture-rich lifestyle over a bustling nomad scene.
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13 days ago
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.
2 years ago
LOVED my stay in Edinburgh! This was my very first stop as a nomad and I stayed here for a month with my partner. The city is so beautiful and has so much character. Everything just felt very easy, as previous people have mentioned, it's super walkable, great wifi, good bus system, amazing trails for running/biking, and lots to do. I'd recommend staying a round Cannon Mills or the Stock Bridge area. We stayed there and it was a nice, quite and more residential part of town, but was only a 20-30 min walk to a lot of the cool sites and attractions around the city, if you're doing a longer stay, somewhere a little further away from the business of the Royal Mile would probably be idea.
The only cons would be exactly what others mentioned – a bit more expensive, and not a ton of other nomads, and maybe the cooler, rainier weather (though in our experience, the rain storms were short-lived and much less frequent than we were lead to believe).
Overall, my partner and I were both absolutely in love with this city and are still talking about it now, months later. Definitely will be returning here!
3 years ago
Edinburgh is one of my favorite cities and I've spent quite a bit of time here. It's charming, friendly, beautiful, and walkable, and has a range of cafes and coffeeshops with fast wifi. The downsides: it's pretty expensive (housing especially), and there doesn't seem to be much of a nomad scene. The general tech scene seems to be smallish but growing (CodeBase seems cool), but not many nomads seem to come here.
6 years ago
Edinburgh is one of my favourite places in the world. I've lived here for a few months twice now, but unfortunately the nomad scene isn't great.
If you're looking for a nice spot that's super walkable, has lots of parks/green space, and isn't too expensive, Edinburgh is great! If you're looking for great coworking spaces or to meet lots of other nomads, Edinburgh currently isn't the place to do that.
6 years ago