⭐️ Total score |
2.53/5 (Rank #425)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Good |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,480 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 35 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 14°C56°F (feels 13°C55°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 85%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 20%
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 21 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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👩 Safe for women |
Good |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Very bad
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💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$3,813 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Sprawling: 1k ppl/km² (1 per 44x44m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Good |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Great |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Netherlands |
🗓️ Average trip length | 16 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 35 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 14°C 56°F + 💦 Damp (85%) = feels 13°C 55°F
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💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 21 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 116 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.5% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because Albert Heijn still doesn't accept CC) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Downtown Juice & Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 110,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $45,753 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 44x44m (1936m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 71% 👱♀️ 29% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Cool Blue |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | KLM |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,480 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,460 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,489 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,282 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,445 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,021 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $761 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $413,368 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $255 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $99 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $485 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $17 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $7 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $27 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $14 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ High alcohol consumption
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 2°C / 36°F cold | 1°C / 34°F cold | 5°C / 41°F cold | 7°C / 45°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 19°C / 66°F mild | 18°C / 64°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 12°C / 54°F cool | 8°C / 46°F cold | 4°C / 39°F cold |
Real (median) |
4°C / 39°F
very cold |
3°C / 37°F
very cold |
6°C / 43°F
very cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
19°C / 65°F
mild |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
16°C / 61°F
cool |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
9°C / 47°F
cold |
5°C / 41°F
very cold |
Humidity |
damp 89% |
damp 87% |
damp 86% |
damp 78% |
damp 85% |
damp 81% |
nice 83% |
damp 85% |
damp 82% |
damp 86% |
damp 89% |
damp 91% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
rainy 74mm |
rainy 53mm |
rainy 59mm |
dry 46mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 69mm |
rainy 84mm |
rainy 83mm |
dry 29mm |
rainy 82mm |
dry 46mm |
rainy 71mm |
Cloud |
pockets 44% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 45% |
Air quality |
clean 27 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 16 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 16 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
Remote workers | 400 people | 300 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people |
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