⭐️ Total score |
2.77/5 (Rank #185)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍3 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Good |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,405 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 35 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Nice: 18°C64°F (feels 18°C64°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 76%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 20%
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 29 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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👩 Safe for women |
Great |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
🎓 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* |
Great |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 6k ppl/km² (1 per 13x13m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Okay |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Great |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
🖥 Places to work from |
Good |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Netherlands |
🗓️ Average trip length | 21 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 35 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 18°C 64°F + 😊 Comfy (76%) = feels 18°C 64°F
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💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 29 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 coworking space | Launchdesk |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Cafefinder |
☕️ Best coffee place | Lebkov |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 120,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $45,753 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 13x13m (169m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 88% 👱♀️ 12% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Cool Blue |
🏠 Apartment listings | Pararius |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Transavia |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
🏥 Best hospital | LUMC |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,405 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,080 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,249 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,785 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,910 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,363 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,392 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $579,500 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $183 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $110 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $460 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $22 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $16,226 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $14 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / trip |
Sales tax (VAT/GST) | 21 |
Individual tax rate (min) | 30 |
Individual tax rate (max) | 52 |
💰 Corporate tax rate | 20 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ 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+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Feels crowded
❌ 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) | 4°C / 39°F cold | 6°C / 43°F cold | 6°C / 43°F cold | 9°C / 48°F cold | 12°C / 54°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 13°C / 55°F cool | 9°C / 48°F cold | 3°C / 37°F cold |
Real (median) |
6°C / 43°F
very cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
10°C / 50°F
cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
14°C / 57°F
cool |
10°C / 50°F
cold |
6°C / 42°F
very cold |
Humidity |
damp 79% |
damp 79% |
damp 75% |
nice 69% |
damp 79% |
nice 78% |
nice 85% |
damp 80% |
nice 79% |
damp 78% |
damp 82% |
damp 84% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
rainy 85mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 57mm |
dry 47mm |
rainy 64mm |
rainy 71mm |
rainy 56mm |
rainy 65mm |
dry 31mm |
rainy 111mm |
rainy 86mm |
rainy 83mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 50% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 45% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 52% |
Air quality |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 9 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
Remote workers | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 533 people | 280 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 600 people |
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