Tampere

✅ Friendly people

✅ Relaxed vibe

✅ Public saunas with lake access

✅ Very safe

✅ Fast internet

✅ Lots of fun stuff to do

✅ Perfect humidity now

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Very easy to do business

✅ High quality of education

✅ Good hospitals

✅ Roads are very safe

✅ Great freedom of speech

✅ Democratic

✅ Everyone speaks English

✅ Very safe for women

✅ Very family friendly

✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

❌ Poor internet quality in many accommodations

❌ Unpredictable and rainy winter weather

❌ High housing costs relative to quality

❌ Over-tourism and loss of local character

❌ Noise and construction disrupting living conditions

❌ Struggles with cleanliness (graffiti, dog waste, litter)

❌ Challenging to meet local people

❌ Foreigners sometimes face resentment

❌ Extremely expensive

❌ Gets very cold in the winter

❌ Very difficult to make friends

❌ High alcohol consumption

❌ Marijuana is illegal