2.19/5
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Leipzig

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Leipzig offers a lot if you're looking for a walkable, bike-friendly city with a solid music and alternative scene. It's easy to get around by bike or public transport, especially with the Deutschlandticket for €49/month. Neighborhoods like Connewitz and Südvorstadt are hubs for counterculture and younger crowds, with live music and local events, making it a fun city if you want to be socially and culturally active.

Housing can be affordable, especially through sublets, but prices are rising fast, especially if you want official registration. Winters in Leipzig are tough—cold and often gloomy. Political polarization is becoming more noticeable, with both far-right and far-left influences creating some unease for more centrist foreigners. While younger locals tend to be open-minded, older residents may not be as welcoming, particularly if you don’t speak German.

Many move to Leipzig due to its once-low cost of living or as a cheaper alternative to Berlin, but some feel the city's hype doesn't match the reality. Overall, it's a cool place if you're into cycling, music, and want a lower-cost urban lifestyle—just be prepared for the cold months and a mix of social attitudes.

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11 days ago

People move here because it is/was cheap. Period. There is nothing wrong with wanting affordable housing, but there is not much more to it. It is cold, winters are absolutely depressing, it is getting exponentially expensive, AfD is rising in power in Saxony and even in Leipzig and if you don't have neo-nazis, there are the extreme left which are equally depressing, especially for more liberal minded nomads. People from Berlin move here because Berlin is becoming crazy expensive, not because Leipzig is so cool. I fail to understand the hype around it and this nonsense has to stop. It is/was cheap, that's it.

2 years ago

Fucking rad if you make the most of it. Buy a shit bike (50-100 eur) and fix it at the community bike centres if it breaks. Cycle to Cospudner See all the time. Go to heaps of live music, and check out the punk scene. Can be expensive if you rent a place (and want to get anmeldung) but if you just sublet (look on WG Gesucht) then you can probably get a steal deal (we paid 500 eur/month warm rent for a couple sharing a room in a 2 bedroom place in Sudvorstadt). The west of the city has a nice vibe, and Connewitz is the counterculture area. Make sure to get the Deutschlandticket (49eur/mo) for unlimited local public transport (can get you across Germany and even across some borders). Can easily do a side trip to Berlin, to the Saxon Swiss national park, to Bavaria or to Prague. Leaving because we don't like the cold, but this city is pretty cool. Germans can be a bit cold, but you should be able to make some friends if you want.

2 years ago

Super green city with lots of cool places and cafes to hang out. young people are super left there and old people tend to be right. Prices aren't cheap in comparison to other cities in the east of Germany. Also, don't expect older people to be super open to strangers, if you don't speak German. If you want a Berlinish vibe Kollwitz is the place to be. Everything is super walkable or bikeable which is amazing. Can recommend going there.

3 years ago

I lived here for a summer. This city has beautiful nature with lots of parks, incredibly parties/clubs, few cafes to work from and is extremely bike friendly. It's a city that is very hyped and a lot of Berliners are moving here as they are fed up with Berlin. This place is however nowhere near as packed and eventful as Berlin. It's a very calm city and often not so much going on in the summers as all students are on holiday.

Overall you might have a hard time making friends but if you join the co-working space in the center, meetups and language exchanges you should be good. It's even easier if you know German as people don't speak such good English here. If you go here I recommend getting a bike and checking out the parks and also go canoeing near the river.

6 years ago

✅ Great bike culture

✅ Good local and regional transport

✅ Vibrant music and counterculture scene

✅ Walkable city

✅ Very safe

✅ Fast internet

✅ Warm now

✅ Perfect humidity now

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Many Nomads.com members have been

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Very easy to do business

✅ High quality of education

✅ Great hospitals

✅ Roads are very safe

✅ Great freedom of speech

✅ Democratic

✅ People can speak basic English

✅ Very safe for women

✅ Family friendly

✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+

❌ Cold winters

❌ Rising cost of living

❌ Locals can be unfriendly to outsiders

❌ Increasing political polarization

❌ Very expensive

❌ Not much to do

❌ Gets cold in the winter

❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here

❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now

❌ Very difficult to make friends

❌ Many people smoke tobacco

❌ High alcohol consumption

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Feels (median)

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14°C / 57°F
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20°C / 68°F
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20°C / 67°F
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14°C / 56°F
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7°C / 45°F
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3°C / 37°F
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Humidity

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Air quality

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Remote workers

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$3,680 / mo

20 Mbps

Berlin

Germany

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 34

✈️12min

$4,374 / mo

27 Mbps

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💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 34

✈️12min

$4,374 / mo

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 75° AQI 62 😷

✈️16min

$3,149 / mo

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💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 37° 99° 34° 93° 🥵 AQI 48

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$5,207 / mo

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Members who have been here

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⭐️ Total score	2.19/5 (Rank #689) 111 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍5 liked it 👎1 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Good
👶 Family score	Okay
🎒 Community score	Okay
💵 Cost	🧐 Pricey: $3,473 / mo
📡 Internet	🙂 Good: 27Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Hot: 25°C77°F (feels 25°C77°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	😊 Comfy: 45%
💨 Air quality (annual)	🌱 Great: 15 US AQI
👌 Safety	Great
🤮 Food safety*	Great
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Great
🤝 Lack of racism*	Good
🎓 Education level*	High
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Okay
💰 Income level*	Very high: $3,538 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Okay
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Okay
✈️ Airline scores*	Good
🧳 Lost luggage*	Okay
🏥 Hospitals	Great
😄 Happiness*	Bad
🍸 Nightlife	Okay
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Good
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Good
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Great
👩 Female friendly	Great
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly	Great
🎅 Startup Score	Okay

🌍 Continent	Europe
🚩 Country	Germany
🗓️ Average trip length	5 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	27 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	☀️ 25°C 77°F + 😊 Comfy (45%) = feels 25°C 77°F
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👍 16 US AQI
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Uber
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	EUR 100 = USD 118
💸 Tipping	Yes, 7.50%
💳 Cashless	💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners)
💻 Best coworking space	Raumstation Coworking
💻 Best alt. coworking space	Chaos Coworking
☕️ Best coffee place	Mintastique
☕️ Best alt. coffee place	Moritzbastei
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place	Precise Hotel ACCENTO
🚰 Tap water	👌 Yes, safe to drink
♻️ Return rate	👍15% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	560,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$42,456 / year
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 47% 👱‍♀️ 53%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 52% 👱‍♀️ 48%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 85% 👱‍♀️ 15%
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed	Yes
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
💻 Online electronics shop	Amazon
🏠 Apartment listings	WG Gesucht
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	Ryanair
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Lufthansa

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$3,473 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$2,200 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$4,092 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$1,169 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$1,611 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$2,934 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$733 / month
🏠 Median home price	$377,007
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$75 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$96 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$274 / month
🍛 Dinner	$13
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$4
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$5
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$4
👩‍🏫 International school	$10,847 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$15 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$11 / trip
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000	$11,133
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000	$34,508
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000	$100,974