Best city to work abroad? Valencia. Prague 21.
Millions of people roam the world for work. And if anyone is thinking about working abroad, they should focus on Valencia, Spain. The city won the ranking of the metropolis with the best conditions for expats ahead of Dubai and possibly the remaining Mexico City. Prague took the 21st place, and Paris – in the past so much sought after by artists and intellectuals – is on the other hand crouching at the bottom of the list of five dozen cities by the company InterNations, which was published by the CNBC server.
People who are looking for exceptionally high-quality living conditions and at the same time low living costs have recently been flocking to Valencia, Spain. Also because The city of 8,000, the third largest in Spain, was rated as the best for expats who want to live and work abroad. This is according to a survey of more than 12,000 respondents by InterNations, an online expat community with over 4.5 million members worldwide. reported CNBC.
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Valencia took first place for being “a safe place with an excellent climate, vibrant nightlife and culture, a pleasant urban environment and great travel opportunitieswhile still being relatively affordable,” said InterNations founder Malte Zeeck.
Easy way to Spain
“It is quite easy for workers from other European Union countries to move to Spain without applying for a visa or work permit,” added Zeeck. And it could become the next big hotspot even among non-European job seekers – The Spanish Parliament recently approved the so-called “Startups Act”, which creates a new type of visa for so-called digital nomads, which should be available from January 2023.
Dubai, Georgia or Albania. Where else can you buy real estate advantageously?
The interest of Czechs in buying foreign real estate is not decreasing, on the contrary. Grows. According to the office, the volume of purchases of older and new apartments or real estate houses increased by about 20 to 25 percent. Popular destinations include Spain, Croatia and Dubai, but also Albania, for example.
Expats in second place Dubai enjoy good job prospects and a creative business environment. And Mexico City’s third place was helped by the conditions to settle in the city and the very ease of getting a feeling of home – not being the best in terms of environment and safety.
Top 10 best and worst cities for expats living and working abroad:
order | city | order | city |
1. | Valencia | 41. | Fringe |
2. | Dubai | 42. | Tokyo |
3. | Mexico City | 43. | Vancouver |
4. | Lisbon | 44. | Milan |
5. | Madrid | 45. | Hamburg |
6. | Bangkok | 46. | Hong Kong |
7. | Basel | 47. | Istanbul |
8. | Melbourne | 48. | Paris |
9. | Abu Dhabi | 49. | Frankfurt am Main |
10. | Singapore | 50. | Johannesburg |
source: InterNations, CNBC.com
Prague was ranked 21st in the ranking as the second city in Central and Eastern Europe after Estonia’s Tallinn, which took 11th position. Compared to other world capitals, Prague thus “beat” Kuala Lumpur (22nd), Vienna (27th), Berlin (31st), Geneva (34th) and London (40th). One of the five sub-categories related to urban public transport, in which it placed second, helped it to place.
Unwelcoming Parisians
Of the 50 cities included in the InterNations analysis, the least desirable cities for moving abroad are Johannesburg, Frankfurt and Paris. The French capital has fallen short due to a demanding work culture and high cost of living – as well as the fact that expats are not well-received in Paris by natives and other French people, according to an InterNations study.
The survey, conducted in February 2022 and published this week, asked 2 expats to rated their satisfaction with life in a given city in five main categories. In them, they evaluated, among other things, the quality of life, the environment, public transport, the ease or difficulty of locating, the friendliness of local residents, access to affordable health care, the stability of the local economy and the level of negotiations with the local government.
The most expensive city for expats to work in is Hong Kong, Prague rounds out the top ten
Hong Kong won the title of the most expensive city for foreign workers this year after a two-year break, the other four places belong to Swiss capitals. The Czech capital was ranked 60th, compared to 97th two years earlier. This is the result of the current ranking of the cost of living for expats in more than two hundred cities in the world, compiled by the consulting company Mercer.