This. It's nearly impossible to find a decent apartment to live in Amsterdam for example (not very far away from the city center). Same experience in other West

This. It's nearly impossible to find a decent apartment to live in Amsterdam for example (not very far away from the city center). Same experience in other Western European cities. You'll probably get a decent job in a few weeks, but an apartment? A few months if you are lucky. Same goes for almost all the other cities in the list, plus if you look foreigner or don't speak the local language (and only English) add a few more months of waiting. Sure, if you are willing to throw more than 2000 EUR per month in renting an apartment, then you'll get one relatively fast. But 2000 EUR/month is not what I would call "decent".