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IMO this is seriously flawed. Any index like this where Berlin or Barcelona or Switzerland or any other city/country with a mature tech ecosystem (or a very ni

IMO this is seriously flawed. Any index like this where Berlin or Barcelona or Switzerland or any other city/country with a mature tech ecosystem (or a very nice weathe, why not?) are missing from the top spots is basically useless. For example: nobody in Europe ever talks about Luxembourg and AFAIK even less when talking about working remotely. It might be attractive in principle, as the richest country in Europe with the highest average salary or for being at the center of continental Europe, but it's hardly a destination people dream about. Reykjavik too, been there a few times, it's not the place you want to go spend a long time working remotely, unless you are Icelandic. It's simply too small and isolated. I would not bring.my family to live there just to work remotely.

Blahah 3y ago
To be fair, if you make life decisions based on listicles on the website of a printer manufacturer, you might love living in Luxembourg. And if you're white, middle class, and hate having interesting experiences. For everyone else there's Berlin, Lisbon, Prague, Milan, Copenhagen... Essentially every exquisite city in Europe is missing from the list.
- petre 3y ago
  I remember a Bulgarian who was working for the EU told me Luxembourg was crazy boring and that she was happy that the EU bureaucracy moved her (and some other second class Eastern European employees) to another more vibrant city in Eastern Europe. Milan, no. Crazy expensive and too sophisticated. Bergamo, yes. Prague, too full of tourists. Plzen or Brno, better. Lisbon, same. Berlin has crappy broadband and it takes forever to get it hooked up. I'd much rather work in Bavaria or Baden-Württemberg. They have good beer and Gruß Gott. Copenhagen? No way. Crazy expensive, the weather is just crap even compared to London. The countryside is much nicer in Denmark if you can put up with the weather.
gumballindie 3y ago
> Barcelona Last time I was there beaches were swamped by drug dealers and the city by pickpockets. Berlin is not as bad but it’s not great either. Wouldnt recommend them to anyone.

Blahah 3y ago

To be fair, if you make life decisions based on listicles on the website of a printer manufacturer, you might love living in Luxembourg. And if you're white, middle class, and hate having interesting experiences. For everyone else there's Berlin, Lisbon, Prague, Milan, Copenhagen... Essentially every exquisite city in Europe is missing from the list.

petre 3y ago
I remember a Bulgarian who was working for the EU told me Luxembourg was crazy boring and that she was happy that the EU bureaucracy moved her (and some other second class Eastern European employees) to another more vibrant city in Eastern Europe. Milan, no. Crazy expensive and too sophisticated. Bergamo, yes. Prague, too full of tourists. Plzen or Brno, better. Lisbon, same. Berlin has crappy broadband and it takes forever to get it hooked up. I'd much rather work in Bavaria or Baden-Württemberg. They have good beer and Gruß Gott. Copenhagen? No way. Crazy expensive, the weather is just crap even compared to London. The countryside is much nicer in Denmark if you can put up with the weather.

gumballindie 3y ago

> Barcelona Last time I was there beaches were swamped by drug dealers and the city by pickpockets. Berlin is not as bad but it’s not great either. Wouldnt recommend them to anyone.