About Nomad Almanac

Nomad Almanac is a reference for people who work remotely and want to live somewhere on the right terms. It covers the two questions that actually decide where you can base yourself: can you legally stay, and is the day-to-day life there any good. Most sites answer one and ignore the other. We answer both, separately, for every place we cover.

Two layers for every place

Each country has a legal layer. This is the part that decides whether you can stay at all: the visa routes open to remote workers, the income thresholds, how tax residency is triggered, what you owe and where, and the path from a first visa to permanent residency. These are the rules that cost money or get applications rejected when they are wrong.

Each city has a lived layer. This is the part you only learn after you arrive: what a one-bedroom actually rents for, which neighborhoods suit a remote worker, how reliable the home internet is, how the cost of living adds up month to month, and how people meet. Renting and social life are where most relocations succeed or quietly fail, so those get the most detail.

We keep the two scores distinct on purpose. A country earns a Nomad Friendliness score for its legal and tax setup. A city earns a separate Nomad Score for livability. A country can be easy to enter and expensive to live in, or the reverse, and splitting the scores keeps that honest. You can read exactly how both are calculated on the methodology page.

What we do not do

We do not sell visas, relocation packages, or tax services, and we do not take payment from anyone who does in exchange for coverage or a higher score. We do not publish marketing copy dressed as advice. And we do not pretend to be your lawyer or your accountant. Immigration and tax rules turn on your individual situation and change often, so every page links back to the primary government source so you can verify before you act.

Who writes it

Nomad Almanac is a Bytebarge LLC publication, edited by Igor Kukolj. Every page is researched from primary sources and dated so you can judge how current it is. You can read more about the editor and the research standard on the editor page, or reach us with a correction through the contact page.