7 Great “Focus Cities” in Eastern Europe

In this video, Andrew discusses seven cities in Eastern Europe you should consider spending some of your time in.

0:00 Start
1:35 Riga, Latvia
3:04 Tallinn, Estonia
3:41 Vilnius, Lithuania
4:05 Moscow, Russia
5:50 Kyiv, Ukraine
7:01 Ljublijana, Slovenia
8:24 Istanbul, Turkey

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[nomadcapitalist]

What is your favorite "focus city" in Europe? Leave a comment below.

[matthewshannon]

I lived in Moscow for 5 years as an American. Absolutely amazing living in Russia. Unfortunately, working in Russia is a real pain. Even if you work as a manager, the rigid hierarchy is very hard to navigate for an American. That said, if you are location independent, Russia is absolutely amazing.

[joenicedj]

I have been to Tallinn and Vilnius.
Those cities were decent. I prefer Tallinn over Vilnius.

However, I completely agree with Ljubljana and Istanbul, especially Ljubljana.
(I have been to Ljubljana nine times.)

Ljubljana is centrally located, on the €, and English is widely spoken. The Predjama Castle and Lake Bled are absolutely incredible. The film industry is vibrant in Ljubljana.

Istanbul...enough said. I have spent time on both sides of Istanbul. Kadiköy is just as wonderful as Taksim. The new Istanbul Airport (on the European side) is impressive, clean, and full of amenities. It is not Changi Airport in Singapore, but it is high on my list. The Grand Bazaar is magical.

Andrew, thanks again for another excellent video. Happy holidays to you and yours.

[rdix]

Moscow and Budapest are highly on my radar.

[yorkpa]

Wow, Slovenia, i never considered. Will look into it. Great to see highlights of eastern european cities!

[cryptid]

I would have to put Krakow or gdansk on the list (poland). I think Poland is often overlooked yet in many categories such as healthcare education and quality of life they often rank high. Not to mention even the capital city of Warsaw is very affordable compared to other country capital cities. Poland is a very affordable and friendly place.

[benjaminjoyce]

I've been to most of the cities that you mentioned. Ljibljana was my favorite. Slovenia is so beautiful.

[sprezzatura]

Ljubljana is an amazing City and Slovenia is a beautiful gem. Some call it the Switzerland of Eastern Europe. Ljubljana is also just over an hour drive to Trieste, Italy which is considered "Little Vienna". It's also less than 5 hours from Budapest! So much at your fingertips. I have yet to explore Istanbul but many think it is a ticking time bomb with a cruel dictator at the helm.

[henrikg]

I would consider them all except Istanbul.

[jdf]

I have been to Istanbul Turkey and loved it but absolutely never considered living there until this year. It takes my top spot. We are getting a Plan B together and actually a Plan B for our Plan B which we will accumulate over 2022. I've considered briefly Moscow, and Estonia but I will absolutely look into Slovenia.

[paulmcilroy]

My daughter who's 33 and a world traveller working and earning her living from her laptop introduced me to your very informative site and I'm very glad finally to find informative important details on living securely abroad. Thank you. I just retired and moved from Canada to Riga, Latvia. I have known this beautiful little city now for 5 years having visited a number of times and decided to live here. I agree with all you have said. A very people friendly city where one can walk practically everywhere among tree lined streets with numerous parks of different sizes scattered everywhere. My only complaint might be the duplicity of the bureaucracy where you need to always produce documents for many things. Of course now Covid just makes it more complicated. Keep up the good work!

[NA-mesh]

Imagine leaving the oppression of the current situation in the US to move to Moscow...

Never ever would have thought I'd see that.

[loukramer]

I would like to see a list of Latin American focus cities. Great job by the way!

[p.udengaard]

Moscow for sure. Everything there is absolute world class no matter if you like clubbing, theaters, art, dining, or girls) Western cities also have great places of interest but normally the cities themselves are dirty and worn down e.g. New York, but Moscow is super neat and you don't see homeless people anywhere. Saint Petersburg is probably even better for short visits, though. Moscow is most livable, for sure

[christianstewardship]

Istanbul is certainly something I am interested in!

[AlbertAzimov]

Hi Andrew! On 11:23 you are showing a great Ukrainian city, which is Lviv. It’s a great place and you have to consider it as number 8 in your list. Very friendly place, everyone talks English. Thank you for the video!

[markasdievovaikas]

As an American-born-Lithuanian with Lithuanian as my first language, I do love Vilnius, though not so much so the city of Kaunas, although there is really nothing wrong with it all, it's just not so charming overall and a bit down on it's heels. I was also charmed by some of the smaller cities, like Klaipeda, Birstonas, Alytus, and Druskininkai. I am fluent in Lithuanian and can get around without any issue in Lithuania. But Vilnius charms me tremendously and seems so hip to everything current. Riga interests me although I don't have any Latvian language skills and it frightens me a bit going there and not knowing the language.

[douggodfrey]

Thank you for video. I would enjoy seeing same topic for Latin American and SE Asia Focus cities as well.

[kengaskins]

Istanbul is a real gem! Spent some time there, and loved it in so many ways. I feel at home in Turkey for some reason. Love to check out the other locales, thanks Nomad Capitalist & comment contrubuters!

[ConorClyneTsarExperience]

Finally I see you mention both Moscow and Kyiv for great cities in 'Eastern Europe' 👍🏻Pity the second photo for Kyiv is actually the center of Lviv (but that's fine, it's also a beautiful place 😃)