15 Underrated Cities to Live in Western Europe

The European continent is made up of four distinctive regions, each one with its own culture, traits, and histories. Out of all the regions, Western-Europe is arguably the more popular side of the continent and is the epicenter of its economic Growth. It is filled with many well-renowned cities like Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Vienna and many more. The list of these popular cities goes on but what we have tried to do is compile a list of some of the most underrated, and least appealing cities to reside in this region. However, this dose not mean that these cities are less developed instead all of them are safe and feature the same services and amenities like their more well-renowned counterparts. Some of them might even have a much lower cost of living when compared to others.
So, here are 15 underrated places to live in Western Europe.

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[augth]

I'm French, I was impressed by Nancy when I visited and the city really isn't famous even within France. Dijon is also a nice city to live in quite cheap. I currently live in Strasbourg which is much more popular but a great place to live nonetheless. So these would be my top three "off the beaten path" recommendations in France.

[webbkmo]

Please learn to pronounce place names!!!

[jB]

Might it not be a good idea to learn how to properly pronounce the cities' before making this video?

[iparipaitegianiparipaitegi]

His pronunciation of Pau is hilarious.

[paulhoffmann]

German here
I visited Heidelberg ONCE. overflooded with tourists. the masses of tourists manage to make outside air to feel old and wasted, not to mention the air inside the castle cellar. I didnt like it.
30 minutes away there is a small town called Schwetzingen, underated in my opinion. almost no tourists, not to mention international tourists. beautiful castle and enormous garden area. but well thats about it... i still prefered that over heidelberg

[henrykaspar]

Now pronounce all these cities.

Btw, Toulouse at #1 is spot on.

[mimziemimz]

This video is a joke. Might look "informative" to people who have never lived in Europe. The guy can't pronounce the city names right (only 15 places, shouldn't have taken long to do some research), and claims some quite expensive cities are cheap. Buying affordable property also means some cheap appartment building in a dodgy neighbourhood. Dream on, people.

[Mini_Min_]

Heidelberg is the 8th most expensive city in Germany (rent prices). I imagine the rest of the recommendations are as uninformed and random...Another channel to avoid.

[KaterinaFerrara]

Grazie. Can you do a top warm places to retire in Europe? Or do you have one? We are thinking southern coast, Sicily, Croatia but need an ERV trove scheme preferably with the option for remote work (unlike Italy 🥲🥲)

[dennisengelen]

As a Belgian, Bruges is overrated imo. Maastricht in the Netherlands however seems underrated to me.

[lowcsgo]

Heidelberg and cheap cost of living? In your dreams mate :D

[jimmason]

You completely neglected Portugal, Spain and Italy, the UK, Ireland....you selected only Northwestern Continental European cities.

[lauraberg]

As a Berliner, for me Graz is my favourite city, I have been living there for over a year and it is so underrated and pictoresque.

[arkady]

Brugge's nickname is the Venice of the North thanks to its canal system. Its architecture is beautiful, the beer is great (heck, it's in Belgium), the restaurants are a-plenty and, best of all, it's the chocolate capital of the solar system. If you take a weekend getaway there (from where I used to live) and told your friends and colleagues, it was practically law that you bring back pralines. It's a great little town and very historic.

[romaingillet]

Hem.
Having lived 6 months in Pau, this city still has a long way to go to become underrated. While the city has an excellent bus network serving even very rural towns, there are many sporting events due to the varied infrastructure (horse racing, swimming, tennis, rugby, football, basketball, canoeing, etc.). .), an automobile grand prix takes place twice a year in the streets of the city. You can also swim in the river, it's not polluted at all. And mountain, ocean stuff/activities both 1 hour from the city. But that was for the good points. At night there is a lot of noise, food shops are practically non-existent in the city center except for the covered market which opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 3 p.m. 🤡 and the job market is weak. The main employers are Total (petrochemicals) and Euralis (seeds/agronomy).

[stefankant]

I've been to Bruges, Gouda, Linz, and Graz (I actually visited Graz last weekend), and I loved all of them! Many other cities on this list are also on my bucket list. Some personal favorites I have been would also be; Metz (France), Geneva (Switzerland), Luxembourg City (Luxembourg), Bratislava (Slovakia), Münster (Germany) and Middelburg (the Netherlands) <3

[strobi]

I live in the Netherlands but I’ve never heard about Kuda

[joebloggs]

Brugge is a very expensive and very touristy. Driving times I presume. Train is much faster.

[viktorsavic]

Graz doesn't have 450 000 inhabitants and has a big traffic problem...

[wardarcade]

How about Segovia, Spain; Porto, Portugal or Genoa, Italy? These cool, ancient cities are often overlooked but can be easily accessed. Spain, Italy and Portugal are also part of Western Europe!