City Finder

One ranking for the whole EU

The EU City Finder puts more than 1,600 cities and towns from 27 countries on one scale, so you can weigh Porto against Leipzig or Ljubljana in a single list. It is free: tell us where to reach you and it opens straight away.

What it adds to the country finders

  • One scale across borders. Housing cost, safety, transit, healthcare, nature, walkability and more are scored the same way in every country, so places in different countries can sit side by side.
  • Two factors only the EU version has. Nonstop flights to the United States, and how widely English is used in daily life.
  • A way back to the detail. Open any place in its own country finder for the national figures and, in larger cities, the neighborhoods.

It is built for people who may be able to live anywhere in the EU, for example through citizenship by descent, and want to see the whole map before narrowing it down.

Open the EU City Finder

After you submit, the EU City Finder opens in this window. Bookmark it to come back later.

A first look: the top 10 across the EU

With all 14 factors at the same weight, these 10 of more than 1,600 places score highest. The number beside each is its match score out of 100. Raise the factors you care about and the order changes, which is what the full tool is for.

  1. 1The HagueNetherlands93
  2. 2AmsterdamNetherlands89
  3. 3DelftNetherlands89
  4. 4FrankfurtGermany87
  5. 5MunichGermany87
  6. 6ParisFrance87
  7. 7RotterdamNetherlands87
  8. 8ValenciaSpain87
  9. 9MadridSpain86
  10. 10LeidenNetherlands85

Places 11 to 1,668, every score explained, and your own weights: open the EU City Finder.

Informational research tool. The EU City Finder compares places using general statistics. It does not assess eligibility for any visa, residence permit or citizenship, and nothing in it is legal, immigration, tax or financial advice. Karte Global LLC is not a law firm and its principal does not act as an attorney for clients.

Prefer to start with one country? Browse the country city finders, which need no sign-up. See also how places are scored.