The Operating System
for Digital Nomads
Moving abroad as a remote worker involves dozens of decisions. The information exists — it's just scattered across Reddit threads, tourist blogs, and Facebook groups. Settled Nomad consolidates it so you can move fast and land well.
Most nomads figure it out the hard way.
Information is fragmented
Visa rules live in one Reddit thread from 2021, banking advice in another, tax thresholds in a blog written for tourists. None of it in one place.
The learning curve is expensive
Bad neighborhood. Wrong SIM carrier. Missed tax threshold. These aren't hypotheticals — they're the standard first-move experience.
It resets every city
Every move means starting from scratch. The mental overhead of researching a new city stacks up and drains time you could spend working.
A three-layer intelligence system.
Each layer builds on the last — country context → city detail → day-one execution.
Country Guides
Visa rules, tourist maximums, nomad visa programs, banking reality, tax residency thresholds, healthcare, SIM connectivity, and cultural context — consolidated so you can make the call in minutes, not days.
City Guides
Verified data on cost of living, internet speed, safety, walkability, and English friendliness for every city. Curated lists let you filter by cost tier, climate, or ease of entry so you find your type of place fast.
Acclimation Playbooks
Step-by-step settlement guides from day one through fully operational. SIM, bank, coworking, neighborhood, emergency contacts, and local knowledge you'd otherwise spend two weeks discovering the hard way.
Built for the nomad workflow.
City Comparison
Compare any two cities side-by-side across cost, internet, safety, and more.
Timezone Converter
Instantly see what time it is for your team when you're in any of our cities.
Budget Calculator
Build a realistic monthly budget for any city, broken down by category.
Schengen Tracker
Track how many of your 90 Schengen days you've used in the current 180-day window.
Built for nomads, by nomads.
Settled Nomad is a product of Actyra, a company built and operated remotely. We've lived the problem — expensive trial-and-error moves, wasted weeks, bad neighborhoods chosen from a satellite map, and tax surprises that nobody warned us about.
Every data point in Settled Nomad comes from that kind of firsthand experience, combined with ongoing community verification. When visa rules change or a banking situation shifts, we update it. This is an operational tool, not a travel blog.
Our goal is simple: reduce the overhead of moving so that location-independent people can focus on the work and the life, not the logistics.
Questions, corrections, contributions?
If you have local knowledge about a city we cover, spot an error, or want to contribute data, we want to hear from you.
Common questions
What is Settled Nomad?
Settled Nomad is a free digital nomad platform that consolidates visa requirements, cost-of-living data, banking guides, tax information, and step-by-step city acclimation playbooks for remote workers. It covers 79+ cities across 23+ countries, with every data point verified by nomads who have lived in the destinations. Built by Actyra.
Is Settled Nomad free to use?
Yes — all city guides, country guides, comparison tools, calculators, and playbooks are completely free with no account required. Settled Nomad earns revenue through affiliate partnerships with services like SafetyWing, Wise, and NordVPN. These relationships don't influence guide content or city ratings.
How do I find the right city as a digital nomad?
Use the AI City Finder to describe what you want in plain language — 'warm, cheap, good Wi-Fi, US timezones' — and it surfaces matching cities from the database. Then use the City Comparison tool to compare your shortlist side-by-side on cost, internet speed, safety, and nomad score. Read the country guide before committing to confirm the visa situation works for your passport.
Who creates the content on Settled Nomad?
Settled Nomad is built and maintained by Actyra, a company operated entirely remotely. Data comes from firsthand nomad experience combined with structured sources like Numbeo for cost data and Speedtest Global Index for internet speeds. Visa rules are updated within 30 days of official government announcements.
Ready to get settled?
Pick a city, read the country guide, and start the playbook.