Bucharest Ranks on 5th in Europe by Holidu Workation Index

Workation. Have you heard of it? It’s a coined term meaning `vacation for both business and pleasure`. So, when you talk about the top cities for workation, it’s about cities having both business potential, but also opportunities to spend your leisure time.

In other words, it’s about those destinations where, even if you’re there for business, you can still spend your time like in any other city break.

Holidu.co.uk comes up with this new top: Workation City Index

Holidu.co.uk is the travel search engine that coined this new index, covering worldwide cities. Their methodology, as presented on their website, includes the following factors:

Work
Remote connection: Average WiFi mbps per second
Co-working spaces: Number of co-working spaces
Caffeine: Average price of buying a coffee
Travel: Average price of taxi per km2
After-work drinks: Average price for 2 beers in a bar

Vacation
Accommodation: Average price of 1 bedroom apartment per month
Food: Average cost of a meal at a local, mid-level restaurant
Climate: Average number of sunshine hours
Tourist attractions: Number of ‘Things to do’ on Tripadvisor
Instagramability: Number of photos with the #cityname.

Bucharest ranks on 5 in Europe, 9 in the world among the top workation cities

Bucharest is on 5 in Europe and on 9 in the world by the Holidu Workation Index. This is quite a performance for Romania’s capital city.

In fifth place on the top five European cities for a workation is Bucharest. Romania’s vibrant and busy capital has seen a big come-back in recent years, and has a lot to offer remote workers: one of the fastest Wifi speeds in the world at 54 Mbps, cheap taxi fares at £0.35 per km on average and two pints of local beer at around £2.78 – bargain!

Holidu Workation Index 2021

Bucharest is, indeed, a proper destination for those who are looking for business opportunities. Let’s remember that Bucharest is the capital of Romania, a country that has the highest economic growth in the European Union in 2021, a city that is the economic engine of the country.

Even more, Romania is one of the best countries in the world for digital nomads. It ranks third, only behind Canada and the UK. This makes Bucharest one of the best destinations in the world for digital nomads.

On the other hand, Bucharest offers so many attractions. The city is famous for its architecture, combining the old and the new, for the eclectic rhythm, and for its cosmopolite style. Besides, the affordable prices are appreciated by all the foreign tourists, especially by those coming from Western Europe.

For those of you who still haven’t visited the city, we encourage you to visit our partner platform, Visit Bucharest Today!. This will give you a flavor of the city and of its’ day-trip attractions.

Also, for those who are in the city at the moment, we recommend one of the best Bucharest guide existing for Android smartphones which now has the audio guide feature included.

Enjoy your workation in Bucharest!