3 Safest Cities In Europe For Female Digital Nomads, New Study Reveals

Digital nomadism has proved to be one of the most popular working trends of the last years, seeing workers spend time abroad for extended periods of time. Until recently, men have traditionally dominated the ranks of digital nomads.

But now, increasing numbers of women are becoming part of this lifestyle. Nomads.com reported that women now make up approximately 14% of remote workers worldwide, a jump from just 11% last year.

When it comes to deciding where to work remotely, not all digital nomads have the freedom to be able to pick a destination solely based on sunshine, nightlife, or culture. For female travelers, personal safety is a huge factor.

Women highlight considerations like local attitudes towards them and whether it’s safe to walk home alone after dark while traveling—and even more so when relocating somewhere.

Tourist rental company Holidu have put together an index of the safest cities for female digital nomads, using data from actual travelers about where they have felt the most comfortable. Here are the safest cities for female digital nomads in Europe.

What Are The Most Important Safety Factors For Female Digital Nomads?

The index was based on a list of the 200 cities ranked as the best for digital nomads on Nomads.com and analysed them across a range of different factors to determine the safety of women.

This included the safety of walking alone as a female, friendliness to foreigners to consider receptiveness to nomads in general, friendliness to females to consider how welcoming it is to women, and the ratio of female/male digital nomads to understand where is drawing the most women nomads.

The study also incorporated whether a destination has legislation on sexual harassment in employment and whether women can take the same jobs as men to consider attitudes toward working women.

What Are The Safest Destinations For Female Digital Nomads In Europe?

Three of the safest cities for female remote workers are in Europe, according to the survey. Venice, Italy, came in fourth globally. Its score for comfort of walking alone as a female was one of the lowest in the top 10, but it excelled in most other factors.

The city of canals and sumptuous palazzi was given the highest ranking of perceived friendliness towards foreigners and females. Its ratio of female to male digital nomads is on the upper end, at 20%. Venice has legislation on sexual harassment in employment, and women can take the same jobs as men.

Valencia in Spain came in sixth position. The coastal city with a sweeping beach was given a higher score than Venice for comfort of walking alone. It ranked lower in terms of friendliness towards foreigners but received the highest category for friendliness to women. Valencia, too, has legislation on sexual harassment in employment, and women can take the same jobs as men.

In eighth place, Porto in Portugal was the final European city in the top 10. It has one of the highest scores for comfort of walking alone globally. However, its ranking for perceived friendliness towards foreigners and females was average. The city has legislation on sexual harassment in employment, and women can take the same jobs as men.

Portugal performed well across the board, with all five of the six cities in the campaign being in the top 20. The country welcomes digital nomads on its dedicated visa, which allows remote workers to live and work in the country for up to a year.