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What makes vamosa different

All 27 EU countries, side by side

All 27 EU member states — same questions, same data, real comparability. Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and the UK are covered too, marked as outside EU rules.

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Pick what matters most. We'll suggest a handful of European countries worth a closer look — based on lived-experience indicators, not on visa eligibility.

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The 27 EU member states

These are the countries vamosa covers in full — same questions, same data, side by side. Together they account for the entire EU passport-free area, the Blue Card scheme and most of Erasmus.

Austria

AT · Vienna

Happiness: 7.0
Youth unemployment: 10.0 %
Affordability: —
Median income: €31,506
LGBTI+ rights: 47.3
Press freedom: 80.0

Belgium

BE · Brussels

Happiness: 6.9
Youth unemployment: 14.0 %
Affordability: 1,832
Median income: €28,239
LGBTI+ rights: 78.5
Press freedom: 83.5

Bulgaria

BG · Sofia

Happiness: 5.4
Youth unemployment: 13.0 %
Affordability: 852
Median income: €5,463
LGBTI+ rights: 17.7
Press freedom: 70.0

Croatia

HR · Zagreb

Happiness: 6.3
Youth unemployment: 14.5 %
Affordability: 1,120
Median income: €10,562
LGBTI+ rights: 48.0
Press freedom: 70.0

Cyprus

CY · Nicosia

Happiness: 6.1
Youth unemployment: 14.0 %
Affordability: —
Median income: €19,144
LGBTI+ rights: 38.9
Press freedom: 70.0

Czechia

CZ · Prague

Happiness: 6.8
Youth unemployment: 7.2 %
Affordability: 858
Median income: €13,500
LGBTI+ rights: 36.2
Press freedom: 79.0

Denmark

DK · Copenhagen

Happiness: 7.5
Youth unemployment: 10.8 %
Affordability: —
Median income: €32,706
LGBTI+ rights: 71.4
Press freedom: 89.6

Estonia

EE · Tallinn

Happiness: 6.4
Youth unemployment: 17.0 %
Affordability: 911
Median income: €14,084
LGBTI+ rights: 41.3
Press freedom: 86.0

Finland

FI · Helsinki

Happiness: 7.7
Youth unemployment: 17.0 %
Affordability: —
Median income: €27,495
LGBTI+ rights: 53.9
Press freedom: 85.7

France

FR · Paris

Happiness: 6.6
Youth unemployment: 17.5 %
Affordability: 1,621
Median income: €25,068
LGBTI+ rights: 62.7
Press freedom: 78.7

Germany

DE · Berlin

Happiness: 6.7
Youth unemployment: 6.8 %
Affordability: 1,884
Median income: €27,975
LGBTI+ rights: 56.6
Press freedom: 84.0

Greece

GR · Athens

Happiness: 5.8
Youth unemployment: 22.0 %
Affordability: 1,046
Median income: €10,490
LGBTI+ rights: 57.4
Press freedom: 57.0

Hungary

HU · Budapest

Happiness: 6.0
Youth unemployment: 9.6 %
Affordability: 982
Median income: €7,406
LGBTI+ rights: 31.6
Press freedom: 64.0

Ireland

IE · Dublin

Happiness: 6.8
Youth unemployment: 10.5 %
Affordability: 1,511
Median income: €28,512
LGBTI+ rights: 55.1
Press freedom: 88.0

Italy

IT · Rome

Happiness: 6.3
Youth unemployment: 22.0 %
Affordability: —
Median income: €21,433
LGBTI+ rights: 28.1
Press freedom: 70.0

Latvia

LV · Riga

Happiness: 6.2
Youth unemployment: 14.0 %
Affordability: 805
Median income: €10,128
LGBTI+ rights: 22.6
Press freedom: 80.0

Lithuania

LT · Vilnius

Happiness: 6.8
Youth unemployment: 12.7 %
Affordability: 1,100
Median income: €10,553
LGBTI+ rights: 22.8
Press freedom: 81.0

Luxembourg

LU · Luxembourg

Happiness: 7.1
Youth unemployment: 16.0 %
Affordability: 1,947
Median income: €36,076
LGBTI+ rights: 62.1
Press freedom: 87.5

Malta

MT · Valletta

Happiness: 6.3
Youth unemployment: 9.0 %
Affordability: 1,039
Median income: €19,432
LGBTI+ rights: 88.8
Press freedom: 70.0

Netherlands

NL · Amsterdam

Happiness: 7.3
Youth unemployment: 9.5 %
Affordability: 1,784
Median income: €28,506
LGBTI+ rights: 67.5
Press freedom: 87.7

Poland

PL · Warsaw

Happiness: 6.5
Youth unemployment: 12.5 %
Affordability: 1,458
Median income: €9,098
LGBTI+ rights: 17.5
Press freedom: 70.0

Portugal

PT · Lisbon

Happiness: 6.0
Youth unemployment: 19.0 %
Affordability: 1,052
Median income: €13,108
LGBTI+ rights: 60.8
Press freedom: 83.5

Romania

RO · Bucharest

Happiness: 6.5
Youth unemployment: 21.5 %
Affordability: 1,238
Median income: €5,633
LGBTI+ rights: 18.4
Press freedom: 71.0

Slovakia

SK · Bratislava

Happiness: 6.0
Youth unemployment: 17.0 %
Affordability: 893
Median income: €9,396
LGBTI+ rights: 23.2
Press freedom: 67.0

Slovenia

SI · Ljubljana

Happiness: 6.6
Youth unemployment: 10.0 %
Affordability: 1,441
Median income: €17,553
LGBTI+ rights: 50.2
Press freedom: 80.7

Spain

ES · Madrid

Happiness: 6.4
Youth unemployment: 26.5 %
Affordability: 1,423
Median income: €17,389
LGBTI+ rights: 78.1
Press freedom: 78.0

Sweden

SE · Stockholm

Happiness: 7.4
Youth unemployment: 22.0 %
Affordability: —
Median income: €28,168
LGBTI+ rights: 64.3
Press freedom: 88.3

Other European destinations

Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and the United Kingdom sit outside the EU but draw a large share of young migrants too. We cover them at a reduced level of detail and clearly mark them as outside the EU's common rules.

Iceland

IS · Reykjavík

Happiness: 7.5
Youth unemployment: 9.0 %
Affordability: —
Median income: €28,000
LGBTI+ rights: 84.1
Press freedom: 85.0

Norway

NO · Oslo

Happiness: 7.3
Youth unemployment: 10.5 %
Affordability: —
Median income: €32,500
LGBTI+ rights: 70.9
Press freedom: 91.9

Switzerland

CH · Bern

Happiness: 7.1
Youth unemployment: 7.5 %
Affordability: —
Median income: €45,000
LGBTI+ rights: 47.0
Press freedom: 83.0

United Kingdom

GB · London

Happiness: 6.7
Youth unemployment: 13.5 %
Affordability: 1,400
Median income: €25,400
LGBTI+ rights: 46.2
Press freedom: 76.0

What we do — and what we don't

We do

· Aggregate official data, NGOs and reputable private sources.
· Track change over time and timestamp every claim.
· Compare countries on the same questions, without bias.

We don't

· Encourage anyone to leave their country.
· Provide legal advice — that is what immigration lawyers are for.
· Cover asylum or flight — these topics deserve specialist organisations.