For young people, 16–30, looking towards Europe.
Find your path to Europe.
Independent, source-cited information about studying, working and living in the EU. No recruiters. No paid placements. No legal advice — just the facts you need to decide for yourself.
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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.
Visa rules: tracked, dated, sourced
Migration law moves fast. We monitor the official authority pages, log every change with date and source link, and publish curated updates when something meaningful shifts. The full diff-and-summary automation is in development.
Independent, no commissions
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Find your starting points
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.
What for
Language
Climate
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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
- 6.8 ↓
- Youth unemployment
- 11.5 % →
- Affordability
- —
- Median income
- €36,114 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 50.0 →
- Press freedom
- 74.7 ↓
Belgium
BE · Brussels
- Happiness
- 6.9 →
- Youth unemployment
- 17.4 % ↑
- Affordability
- 1,680 ↑
- Median income
- €31,299 ↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 78.0 ↑
- Press freedom
- 81.5 ↑
Bulgaria
BG · Sofia
- Happiness
- 5.6 ↑
- Youth unemployment
- 13.1 % ↓↓
- Affordability
- 838 ↑↑
- Median income
- €8,865 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 23.0 ↑↑
- Press freedom
- 65.3 ↑↑
Croatia
HR · Zagreb
- Happiness
- 5.9 ↑
- Youth unemployment
- 18.3 % ↓
- Affordability
- 1,146 ↑↑
- Median income
- €15,057 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 50.0 ↑
- Press freedom
- 68.8 ↓
Cyprus
CY · Nicosia
- Happiness
- 5.9 →
- Youth unemployment
- 13.5 % ↓
- Affordability
- 1,052 ↑↑
- Median income
- €22,066 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 35.0 ↑↑
- Press freedom
- 63.1 ↓
Czechia
CZ · Prague
- Happiness
- 6.8 →
- Youth unemployment
- 10.4 % ↑↑
- Affordability
- 953 ↑↑
- Median income
- €15,199 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 30.0 ↑
- Press freedom
- 80.1 →
Denmark
DK · Copenhagen
- Happiness
- 7.5 →
- Youth unemployment
- 13.8 % ↑
- Affordability
- —
- Median income
- €36,192 ↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 76.0 ↑
- Press freedom
- 89.6 →
Estonia
EE · Tallinn
- Happiness
- 6.4 ↑
- Youth unemployment
- 20.7 % ↑
- Affordability
- 850 ↑↑
- Median income
- €17,144 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 46.0 ↑↑
- Press freedom
- 86.4 ↓
Finland
FI · Helsinki
- Happiness
- 7.7 →
- Youth unemployment
- 21.8 % →
- Affordability
- —
- Median income
- €29,741 ↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 71.0 →
- Press freedom
- 86.6 ↓
France
FR · Paris
- Happiness
- 6.6 →
- Youth unemployment
- 19.7 % ↓
- Affordability
- 1,638 ↑
- Median income
- €26,459 ↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 62.0 →
- Press freedom
- 78.7 →
Germany
DE · Berlin
- Happiness
- 6.8 →
- Youth unemployment
- 7.1 % ↓
- Affordability
- 1,883 ↑↑
- Median income
- €28,891 ↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 66.0 ↑↑
- Press freedom
- 83.8 ↑
Greece
GR · Athens
- Happiness
- 5.8 →
- Youth unemployment
- 22.0 %
- Affordability
- 1,046
- Median income
- €10,490
- LGBTI+ rights
- 71.0 ↑↑
- Press freedom
- 57.2 ↑
Hungary
HU · Budapest
- Happiness
- 5.9 →
- Youth unemployment
- 13.9 % ↑
- Affordability
- 1,020 ↑↑
- Median income
- €8,798 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 33.0 ↓
- Press freedom
- 63.0 ↑
Ireland
IE · Dublin
- Happiness
- 6.9 →
- Youth unemployment
- 11.8 % ↓↓
- Affordability
- 1,520 ↑↑
- Median income
- €35,138 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 57.0 ↑
- Press freedom
- 85.6 ↓
Italy
IT · Rome
- Happiness
- 6.4 →
- Youth unemployment
- 20.6 % ↓↓
- Affordability
- —
- Median income
- €22,062 ↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 25.0 ↑
- Press freedom
- 69.8 ↑
Latvia
LV · Riga
- Happiness
- 6.2 →
- Youth unemployment
- 14.8 % →
- Affordability
- 907 ↑↑
- Median income
- €13,922 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 24.0 ↑↑
- Press freedom
- 82.9 ↑
Lithuania
LT · Vilnius
- Happiness
- 6.8 ↑
- Youth unemployment
- 14.1 % ↓↓
- Affordability
- 1,182 ↑↑
- Median income
- €13,982 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 28.0 ↑
- Press freedom
- 81.7 ↓
Luxembourg
LU · Luxembourg
- Happiness
- 7.1 →
- Youth unemployment
- 18.6 % ↓
- Affordability
- 1,706 ↑
- Median income
- €50,046 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 70.0 →
- Press freedom
- 83.8 ↑
Malta
MT · Valletta
- Happiness
- 6.3 ↓
- Youth unemployment
- 9.6 % ↓
- Affordability
- 994 ↑
- Median income
- €22,034 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 88.0 →
- Press freedom
- 61.0 →
Netherlands
NL · Amsterdam
- Happiness
- 7.3 →
- Youth unemployment
- 8.8 % ↓
- Affordability
- 1,711 ↑↑
- Median income
- €34,549 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 59.0 ↑
- Press freedom
- 87.7 ↑↑
Poland
PL · Warsaw
- Happiness
- 6.7 ↑
- Youth unemployment
- 12.2 % ↑
- Affordability
- 1,393 ↑↑
- Median income
- €14,431 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 18.0 →
- Press freedom
- 69.2 ↑
Portugal
PT · Lisbon
- Happiness
- 6.0 →
- Youth unemployment
- 19.5 % ↓
- Affordability
- 1,126 ↑↑
- Median income
- €14,465 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 67.0 →
- Press freedom
- 85.9 →
Romania
RO · Bucharest
- Happiness
- 6.6 ↑
- Youth unemployment
- 26.1 % ↑
- Affordability
- 1,155 ↑↑
- Median income
- €8,197 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 19.0 ↓
- Press freedom
- 68.5 →
Slovakia
SK · Bratislava
- Happiness
- 6.2 →
- Youth unemployment
- 15.3 % ↓
- Affordability
- 925 ↑↑
- Median income
- €12,990 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 31.0 →
- Press freedom
- 76.0 ↓
Slovenia
SI · Ljubljana
- Happiness
- 6.8 ↑
- Youth unemployment
- 12.1 % ↓
- Affordability
- 1,378 ↑↑
- Median income
- €20,416 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 50.0 ↑
- Press freedom
- 72.6 ↑
Spain
ES · Madrid
- Happiness
- 6.5 →
- Youth unemployment
- 24.9 % ↓↓
- Affordability
- 1,459 ↑↑
- Median income
- €20,357 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 76.0 ↑
- Press freedom
- 76.0 →
Sweden
SE · Stockholm
- Happiness
- 7.3 →
- Youth unemployment
- 24.3 % →
- Affordability
- —
- Median income
- €28,577 ↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 64.0 →
- 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
- 9.1 % →
- Affordability
- —
- Median income
- €28,000 ↓↓
- LGBTI+ rights
- 83.0 ↑↑
- Press freedom
- 80.1 ↓
Norway
NO · Oslo
- Happiness
- 7.3 →
- Youth unemployment
- 14.0 % ↑
- Affordability
- —
- Median income
- €41,975 →
- LGBTI+ rights
- 70.0 →
- Press freedom
- 91.9 →
Switzerland
CH · Bern
- Happiness
- 6.9 ↓
- Youth unemployment
- 8.8 % →
- Affordability
- —
- Median income
- €52,019 ↑↑
- LGBTI+ rights
- 50.0 ↑↑
- Press freedom
- 84.0 →
United Kingdom
GB · London
- Happiness
- 6.7 ↓
- Youth unemployment
- 13.5 %
- Affordability
- 1,400
- Median income
- €25,400
- LGBTI+ rights
- 46.2
- Press freedom
- 77.5 →
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.