This is the best city in the world to be freelance
Can you guess?
Can you guess?
If you're the kind of travel-hungry person who quite fancies a stint as a successful freelancer abroad one day, listen up: We have the answer you've been waiting for.
We recently revealed the happiest place to live in the UK, but now we've discovered the best city in the world to be a freelancer. Intrigued?
It's...
... Drum roll, please...
Portugal's capital city, Lisbon. Apparently, this is the best city to live in to achieve the elusive work-life balance (because, it's official, working from home makes you happier).
The findings come from a study by Dutch site Hoofdkraan, who published a list of the top ten best cities to work in as a freelancer. The UK does feature on the list, but not the city of London as you might first think. The cities are as follows:
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Miami, USA
- Seville, Spain
- Las Palmas, Spain
- New Orleans, USA
- Bristol, UK
- Marseille, France
- Bratislava, Slovakia
- Vancouver, Canada
- Porto, Portugal
So, take your pick, freelancers, because it looks like moving to Portugal is a great idea...
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Lucy is a freelance beauty editor and contributor at Marie Claire, and has written for titles including Glamour, Refinery29, Popsugar, woman&home and more. She was previously Marie Claire’s junior beauty editor. During her career, she’s covered everything from backstage beauty at fashion week to interviews with famous faces like Drag Race royalty and Little Mix. As for her beauty ethos, she’s a big advocate for not having to spend a fortune on beauty products to get good results, and when she’s not got beauty on the brain you’ll find her reading or hanging out with dogs.
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