7. Amsterdam
IM Score: 15
Cost of Living Index: 85.23
Hospital to Population Ratio: 73,960
Best Cities to Live in Rank: 1
Temperature: 40/67°F
Rainy Days: 11/24
Sunny Days: 3/18
Although you may think a city like Amsterdam deserves a higher position on our list of best places to retire in the Netherlands, there are still some things that don’t make it an ideal retirement destination. Besides being the country’s largest and most populated city it is also the most expensive one. The things get worse with 5 million tourists a year. If you can hold up with all of that, the reward will be big. The city is the Netherlands’ cultural center and a place where you’ll always have something to see or do. One more reason for Amsterdam’s popularity are coffee shops where selling and consuming cannabis is allowed. And there is the city’s Red light district, but surely you don’t want to know much about that.
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