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I'm starting to plan for the long-term with the idea to move out of the US, eventually. Having watched a lot of urbanist content, I get the impression that Amsterdam is the ideal city. However, I think other European cities get overshadowed. Specifically, Scandinavian/Nordic cities. How do Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Helsinki compare to Amsterdam and other Dutch cities? Can I get around with just walking and cycling? What's the public transit infrastructure in those cities like?

Additionally, I'm of Cuban descent, so will I face any racial discrimination? I'm pretty sure that Scandinavia as a whole isn't racist, but I don't doubt that I will have isolated encounters.

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[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 3 points 15 hours ago

Around 30 % of inhabitants of Oslo own a car. The rest rent one when they need to and otherwise do fine without.

But you are focused on the biggest cities. Living there is expensive. I live a while out and commute in several times a week, but walkability and ability to live without a car can vary a lot the further from the bigger cities you get.

Having recently moved back to where I'm from in Norway, I was at first surprised at how much more multi cultured the smaller city has become in the last few decades, so I'd expect you should mostly not need worry, but sadly I can not guarantee you'd never experience being looked at as an outsider. You might experience it more from being a US-ian than from not being blond and blue eyed, though.