The Best cities for single men

Best cities for single men in Europe

Once you gain male self-awareness you will inevitably notice that something is rotten in the
state of Denmark. And I don't mean the country.
What I mean is the undeniable fact that many Western European cities fail to provide for the
interests of the single man. Be it that you live in a country which has recently proclaimed to
follow a "feminist" foreign policy or be it that you live in the social graveyard that is
Germany: no matter how you look at it, the grass always seems greener on the other side.
This washed-out saying turns into bright reality once you start traveling. The more East you
go the more you will realize that your own cultural background is not the one norm with all
others to be measured against it. It is, after all, just one out of many others and maybe not
even a good one at that. And if you start comparing things in regard to male interests such as

self-development and dating then you will come to realize that things are not "just different",
but that you in fact pulled the shorter straw.

Here come the good news

As a single Western man you are free to travel and emigrate to pastures that actually are
greener. It is my personal belief that any young man who went through the emasculating
process of growing up in Mid-West USA, Scandinavia or Germany should - or maybe even
has the obligation to travel where Western values are upside down.
This introduction brings you three of the best cities for single men that will not make you feel
like you are rolling a rock up the hill every day of your life. All cities come with advantages
that, in any case, prove them to be the better alternative to the city you are currently stuck in. I
am discussing the advantages - as well as the obvious disadvantages - in the categories of:

Livelihood

The Women

Stability & Reliability

Let's get right into it.

#1 Budapest

Beautiful Heores Square in Budapest

Livelihood
As a former communist state Hungary had its own version of the concept, namely Goulash
Communism. Meaning things were by no means as rigid as they were in Russia. Thus,
Hungary was able to save most of its Austrian-Hungarian heritage with its classical
architecture and Vienna-like coffee house culture. As Hungary never had to back down like
Russia's main bottom-bitches Ukraine and Belarus in terms of Russification the Habsburgian
heritage is still alive today with many Hungarians learning German instead of English as their
first language.
The unique blend of Eastern Bloc heritage and Western European heritage makes Budapest an
attraction in itself as the city combines the best of both worlds: A high quality of living and a
weak amount of Western nonsense go along with a degree of openness and friendliness in
people that you will not find in the bordering Slavic states.

On top of that, Budapest even has its very own low-cost airline. WizzAir operates from
Budapest's main international airport (not one of those out in the countryside) and is one of
the few low-cost carriers that is halfway reliable and doesn't suck entirely.
Rent an apartment in Budapest and you might get blessed with one of the picturesque inner
courtyards that will look something like this:

Courtyard in Budapest, in a building next to Starbucks on Deak Ferenc Ter

Keep in mind, though, that renting an apartment long-term in Budapest comes at almost
Western prices. Hungary, like Ukraine, has no rental market to speak of as everybody and
his sister buys the place they live in even if it means starting to pay for mortages at the age
of 20.

The Women
Budapest girls are some of the sweetest females you will ever encounter in the whole of
Europe. Just like with the overall atmosphere of the city recent history also reflects in
females: Budapest girls are feminine and attractive (Eastern Bloc history) while at the same

time they are no ice queens (Western Bloc history) like you will find them in Ukraine or
Russia.
While you will see lots of the obnoxious beer ride things (whatever these things are called
officially) in Budapest like on the picture below, Budapest is (not yet) a stag-party haven like
Riga. As it is still a bit farther away from Western Europe than, say, Prague, Budapest isn't
totally washed out from cheap city tourism, either.
Even with a growing influx of dead-beat tourists from Britain and Germany Budapest girls
manage to keep their charm. One of the most feminine and most attractive woman I ever
met I met in Budapest.

And the whole world says Americans are bad tourists

Stability & Reliability

You guessed it: Budapest's East-West history even plays into the field of stability and
reliability. The Western heritage takes off a bit of the edge in Budapest's everyday shadiness
that you won't get to see if you spend your time drinking away with backpackers in Szimpla
Kert.

The sketchiness of Budapest is not to be found in something like the slavish harshness, but
more in the overall take-no-hostage mentality common with many Eastern Europeans. Want
an anecdote? An Airbnb host in Budapest - an overall friendly and well-traveled guy in his
mid-30s who I went for a drink with - once told me how he made "an extra buck" during the
late 1990s:
With the help of friends from his small hometown 2 hours away from Budapest he managed
to get his hands on an older AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifle. What he did then was have the
rifle fixed by the locksmith in his hometown and then sell the reassembled rifle - again with
the help of friends - to some local guerilla in 6-hour-away Kosovo, Ex-Yugoslavia (no joke).
"I got 600 dollar this way, it was easy!" - Full-time Airbnb host, part-time arms dealer.
While there is all kind of shenanigans going on with buying and selling real estate Budapest
itself is pretty much hassle-free. Here's one more anecdote: I remember when I was at Heroes
Square for the first time, desperately trying to find a decent place to have lunch.

The Roundabout on Heroes Square (no real restaurant in sight.)

Walking past the Museum of Fine Arts I was approached by a man in an admiral's costume
who was trying to get tourists to board a London-style city tour bus. I waived off the Admiral

and proceeded to scoop around the area for a venue that would offer more than overpriced
burgers and fries.
Unable to find a restaurant I was about to give up and walk back to the center when I came by
the Admiral for the second time. I approached him in English, making a hand-gesture as if to
say: "Don't give me your spiel please, I just need to ask you something".
The admiral's eyebrows rose and much to my surprise he now stepped out of his character
completely. Speaking to me as if I was a local he complained how all the restaurants on
Heroes Square would serve small portions at high prices which he found "unfair"; he advised
me to go back to the center and recommended three restaurants. - Such behaviour by someone
who makes a living off tourists surely would be out of the equation in Riga, Prague or even
Wroclaw.

#2 Kiev

One of the best cities for single men: Kiev, Ukraine (here: Maidan)

Livelihood

LISTEN UP, WUSSIES!

I'm sick and tired of being asked by men if "Ukraine is safe" or why I am supposedly
traveling to "a war zone". Please get it through your head that Kiev is a perfectly safe place
to travel. In fact, I am saying that your chance to get into any kind of uneasy situation is
lower in Kiev - or in Ukraine as a whole - than in any other (Eastern) European city.
This being said, Kiev is also one of the best cities for single men to travel to and live in. And
that for several reasons.
First off, Kiev actually is an attractive city. Unlike many other Eastern European cities that
turn dull and boring once you leave the city center that was well refurbished with EU-support
(Bratislava, Brno, Poznan, Ostrava, Ljubljana), Kiev has interesting spots all over with the
oligarch's ghost town being an absolute insider tip.

This is gorgeous Kiev-Vozdvyzhenka, the "oligarch's ghost town".

The most striking aspect about living in Kiev are the prices.
If you put aside renting apartments long-term and staying at hotels in Kiev then the city has
some of the lowest costs of living of all major European cities. Have you ever had a three-

course meal at a restaurant for 2,10? In Kiev this would be the average rate for a tasty
Biznez Lunch (50 UAH), a common lunch-offer including a soup for starters, a local dish as
well as a drink and a desert.
This list goes on with: 9 cents (!) for a Metro ride, 1,00 for a daypass at a well-maintained
gym and 3,50 for a taxi ride from one end of the city to the other, managable in less than 30
minutes if you are riding with a soldier. A cover charge of 100 UAH (4,30) for a club in
Kiev's nightlife is to be considered above-average, but still is comically low if you compare it
to basically anywhere else in the world.
Take the advice from my Kiev Travel Guide to get decent long-term housing at a reasonable
price, relocate to Kiev and enjoy one of the best cities for single men worldwide in regard to
value for money.

The women

Thanks to Olya for being my cover & article model. I owe her one.
The females you will see in Kiev are some of the most attractive ones in the world: Ask the
average Joe on the street to name three countries with attractive women and he will probably
come up with Brazil, Russia - and Ukraine.

And Joe is right. The average level of female attractiveness in Kiev is a slap in the face for
almost any other European city, with Oslo and Stockholm perhaps being negotiable
exceptions. Kiev girls are tall, slim and slender and they embrace their feminity through skirts
and heels instead of piercings and dyed hair.

Stability & Reliability

Ukraine is no country for poor men. With a non-existing welfare-state and (still) heavy
corruption Ukrainians have little trust in people they are not related to. The Ukrainian family
is their substitute for a welfare state and missing employment rights alike. The fact that
getting married at 20 in Ukraine is common and socially endorsed has for a good deal its root
in necessity and not so much in an undying love.
The good news is that if you derive your income from a source outside of Ukraine - which
you should in any case - you will face none of these negative aspects. Ukrainian banks are just
as reliable as anywhere else and since there are no tourists in Kiev to speak of, now more than
ever, there is no hassling of foreigners/tourists whatsoever.
Needless to say that you will not experience the slightest resemblance of the conflict in the
East of the country as everyday life in Kiev goes on untouched by the events. Kiev is safe,
cheap and full of gorgeous women.

#3 Berlin

Not visible in the picture: The little saxophone player later hassled people for money and
made a handstand

Livelihood
Did you know that Berlin is 9 times larger than Paris and has twice as much people as
Barcelona? In other words, Berlin is huge with a lot going on for itself.

Berlin is a thriving capital city that does not have to hind behind London, Paris or any other
European capital in terms of internationality and city flair.
Just like Budapest, Berlin has its own low-cost carrier named AirBerlin and together with
other low-cost airlines like Germanwings or TuiFly Berlin can be reached fast & cheap from
almost anywhere in the world.Once in the city, finding a decent long-term apartment is
probably the easiest in the whole of Europe as Germany has an active culture of subletting
apartments ("Zwischenmiete").
Combine this fact with the tens of thousands of Berlinians going abroad all the time you have
a super high chance to rent someone else's nice downtown apartment for the exact same
price that he rents it himself: Zwischenmiete is key in Berlin, sites like wg-gesucht.de have
thousands of offers for sublets at reasonable prices with no realtors involved whatsoever.

The Women
Here is Berlin's most obvious downside: Berlin girls are by a large margin the most
unappealing girls you will ever find in Germany.
A lot of this has to do with the fact that after the fall of the Berlin Wall almost half of the
city's population left to try their luck in Western Germany. A good deal of the "empty seats"
were refilled by the bazillions of state agencies (and their employees) that now chose Berlin,
the new capital of united Germany, as their new headquarters.
Now, what do you get when you have a city that has always been worldly but never been rich
and that now stands half-empty with low prices for rent? That's right, you get a hipster
plague. Since the mid-1990s there has been a constant influx of "artists" and other bohemian
city slickers that have declared Berlin their new Mekka.

Here comes the work-around: With almost 3,5 million people Berlin may well be home to
quite a bulk of face-tattooed freaks and hipster girls. The good news is that considering its
size, reputation and sought-after-ness Berlin also acts as a magnet for women from all over
the world.

When in Berlin you simply do not depend on German girls whatsoever as the city is teeming
with women from every corner of the world. Take advantage of the housing situation where
prices have definitely gone up in the last years but still are laughably cheap in comparison to
Paris, London or Rome and make Berlin your European version of New York City with
the same amount of international girls in the city.
You don't even have to look far as downtown places like the Garden of Lust ("Lustgarten")
have a never-ending supply of girls from basically everywhere and they are all in vacationmode.

Lay down on the grass and hear English, Russian, Hungarian, Estonian all around you.
If that doesn't suit you then you can always go for some full-on debauchery in Berlin's
excessive nightlife that is home to venues like the infamous KitKat Club which is as spacedout as the VIP-area of New York City's Studio 54 back in the 1980s. Or the world-famous
Bergain that gets going by 11 am and that is internationally known for its no-limits policy,
darkrooms and drug/techno excess (don't let their innocent-looking homepage fool you. Read
this article instead)

Face control at these locations mainly consists of not being extroverted enough. Just
wearing regular street clothes will get you as much problems trying to get it as will business
attire with a blazer and leather shoes. On the other hand will a Clockwork Orange-like
costume and anaconda contact lenses almost guarantee you entry.

Stability & Reliability

Even with its cutting edge nightlife and laissez-faire mentality Berlin still is a German city.
This basically means that everything from public transport to administration will work fast
and reliable.
Likewise, taking advantage of tourists/travelers is as much unheard of as is trickery by shop
owners or taxi drivers. Berlin is a safe city that has no real drawbacks in terms of stability or
unreliability.

That's all folks!

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