> On that note, any nomads here on HN willing to share how it's been?
Preface: it's kind of scary to think you're a trope as this hit the mark for most things. But despite having spent many years in Boulder where I went biking and hiking extensively I still miss having proper gyms open as nothing will replace that feeling and routine for both my physical as well as mental health.
I've been in Croatia since May during the pandemic, and to be honest it really depends on what part you are in and the amount of friction you encounter. It was so much easier handling things in the South (Dalmatia) than it is in the North where I'm told I am the first Digital Nomad and I keep getting sent back for more processes.
It helped that my landlord worked in the tourist ministry in the South when I came in May, but overall this has been the most absurd experience I've had since I've been in this country and I first visited in 2012 before it entered the EU and it's made worse by the fact that they think they are upholding to EU standards somehow.
Things are as normal as they can be given the worries of the Delta variant and in the Southern tourist areas some clubs were trying to re-open but kept getting shutdown or were forced to do so on a curfew by police into late July, the restaurants had indoor and outdoor dining. Public transportation was available for the most part with pretty standard service. It was like 75% pre-covid.
Croatia is a tourist economy and things are starting to wind down so less things are open, but to be honest, other than the gyms I'm not to worried as I'm really not here to party it up like I had in previous years. I'm more interested in taking time to enjoy and absorb the culture that I fell in love with when I first starting traveling extensively when I was in my mid 20s.
FYI: I spent time this summer in Germany visiting a friend on a tourist visa not DN and I couldn't wait to get the hell back and return to Croatia because of the amount of needless bureaucracy that was obviously of no practical use other than forced compliance, however, in N. Croatia it's like they took the worst parts of Italy and made it somehow even worse and expect you to just keep coming back.
I'll spare you (some of) the details of all the bureaucratic things, but if anyone from YC hopes to come to Croatia stay in Dalmatia, or have a lawyer on standby--I met a local who was studying to be one at the police station and it was super useful. Dalamtia is not only favorite part of Croatia for food and cultural reasons but it's come to be my place to regain sanity despite all the chaos in the World. And they're opening a digital nomad village this weekend to prove why I love it there [0].
Preface: it's kind of scary to think you're a trope as this hit the mark for most things. But despite having spent many years in Boulder where I went biking and hiking extensively I still miss having proper gyms open as nothing will replace that feeling and routine for both my physical as well as mental health.
I've been in Croatia since May during the pandemic, and to be honest it really depends on what part you are in and the amount of friction you encounter. It was so much easier handling things in the South (Dalmatia) than it is in the North where I'm told I am the first Digital Nomad and I keep getting sent back for more processes.
It helped that my landlord worked in the tourist ministry in the South when I came in May, but overall this has been the most absurd experience I've had since I've been in this country and I first visited in 2012 before it entered the EU and it's made worse by the fact that they think they are upholding to EU standards somehow.
Things are as normal as they can be given the worries of the Delta variant and in the Southern tourist areas some clubs were trying to re-open but kept getting shutdown or were forced to do so on a curfew by police into late July, the restaurants had indoor and outdoor dining. Public transportation was available for the most part with pretty standard service. It was like 75% pre-covid.
Croatia is a tourist economy and things are starting to wind down so less things are open, but to be honest, other than the gyms I'm not to worried as I'm really not here to party it up like I had in previous years. I'm more interested in taking time to enjoy and absorb the culture that I fell in love with when I first starting traveling extensively when I was in my mid 20s.
FYI: I spent time this summer in Germany visiting a friend on a tourist visa not DN and I couldn't wait to get the hell back and return to Croatia because of the amount of needless bureaucracy that was obviously of no practical use other than forced compliance, however, in N. Croatia it's like they took the worst parts of Italy and made it somehow even worse and expect you to just keep coming back.
I'll spare you (some of) the details of all the bureaucratic things, but if anyone from YC hopes to come to Croatia stay in Dalmatia, or have a lawyer on standby--I met a local who was studying to be one at the police station and it was super useful. Dalamtia is not only favorite part of Croatia for food and cultural reasons but it's come to be my place to regain sanity despite all the chaos in the World. And they're opening a digital nomad village this weekend to prove why I love it there [0].
0: https://www.euronews.com/travel/2021/10/01/want-to-work-remo...