Sydney, Australia

Apart from being considered as one of the most important city by the wealthy, Sydney is one of the costliest cities for expats to live in. It is also a favourite investment destination because of its adequate liquidity, transparency and existing Asian population.

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Bern, Switzerland

Bern is a city in Switzerland and is well known among the world’s cities for the best quality of living. Theatres, cinemas, film festivals and fairs are a major part of the city’s culture. The structure of Bern's city centre is largely medieval and has been recognized by UNESCO as a Cultural World Heritage Site and this attracts many visitors to the city.

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Zurich, Switzerland

Zurich is a leading global city and is known as one of the wealthiest cities of Europe. This largest city of Switzerland is noted for its quality of living. The city is in rich cultural tradition of museums, galleries, opera, ballet and theaters. Zurich offers a great deal of variety when it comes to night time leisure. Apart from that, the city enjoys an active lifestyle and sport is a major recreation.

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Geneva, Switzerland

Apart from being known as one of the most expensive places for expats to live in, it is an international financial center. Geneva observes its traditions and customs religiously and music, museums and sports is considered to be a major part of the city’s lifestyle.

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a growing economy that offers a wide range of opportunities for expatriates. Despite the over-heating housing market situation in Hong Kong, it is classified among the most important cities in the world.

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Singapore, Singapore

Turning to consider those locations most in demand, all the cooling measures in the world have not weakened Singapore’s appeal. Singapore has attracted many expats and falls into the category of the most expensive cities for expatriates to live in.

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N’Djamena, Chad

N’Djamena is the capital and largest city of Chad. The city has two universities and attractions in the city include the Chad National Museum, a cathedral and several mosques. Also, the city has no railway links.

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Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo is considered to be a liquid market and one of the region’s big financial hubs. It continues to benefit from their legacy infrastructure, and to trade on their open societies, transparent governance and status as safe havens and knowledge hubs.

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Moscow, Russia

The city is a major political, economic, cultural and scientific center in Russia. Moscow gives a lot of importance to art, literature and architecture. The city is known for its extensive transit network, which includes four international airports, nine railway terminals, and one of the deepest underground metro systems in the world.

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Luanda, Angola

Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola, in Southern Africa. The city is ranked as the most expensive place to live in for expatriates and the official and the most widely used language is Portuguese.

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