In Serbia, digital nomads are becoming increasingly present. Here they find the environment that provides them with hospitality, a good life balance, a pleasant climate, favourable living costs and a rich cultural offer. Many of them settle in cities such as Belgrade, Novi Sad or Niš, where there is good infrastructure and plenty of content that suits the lifestyle of digital nomads.

One of the advantages of the life of digital nomads in Serbia is the local community that has accepted this way of working. There are a large number of co-working spaces and cafes that are adapted for remote work (pleasant atmosphere, stable and fast internet), which allows nomads to easily find a place to work and meet other like-minded people.

Those elements of the "work infrastructure" are of crucial importance for digital professionals whose work does not depend on the location where they reside. The existence of a rapidly developing technology scene and an ecosystem of start-up companies is recognized from the outside, so that more and more large global start-up companies that appear on the scene are created in Serbia.

For several years, Serbia as a country has been committed to digital transformation and investments in the knowledge-based economy. The country has introduced tax incentives for digital nomads, a special visa regime for members of the Serbian diaspora who plan to return to the country, and is investing significant funds in infrastructure - from everywhere accessible internet to science and technology parks. In addition, the annual growth of exports in the ICT sector is greater than 20%, which opens up more opportunities for digital nomads to stay in Serbia and find new employment opportunities.

Nomads in Serbia are mostly people from North America, aged between 20 and 34, IT experts who stay in Serbia for an average of two and a half months, between April and October, when the weather is nice.

According to the Belgrade — Digital Friendly City report, what digital nomads single out as the greatest advantage of Serbia is local food, pleasant people who speak English well, good internet flow, and favourable prices.

Although there are challenges, such as cultural ones, they are rarely an obstacle here, and a large number of digital nomads manage well and enjoy these differences. On the other hand, language barriers are almost non-existent because most people in Serbia speak English.

According to the Nomad List website, where nomads rank places they visited, Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, has been among the 20 best places to live in the world for the last few years, while in Europe it is in fourth place, ahead of metropolises such as Barcelona and London.

Belgrade achieves good results in this survey in areas such as quality of life, safety of citizens and tourists, freedom of speech, etc.

Serbia has become a popular destination for digital nomads due to its natural beauties, low cost of living and pleasant cultural offer. For many, life of a digital nomad in Serbia represents the best combination of work and the experience of new destinations. If you want to find out what the balance between life and work in Serbia is based on, we suggest you read our article on that topic.

Also, in Belgrade, but throughout the entire Serbia as well, there are active communities that often organize events that are an ideal opportunity for professionals in this field to connect and integrate into the industry. Most of these events are in English.

As Serbia is located in the centre of Europe and has an excellent road infrastructure, it allows digital nomads to easily travel around the region and explore other countries and cultures.

Digital nomads in Serbia often find inspiration in the richness and diversity of culture, history and nature that this country offers. From historic cities with a rich heritage to beautiful mountains and blue lakes, Serbia has a wide range of natural and cultural beauties that attract digital nomads from all over the world.