Expats in Barcelona Are the Happiest

When it comes to personal happiness, Spanish cities make it to the top of this year’s city ranking. Madrid gives expats the warmest welcome of all. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:694/1*1Kr3WQPcEWNrLQF6ur-Qyg.png" style="height:423px; width:694px" /> Photo By <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/aigle_dore/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Moyan Brenn</a> (CC by 2.0) Munich, 15 November 2016 — Madrid is the third-best city to live abroad according to previously unreleased data from the third annual InterNations <a href="https://www.internations.org/expat-insider/2016/the-best-cities-for-expats" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Expat Insider 2016</a> survey. With more than 14,000 respondents, it is one of the most extensive studies ever conducted to explore the general living situation of expatriates. Spanish cities are popular among expats. The latest <a href="https://www.internations.org/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">InterNations</a> survey finds that despite the poor rating in the Personal Finance Index, people consider the quality of life in Madrid or Barcelona to be exceptionally high. It turns out that Barcelona is even home to the happiest expats worldwide out of all the cities featured in the survey. In the overall ranking, Madrid has made it to the global top 3, at third place, while Barcelona comes in on a rather more mediocre 11th place. <a href="https://medium.com/@InterNations.org/expats-in-barcelona-are-the-happiest-2aefe3453767">Website</a>