City travel profiles

An overview of travel vitals in the cities I’ve visited. Let me know if there are other vitals that can be answered in a one- or two-word pulse that you’d like to see!

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• Austria
  • Vienna
• Czech Republic
  • Brno
  • Ceske Budejovice
  • Cesky Krumlov
  • Olomouc
• Croatia
  • Klis
  • Split
• Estonia
  • Tallinn
• France
  • Paris
• Germany
  • Dresden
  • Erfurt
  • Karlsfeld
  • Meissen
  • Munich
  • Urfersheim
• Greece
  • Athens
• Hungary
  • Budapest
• Latvia
  • Riga
  • Sigulda
• Lithuania
  • Vilnius
• Morocco
  • Essaouira
  • Marrakesh
• Portugal
  • Lisbon
  • Porto
• Serbia
  • Belgrade
• Turkey
  • Istanbul
• Ukraine
  • Kiev
  • Lviv
  • Malyn
  • V’yunyshche

Austria

Vienna

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Sometimes
Currency used?	Euro (€)
Google Maps transit directions?	Yes, but missing metro info; use AnachB instead
English spoken?	Sometimes

(as of 2016-09-05)

Croatia

Klis

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Widely except transit
Currency used?	Kuna (kn)
Google Maps transit directions?	No
English spoken?	Widely

(as of 2016-08-23)

Split

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Widely except transit
Currency used?	Kuna (kn)
Google Maps transit directions?	No
English spoken?	Widely

(as of 2016-08-25)

Czech Republic

Brno

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Sometimes
Currency used?	Koruna (Kč)
Google Maps transit directions?	Yes
English spoken?	Sometimes

(as of 2016-09-09)

Ceske Budejovice

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Sometimes
Currency used?	Koruna (Kč)
Google Maps transit directions?	No, use iDOS instead
English spoken?	Sometimes

(as of 2016-09-18)

Cesky Krumlov

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Sometimes
Currency used?	Koruna (Kč)
Google Maps transit directions?	No, use iDOS instead
English spoken?	Widely

(as of 2016-09-16)

Olomouc

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Sometimes
Currency used?	Koruna (Kč)
Google Maps transit directions?	No, use iDOS instead
English spoken?	Sometimes

(as of 2016-09-12)

Estonia

Tallinn

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Widely except transit
Currency used?	Euro (€)
Google Maps transit directions?	Yes
English spoken?	Widely

(as of 2016-07-24)

France

Paris

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Widely
Currency used?	Euro (€)
Google Maps transit directions?	Yes
English spoken?	Widely

(as of 2016-07-21)

Germany

Dresden

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Sometimes
Currency used?	Euro (€)
Google Maps transit directions?	Yes
English spoken?	Widely

(as of 2016-09-21)

Erfurt

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Sometimes
Currency used?	Euro (€)
Google Maps transit directions?	No, use EVAG instead
English spoken?	Sometimes

(as of 2016-09-25)

Karlsfeld

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Sometimes
Currency used?	Euro (€)
Google Maps transit directions?	Yes
English spoken?	Rarely

(as of 2016-09-29)

Meissen

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Sometimes
Currency used?	Euro (€)
Google Maps transit directions?	Yes
English spoken?	Rarely

(as of 2016-09-22)

Munich

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Sometimes
Currency used?	Euro (€)
Google Maps transit directions?	Yes
English spoken?	Widely

(as of 2016-09-29)

Urfersheim

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Sometimes
Currency used?	Euro (€)
Google Maps transit directions?	Yes
English spoken?	Sometimes

(as of 2016-09-30)

Greece

Athens

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Widely except transit
Currency used?	Euro (€)
Google Maps transit directions?	Out-of-date
English spoken?	Widely

(as of 2016-08-21)

Hungary

Budapest

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Sometimes
Currency used?	Forint (Ft)
Google Maps transit directions?	Out-of-date schedules; use BKK app instead
English spoken?	Sometimes

(as of 2016-09-02)

Latvia

Riga

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Widely
Currency used?	Euro (€)
Google Maps transit directions?	Yes
English spoken?	Widely

(as of 2016-07-27)

Sigulda

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Widely
Currency used?	Euro (€)
Google Maps transit directions?	No
English spoken?	Widely

(as of 2016-07-26)

Lithuania

Vilnius

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Widely except transit
Currency used?	Euro (€)
Google Maps transit directions?	Yes
English spoken?	Widely

(as of 2016-07-30)

Morocco

Essaouira

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	No
Credit cards accepted?	Rarely
Currency used?	Dirham (dh)
Google Maps transit directions?	No
English spoken?	Sometimes

(as of 2016-10-10)

Marrakesh

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	No
Credit cards accepted?	Rarely
Currency used?	Dirham (dh)
Google Maps transit directions?	No
English spoken?	Frequently

(as of 2016-10-13)

Portugal

Lisbon

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Rarely
Currency used?	Euro (€)
Google Maps transit directions?	Yes, but Moovit is better.
English spoken?	Sometimes

(as of 2016-10-16)

Porto

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Rarely
Currency used?	Euro (€)
Google Maps transit directions?	Yes, but Moovit is better.
English spoken?	Sometimes

(as of 2016-10-19)

Serbia

Belgrade

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	Yes
Credit cards accepted?	Widely except transit
Currency used?	Dinar
Google Maps transit directions?	No, use PlanPlus
English spoken?	Sometimes

(as of 2016-08-29)

Turkey

Istanbul

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	No
Credit cards accepted?	Widely except transit
Currency used?	Lira (₺)
Google Maps transit directions?	No
English spoken?	Sometimes

(as of 2016-08-16)

Ukraine

Kiev

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	No
Credit cards accepted?	Widely except transit
Currency used?	Hryvnia (₴)
Google Maps transit directions?	Yes
English spoken?	Rarely

(as of 2016-08-03)

Lviv

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	No
Credit cards accepted?	Widely except transit
Currency used?	Hryvnia (₴)
Google Maps transit directions?	Yes
English spoken?	Sometimes

(as of 2016-08-10)

Malyn

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	No
Credit cards accepted?	Sometimes
Currency used?	Hryvnia (₴)
Google Maps transit directions?	No
English spoken?	Rarely

(as of 2016-08-01)

V’yunyshche

Vital	Pulse
Potable tap water?	No
Credit cards accepted?	No
Currency used?	Hryvnia (₴)
Google Maps transit directions?	No
English spoken?	No

(as of 2016-07-31)