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

Flag of Austria

Vienna

Flag of 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

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Klis

Flag of 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

Flag of 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

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Brno

Flag of 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

Flag of 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

Flag of 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

Flag of 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

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Tallinn

Flag of 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

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Paris

Flag of 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

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Dresden

Flag of 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

Flag of 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

Flag of 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

Flag of 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

Flag of 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

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Athens

Flag of 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

Flag of Hungary

Budapest

Flag of 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

Flag of Latvia

Riga

Flag of 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

Flag of 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

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Vilnius

Flag of 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

Flag of Morocco

Essaouira

Flag of 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

Flag of 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

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Lisbon

Flag of 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

Flag of 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

Flag of Serbia

Belgrade

Flag of 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

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Istanbul

Flag of 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

Flag of Ukraine

Kiev

Flag of 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

Flag of 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

Flag of 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)

Written on October 19, 2016