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🇬🇷 Greece
Greece
The whole move — visa, taxes, insurance, money and cost of living — in one place.
Visa & Residency
DNV
Comfortable solo budget
€3,500/mo
Stay
1 year
Taxes Abroad
Standard resident taxation
Living in Greece
The visa is step one. Here is the rest of what it takes to live here — each researched and sourced.
🛂 Visa & Residency
Digital nomad visa €3,500/mo Greece → 🧾 Taxes Abroad
Standard resident taxation Tax-residency trigger: 183 days Greece → 🩺 Health Insurance
Required (explicit) Greece → 💶 Cost of Living
€1,100–€1,800/mo Athens Greece → 🛡️ Health System
No — private insurance needed Emergency: 112 Greece → 🏡 Housing & Relocation
— Address registration Greece → Good to know
- Most city apartments come furnished or part-furnished, easing arrival for newcomers
- The legal three-year minimum lease gives long-term tenants strong security of tenure
- EU/EEA visitors with a valid EHIC get medically necessary state-provided care on the same terms as insured Greeks
- Single EU emergency number 112 operates 24/7 (operators answer in Greek, English and French); EKAV emergency ambulances (also reachable on 166) are provided free of charge
Watch out for
- You usually need a Greek tax number (AFM) before a landlord will sign, so arrange it early
- Insist the lease is registered with the tax authority (Taxisnet/AADE) - without registration your legal protection is limited
- Non-EU temporary residents and nomads have no automatic public-system entitlement; routine public access requires registration (AMKA, which generally needs a residence permit with a right to work or study) or, in practice, private insurance
- Even with an EHIC there are patient co-payments (about 25% on most prescription medicines and 15% on diagnostic examinations at contracted private providers)
Cost of living
| Athens | €1,100–€1,800/mo |
Qualifying insurance
Foyer Global Health (Essential / Special / Exclusive) €80/mo MyHealth International €52/mo Cigna Global Health Options – International Health Plans (Silver / Gold / Platinum) —
Qualifying insurance →