Is Munich the unfriendly city in the world?

You appreciate that Beer gardens And the closeness to the Alps – but who newly in Munich is, apparently it sees a different reality: according to the current « Expat Insider » report of the platform Internations.org the Bavarian capital is the most unfriendly city in the world.

53th of 53 in the ranking – still behind Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Frankfurt. Five German cities are within the last ten places in the international comparison.

Munich for accessible: friendship? Difficult – integration? More difficult

Around 12,500 expats were interviewed in the worldwide survey of the Internations Organization – employees who were sent abroad by their companies. You should evaluate how easy it is to find friends at the new place of residence, to dive into local culture and to feel welcome.

The result for Munich sounds sobering. 65 percent of those surveyed find it challenging to locals To make friendships. In the world average, it is only 41 percent. The lack of welcome culture is also critically seen: Munich ends up in the penultimate place (52) at the criterion « Feel welcome », the Austrian capital Vienna had the dubious honor in the feeling of home last year.

Munich loses in survey – Spain can score points, on the other hand

While German cities are certified in the evaluation, Spain is the opposite. Cities like Málaga (1st place), Valencia and Madrid would be a noticeably warmer welcome. In Málaga, in Andalus, 78 percent of those surveyed say that it is easy to get used to local culture – the average worldwide is 59 percent.

84 percent rate the locals there as friendly, 67 percent even as sociable. For comparison: Munich is in the very last place in terms of friendliness. Accordingly, just 37 percent are satisfied with their social life in Munich.

What about other big cities in the ranking? In order to be included in the index, a city had to have at least 50 respondents, the portal clarifies in the Study with the results of 2024 on. Another study meanwhile compared Bavarian cities – and here Augsburg ahead.