"Stories like hers are becoming increasingly common, raising questions about where people live, work and pay taxes, and what that means for cities and the countryside."
"Remote working expanded rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thousands of people asked to join the LinkedIn group for remote workers that Franz was then helping to build-rebranded as Remote Workers Worldwide."
"According to the European Central Bank, the share of employees working from home at least occasionally rose from 12% in 2019 to 22% in 2024. A 2024 survey found that about one-third of employees work from home several times a week."
"For governments and regional authorities, the shift is reshaping where people live, how local services are used and how evenly development is spread between urban and rural areas."
Remote working has expanded rapidly since the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing the share of employees working from home and the number working several times per week. Digital nomads and remote workers are changing where people live, how they use local services, and how development spreads between urban and rural areas. These shifts raise questions about residence, employment, taxation, and impacts on both cities and countryside. An EU-funded three-year project, R-Map, studies how remote working arrangements affect Europe’s urban-rural divide. The project examines whether remote work can help close the gap, while emphasizing that outcomes depend on infrastructure and policy alignment across regions.
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