Toulouse: the vibe
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The verdict
Liked · 72Commenters who have visited or lived in Toulouse describe a friendly, walkable, relaxed city with a young energetic feel, tempered by French language requirements and a few practical caveats.
- friendliness
- walkability
- relaxed vibe
- affordability
- student energy
- public transit
- multicultural feel
- food
- French language requirements
- metro and tram still under construction
- growing popularity may raise prices
- limited video content overall
- Feels welcoming and easy to settle into, especially for visitors who stayed a while
- Learning French is essential for working or staying long-term
- Younger and more energetic than Bordeaux, which feels slower and more refined
- Transit is improving with new metro line planned around 2028
- Some worry that rising popularity will erode its affordability
Read from 8 videos, 40 comments and 0 posts on 2026-11-07; the summary is written by a language model and can misread sarcasm.
Is Toulouse France's Most Underrated City?
ExpatsEverywhere Explores · 34K views · 2025
What viewers said
“Toulouse and Lyon are two of my favourite cities in the whole of France, and the Langue d’Oc region feels very homey to me.”
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“As of January 2025, Toulouse is actually the 3rd largest French city. It never ceases to attract more people because it is beautiful, friendly and still affordable. Toulouse ranks #1 for college students (in numbers and top schools). Great ”
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“15:10 Just be aware, if you’re under 65 and especially if you’re hoping to work, and stay longer than a year on a carte de séjour pluriannuelle, you must learn French. A2 is the minimum required level now, even to renew your multi-year visa”
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“We're moving to Toulouse from California in 2 weeks so your video is quite timely! We've not been there before so this was very helpful. Merci!”
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“I loved Toulouse. It felt multicultural all different peoples together. Loved Victor Hugo market. It was very walkable and I actually rode one of the bike rentals. I would totally expat that!”
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“They are building a new metro line that will run from the western suburbs through the center of the city, past the main train station and continuing to the southeast. It is scheduled to open in 2028. In 2026, they plan on reopening the tram”
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“Toulouse has a great swimming club. It is the club of great swimmers like Leon Marchand, the Olympic champion of Paris 2024”
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“Paris is probably the one place in France that is known to not always be as welcoming to foreign language speakers. I went to Toulouse last week and thought it was great.”
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“I’m hoping to visit in a few days because I’m trying to make my decision on where to live in France and Toulouse is on the list !! so thank you so much for making this video😂”
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“We would 100% live there! We LOVED Toulouse! But really hope others don't discover it 😜🤣😎 Re sports, we stumbled across a Cricket team practicing in one of the parks. Thought that was pretty cool!”
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