Yamoussoukro: the vibe
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The verdict
Wary · 42Commenters mostly marvel at the empty, oversized capital and its decay rather than its livability, with few firsthand accounts of daily life for remote workers.
- calm vibe
- impressive basilica and architecture
- paved roads in the past
- feels like a unique destination
- Ivory Coast seen as developed in region
- abandoned or empty feel
- decay of infrastructure
- crocodile jokes and lake wildlife
- few people or activity
- lack of daily-life detail
- Feels like a ghost capital with little going on
- Better suited to a short visit than long stays
- Once well maintained, now visibly degraded
- Congested Abidjan makes the quieter capital appealing to some
- Thin evidence on cost, internet, and daily routines
Read from 7 videos, 32 comments and 0 posts on 2026-11-08; the summary is written by a language model and can misread sarcasm.
Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast's abandoned capital | Revisited • FRANCE 24 English
FRANCE 24 English · 736K views · 2019
What viewers said
“I love these random videos that occasionally get renewed on everyone's recommended lists, years after they were posted.”
♥ 916 likes
“Dude 300,000 crocodiles 🐊!? In one town!? That’s nuts!!!!”
♥ 106 likes
“"What do you do for a living?" I wrangle crocodiles back into their presidential lake on behalf of the fire department. "... what?!" What?”
♥ 351 likes
“I remember how beautiful this city was in the 1980s. Traveling from Daloa to Abidjan, arriving in Yamoussoukro was a sign of paved and well-maintained roads, streetlights lit at night. How sad to see all these degradations.”
♥ 159 likes
“Not enough people are talking about how that guy’s predecessor was devoured by crocodiles”
♥ 219 likes
“My dad is from ivory coast and I'm really happy to see people talking about it, and even caring about the country's current state. Such an underappreciated country! ❤🇨🇮”
♥ 22 likes
“change the name of the video to CROCODILES OF IVORY COAST”
♥ 41 likes
“We can fix that crocodile problem for you one fried croc at a time. Love, Louisiana.”
♥ 439 likes
“I was there in January 2020. Believe me, I have never seen a church so massive like this in my life.”
♥ 9 likes
“It's really a shame, so much has been already invested, hopefully it won't go to waste. Yamoussoukro is in the heart of Ivory Coast, and Abidjan is congested. It would be good for both cities that Yamoussoukro be revived so that it absorbs ”
♥ 62 likes
Found with a YouTube search for the city and “digital nomad”, fetched 2026-11-08; titles, descriptions and comments belong to their authors and link to the originals.