Quick answer
How do I test my app or website as a user in a specific European city?
Route your test browser, emulator or script through a residential IP in that city and check what your own service returns. With EuroCity Proxies, add -country-be-city-ghent (for example) to the proxy username; city targeting is included on every plan, from $0.95 for 1 GB as of October 2026, with no KYC.
What should a city test cover?
- Language and locale. Brussels serves French and Dutch speakers, Helsinki Finnish and Swedish speakers, Barcelona Catalan and Spanish speakers. Check the default your service picks from the IP and the browser.
- Currency and prices. Euro (Bulgaria since 1 January 2026), złoty, koruna, forint, Romanian and Moldovan leu, Swedish and Icelandic krona, Danish and Norwegian krone, Swiss franc, hryvnia, dinar, denar, lek and convertible mark: confirm the right one and the right VAT in the total.
- Consent banners. Banners and their wording can change by country under the GDPR and national rules.
- City logic. Store pickers, delivery areas, local landing pages and redirects keyed to the visitor's city.
- Legal notices. Country-specific terms, imprint pages and age gates.
How do I set it up on phones and emulators?
On an iPhone or iPad, Wi-Fi → Configure Proxy → Manual, with authentication; on the Android emulator, start it with -http-proxy http://USERNAME-country-at-city-graz:[email protected]:7777. Android's Wi-Fi proxy setting has no password field, and some apps ignore the system proxy.
For browsers, use port 7777: Chrome and Firefox do not send a password to a SOCKS5 proxy. For scripts, the quickstart has curl, Python and Node.js examples.
Which session mode suits a test run?
A multi-step test of your own app should stay on one IP: use -session-<id>-ttl-<minutes>. up to 30 minutes (the IP can change earlier).
Sites also read DNS, time zone, language and cookies; set them to match the market you are checking. With SOCKS5, use socks5h in curl so the proxy resolves the hostname, not your machine.
What should I log during a test?
Log the exit IP, its city and ASN from an IP lookup, the test time with time zone, and the response of your service. If a result looks wrong, check the exit first: a suburb label in a geolocation database is a common cause. The verification guide shows how.
Test only services you own or are authorised to test.
Geo-testing: FAQ
Can I test location-based features that use GPS?
No. A proxy changes the network location only. GPS-based features read the device location; use your emulator's location settings for those, and the proxy for IP-based logic.
Can a team share one account for testing?
Yes: Sub-users with their own credentials and traffic cap, one per client or project. Give each tester or project its own credentials.
Can I allowlist my CI server instead of using a password?
Yes. Username and password on every plan, or an IP allowlist (up to 10 IPs). Sub-users with their own credentials and traffic cap. API keys you can revoke at any time.
Which cities should a European release test cover?
At least one city per language and currency you support. The country pages list the languages, currencies and documented cities of each country.