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Zandvoort: This Dutch favorite has beaches, kitesurfing, partying … and so much more

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New reality TV series: New York production company casting Americans searching Europe for their expat dream homes

Sarah Nagaty in Lisbon: These businesses in Portugal actually thrived in the pandemic as homes became the center of our lives

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Mónica Da Silva in Lisbon: Buying a property in Portugal can be fast and easy … here are my tips

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Zandvoort: This Dutch favorite has beaches, kitesurfing, partying … and so much more

Featured News

Real music, real people, real parties: Finally, Dispatches’ first live events list for 2021

No deal, no problem, Pt. 2: More EU countries guarantee British expats post-Brexit grace periods

New Digital Nomad visas (updated): More countries see restless internationals as key to prosperity

No deal, no problem Pt. 1: More EU countries guarantee British expats post-Brexit grace periods

New reality TV series: New York production company casting Americans searching Europe for their expat dream homes

Sarah Nagaty in Lisbon: These businesses in Portugal actually thrived in the pandemic as homes became the center of our lives

With the US in turmoil, more Americans will come to Europe, challenging the Old Order

Novel idea, Pt. 2: These practices and strategies make expat Andrew Wakeford a successful author … and can work for you, too

Expat Essentials: Post-pandemic travel is opening our favorite European destinations

Jackie Harding: I’ll be celebrating the end of COVID – and return of travel – in Champagne

Expat Essentials: 1 euro deals on homes are attracting people back to Europe’s abandoned villages (updated)

Mónica Da Silva in Lisbon: Quintas, the wonderful (and inexpensive) Portuguese properties everyone is raving about

Portugal’s magical, musical summer (updated): 10 top music festivals you can’t miss include the biggest acts in EDM, rock and hip-hop

Mónica Da Silva in Lisbon: Buying a property in Portugal can be fast and easy … here are my tips

Jackie Harding: Nations across Europe adopting vaccine passports, dropping quarantines (updated)

Post-COVID freedom (updated): With vaccines, Europe is finally reopening one country at a time

Irina Greensitt: Thinking of taking Spanish citizenship? I’ll explain the good and the bad (Pt. 2)

Alice Verberne: So somebody gives you a château in France … now what?

Audrey Shankles in Wiesbaden: Cash is still king as Germany embraces more cards, payment apps

Expat Essentials: How to shop Amazon’s national sites across Europe (updated)

Irina Greensitt: Here’s how I got Spain’s new Tarjeta de Identidad de Extranjero (TIE) card

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