Posts By Lane Henry
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199News & BuzzWhy swim school in the Netherlands will cost you thousands … and why you’ll pay it anyway
As an expat, you have to learn a lot, and that gets even more intense when you have kids. Suddenly, all the...
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168Lifestyle & CultureHow to do a girls’ trip right: Marrakech markets, mint tea and hammams
Spices and tea spill from baskets. Motorized scooters, bicycles and the occassional donkey rush past within inches, weaving expertly through tourists and...
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195BusinessHow online supermarket unicorn Picnic won the hearts of consumers
(Editor’s note: Dispatches recieves no remuneration for this post on Picnic. We provide it as a service to our expats.) On any...
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226Expat EssentialsHow Europe actually tries to protect consumers from debt
Living in the United States, money always felt fast. Quick to come and even quicker to go. Salaries are higher. Credit card...
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264Lifestyle & CultureLane Henry: Should Slovenia be at the top of your list for a 2026 family vacation?
Follow a mouse’s journey through an ancient castle. Spend hours in nature. Put on a hard hat and crisscross bridges through a...
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300Expat EssentialsPart-time work statistics for the Netherlands are staggering, but is that a bad thing?
The school bell rings, and students come flooding out of their classrooms. They run to their parents, drop their bags and often...
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236News & BuzzLane Henry: Is Eindhoven the best place to raise techie kids?
(Editor’s note: This post on Eindhoven is part of Dispatches’ Tech Tuesday series. We cover tech across Europe because so many of...
