Expat Essentials
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391Mónica Da Silva in Portugal: Learning Portuguese in Lisbon? Vamos lá!
Moving to a country where you don’t speak the language is sometimes part of the whole expat experience. Even though Lisbon is...
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Expat Essentials: The (evolving) details about Brexit’s impact on EU citizens in the UK
(Editor’s note: Elena Kalmykova in Paris also contributed to this post including research and writing several sections.) Approaching the Brexit deadline (again),...
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Expat Essentials: How to shop Amazon’s national sites across Europe (updated)
(Editor’s note: This post has been updated with news about Amazon’s expanded Europe services.) Amazon is the global king of online shopping,...
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Liina Edun in Lisbon: An expat gives you the REAL story on fabulous, flawed Portugal
Portugal —it’s the country that, in the past few years, has been filling up your media feed, ranked as one of the...
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New for 2019: Dispatches’ curated list of Black Friday deals across Europe (updated)
No turkey on Thanksgiving in Europe, American expats. (Though a few expat groups and restaurants do host Thanksgiving dinners.) But there’s the...
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Sterling Schuyler in Rotterdam: Instead of rushing around Europe, show American visitors the best of your expat life
(Editor’s note: With the holidays and Christmas Markets opening in Germany and other countries, American expats across Europe are expecting visitors ….)...
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Sarah Nagaty in Portugal: Lisbon’s Top-5 free workspaces for digital nomads and students
Lisbon is growing as a hot destination for digital nomads. The city has it all: great weather, friendly people, affordable lifestyle, and...
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Stephen Heiner in Paris: What the French government doesn’t tell you about filing taxes in France … but you need to know
One of the things you imagine when you arrive to start a life here is that the French government will tell you...
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Domino Effect (updated): How a no-deal Brexit could affect all expats across Europe
(Editor’s note: On 29 March, the original Brexit date, Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal to leave the European Union was voted down for...
