Expat Essentials
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2.3KBerlin’s struggling Kita educators are underpaid and overwhelmed
(Editor’s note: This is Part 3 in Dispatches’ series on Berlin’s Kita Crisis. You can see Part 1 here and Part 2...
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3.6KLaura Kaye in Berlin: Broken Kita system leaves parents frustrated, stressed
(Editor’s note: This is the second installment in our series on Berlin’s Kita crisis. Part 3 is scheduled for Monday. You can see...
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4.5KEveryone loses – employers, families and kids – as Kitaplatz waiting lists grow in Berlin
(Editor’s note: This is the first installment in our series on Berlin’s Kita crisis, with Part 2 scheduled for Wednesday.) “Hi! We...
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25.0KBeth Hoke on Schengen (updated): How to stay in Europe (or at least in the area) longer than 90 days
(Editor’s note: This post has been updated with information about the new European Travel Information and Authorisation System, or ETIAS.) It may...
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3.0KBeth Hoke in Munich: An ‘army brat’ discovers you can go home again
(Editor’s note: United States military personnel in Europe make up one of the largest expat communities in Europe. Though there are no longer American...
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1.2KExpat Essentials: More housing coming online across Europe … but get ready to pay
Just after the Great Recession in 2008, housing prices around Europe plummeted from Spain to Iceland. We saw the effect in our...
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7.7K‘A deal is a deal’ (updated): You can join the expat effort to save the Netherlands’ 30-Percent Ruling
Expats in the Netherlands got a shock late last year when the Dutch officials announced they were considering changing retroactively the 30-Percent...
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1.9KMolly Wilkinson in France: How I got the elusive Profession Libérale visa
(Editor’s note: This post on the Profession Libérale visa was originally posted on Toffee Bits & Chocolate Chips. It’s reposted here with the permission...
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3.9KInternational School of Eindhoven represents everything we aspire to for our daughter
(Editor’s note: This post is the first in a series documenting the highs and lows of being an expat in Eindhoven.) By...
