Expat Essentials
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166Buying in Berlin, Pt. 1: Visualizing my house, knowing it was out there, waiting for me
(Editor’s note: This is Pt. 1 of a three-part series on buying a home in Berlin. You can jump to Pt. 2...
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11.7KDr. Kris Bryant: Austria is hiking heaven … and a tick-borne encephalitis hotspot
TBE cases are rising across Europe
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53.5KExpat Essentials: 1 euro deals on homes are attracting people back to Europe’s abandoned villages (updated)
(Editor’s note: Selling houses for a symbolic amount – 1 euro – to counter population decline in rural towns and villages is...
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305Dear International students: True, Portugal doesn’t have top world universities … it has something more valuable!
I have been an international student in three countries. Portugal, by far, has been the best experience of them all. Undoubtedly, British...
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309Lauren Simmonds: How Americans can stay in Croatia for longer than 90 days and work remotely
While we Europeans have known and appreciated Croatia for a long time, Americans have been discovering it more and more over the...
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316Trying to explain the French PACS to American friends and family (hint: it’s not a marriage!)
The first time I heard about a PACS was a few months after I moved to France. A new French friend had...
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284‘Hi, my name is Miriam … how can I help you?’: The pros and cons of call centre jobs in Lisbon
“Hi, welcome to room reservations, my name is Miriam, how can I help you?” I lost count of how many times I...
