Expat Essentials
-
7.5KStephen Heiner in Paris: Expats, get a French bank account before renewing your visa
(Editor’s note: This advice column on getting a French bank account was originally posted on Stephen Heiner’s “The American in Paris” website....
-
4.7KLaura Kaye in Berlin: Celebrating the sheer chaos of Silvester in the German capital
The annual New Year’s chaos in Berlin began on Friday, when I noted that the whole of the “random middle aisle section”...
-
21.6KFrom Amsterdam to Zagreb (updated): Dispatches’ 2018/2019 list of the best Christmas Markets in Europe
Wow, it was just summer and now we’re rushing to ping our expat network across Europe to update our curated list of...
-
25.1KLaura Kaye in Berlin: The collected wisdom from my years as a British expat in Germany
(Editor’s note: British expat Laura Kaye documents life in Germany for Dispatches. Putting together our list of the 5 best post-Brexit countries for...
-
18.7KLynne Evans in Athens: An expat’s misadventures in the Greek healthcare system
A word of advice to all expats living in Greece – be sure to get comprehensive health insurance. I thought I was...
-
11.9KDigital Nomad Beth Hoke in Croatia: Split has a coworking space to match your personality and work style
The coworking concept is not a new one. Inspired by the hackerspaces of the 90s, the first coworking space opened fourteen years...
-
7.7KNew for 2019 (updated): Dispatches’ list of the best universities in Europe for expat students (Pt. 1)
The anti-immigrant policies of the Trump Administration are yielding unintended consequences for one of the United States’ biggest industries: higher education. It used...
