Expat Essentials
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10.6KYet another Netherlands bus strike will strand commuters, encourage driving
One of the features of living in the Netherlands I like best is mass transportation. Well, I should specify trains, because bus...
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8.5KBerlin’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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8.2KLaura 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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8.7KEveryone 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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66.3KBeth 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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23.7KBeth 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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5.7KExpat 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...
