Expat Essentials
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7.2KLynne Evans: An expat’s (detailed) guide to the language pitfalls of Greek markets and street food
You might think that food – shopping and eating out – in Greece is easy for new residents, but if you can’t...
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1.7KUS threatens to revoke the passports of Americans who ignore big tax debts
American expats could find themselves with a one-way ticket back home – and no passport – if they ignore outstanding tax debts...
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2.1KJackie Harding: Croatia is a beautiful, affordable option for Brits escaping Brexit
(Editor’s note: Terry Boyd, who worked as a journalist in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo from 2000 to 2003, also contributed to this...
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3.7KEurope and beyond: Dispatches’ always updated list of the best fall-into-winter destinations for 2019
Unlike, say, Americans, Europeans have more down time and certainly are far more likely to travel to international destinations for festivals and...
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5.3KThe Airbnb edition: How to earn air miles without leaving the ground
Almost three years ago, I quit my job, sold my house, packed a suitcase and took off for Europe. Other than staying...
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2.8KRoermond: An alternative to city living, with shopping, luxury on the water
When we first visited Roermond back in October 2016, it was an attractive, small Dutch city with a luxury outlet center tacked...
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2.5KNo bribes, no fraud: Dispatches’ list of affordable European universities at least as good as the Ivys
(Editor’s note: This is for the Americans. The rest of you EEA citizens who are already paying next to nothing to send...
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1.2KThe Things We Love: Our hyper-local Dutch lifestyle with food, friends and fun
(Editor’s note: The Things We Love is a series celebrating all our favorite aspects of our expat lives and the Dutch lifestyle. Because...
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38.2K2019 edition: Dispatches’ list of the five best cities in Europe for expats
We’re posting our 2019 list of the best cities for expats 26 days from what looks like a no-deal Brexit. In the...
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4.5KDispatches’ curated careers: Come work with the cool kids in the Netherlands’ booming tech scene
In the United States and countries across Europe, they’re fretting about the possibility of a recession. In the Netherlands, we’re still fretting...
