Lifestyle & Culture
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1.5KBeth Hoke in Passport Purgatory: ‘I feel naked without it, especially when crossing borders’
It’s been 7 days, 1 hour and 23 minutes since I dropped my passport into an envelope addressed to the U.S. Consulate...
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22.0KBrexit buzz (updated): The latest developments as the UK counts down to 31 October
(Editor’s note: Liam Fox infamously said Brexit would be “the easiest negotiation in human history.” Suddenly, 29 March doesn’t mean Brexit. Negotiations...
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223How the British tabloids caused Brexit and pretty much everything else that’s bad
Did you know that Italy is following the United Kingdom out of the European Union? Whaaat?! You hadn’t read that? Well, it’s...
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5.1KConfessions of a set-jetter (updated): Beth Hoke goes to Croatia in search of ‘Game of Thrones’
(Editor’s note: As “Game of Thrones” wraps up its run as one of the most popular television series of all time, we...
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76.0KDomino Effect (updated): How a no-deal Brexit could affect all expats across Europe
(Editor’s note: On 29 March, the original Brexit date, Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal to leave the European Union was voted down for...
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17.9KNo deal, no problem (updated): More EU countries guarantee British expats post-Brexit grace periods
(Editor’s note: This isn’t the end of Brexit, but we can see it from here … and it’s not pretty. A leaked European...
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847Expat Travel: Jackie Harding reveals Vienna’s best off-the-tourist-trail destinations
I travel to Vienna frequently, as both of my children have settled there, and I have been awed by Schloss Shönbrunn, wandered...
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702New for 2019: Dispatches’ always-updated list of the best Dutch music festivals
(Editor’s note: We’ve gotten several emails and FB messages that The Flying Dutch is canceled for 2019 because local officials have stated...
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7.0KNew for 2019: Dispatches’ always-updated list of the best EDM parties and events across Europe
If there’s one thing we’ve learned in the years since establishing Dispatches in the Netherlands, it’s that disco never died in Europe;...
