Lifestyle & Culture
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8.0KExpat Essentials: Restarting careers can fight the dirty little expat secret … divorce
(Full Disclosure: Dispatches is working with the Expat Spouses Initiative on a digital project.) For some expats, this international lifestyle is addictive....
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5.1KJackie Harding: Relocation equals personal reinvention for trailing expat spouses
Becoming an “expat” causes great changes in everyone’s lives, whether your job is the reason for your relocation or you are the...
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17.8KDIY Expat: What we learned during our year of searching for a place to live in Holland
(Editor’s note: This is the second installment of DIY Expat, a series documenting our move to the Netherlands to found Dispatches Media. This...
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3.6KNo debate: As expats, we’re happy to trade the America of Trump for a chance to be ‘Dutch’
Dutch journo and Dispatches Europe contributor Jessy de Cooker emailed me this today at 5:30 a.m.: If you’re wondering why I am still awake, it’s...
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16.5KWilleke van Doorn: The truth behind Norway’s reputation as ‘the happiest country on earth’
(Editor’s note: See our accompanying post here with details about getting long-term residency in Norway.) By WILLEKE VAN DOORN ‘The best country...
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6.8KTwisties, touring and tenacity: Expat Mortorbike Riders Club satisfies the yearning for adventure, camaraderie
(Editor’s note: All photos are courtesy of the Expat Motorbike Riders Club.) BY JACKIE HARDING They say only a motorcyclist understands why...
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18.2KExpat Essentials: Dispatches’s guide to international schools in Luxembourg City
(Editor’s note: Terry Boyd also contributed to this post.) One of the bigger challenges for English-speaking expat families – even for well-paid...
