Lifestyle & Culture
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2.8KApplications due 29 Feb.: Foundry debuts Paris’s first fashion tech incubator
(Editors note: This is not an endorsement of the Foundry incubator. Dispatches received no remuneration for this post. Also, Vongai N. Ruzive’s...
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Terry Boyd in Eindhoven: How to start a startup in Europe (expanded)
This has been eating at me for weeks, but I couldn’t really find the thread to tell you about what it’s like...
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Aspiring expats: Could trading stress in the U.S. for the expat lifestyle in Europe guarantee a longer, happier life?
This sounds like one of those clickbait headlines: “Do this one thing to live a longer, healthier life.” But it’s true –...
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Sarah Nagaty in Lisbon: My Top 5 go-to places for locally made, meaningful (and budget-friendly) Christmas gifts
December is an expensive month. We all know why: Yes, Christmas. One of the mostly costly forms of Christmas celebrations is Christmas...
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Mónica Da Silva in Portugal: Learning Portuguese in Lisbon? Vamos lá!
Moving to a country where you don’t speak the language is sometimes part of the whole expat experience. Even though Lisbon is...
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Jack McGovan: Five Berlin startups that have impressed me … and the world
Berlin is an exciting city for many different reasons, not the least of all due to its recent history. On a personal...
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Irina Greensitt in Granada: Spend the morning skiing, the afternoon on a beach and the evening in one of Spain’s most beautiful cities
With the long hot summer days merely a distant memory, winter has arrived in Andalucía, Spain. Yet the tourists keep coming and...
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New for 2019/2020 (updated): Dispatches’ expat-curated list of Europe’s best Christmas Markets
When we started working on our Dispatches’ Best Christmas Markets list for 2019/2020, pinging our expats, we realized we had way too...
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Liina Edun in Lisbon: An expat gives you the REAL story on fabulous, flawed Portugal
Portugal —it’s the country that, in the past few years, has been filling up your media feed, ranked as one of the...
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New for 2019: Dispatches’ curated list of Black Friday deals across Europe (updated)
No turkey on Thanksgiving in Europe, American expats. (Though a few expat groups and restaurants do host Thanksgiving dinners.) But there’s the...
