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6.4KMark your calendars: Dispatches’s 10 Dutch music festivals that will blow your mind
BY JESSY de COOKER Sipping a good glass of beer or wine and listening to music … you cannot make a human...
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7.5KLive the dream: Buy your own Pemba Island resort for the price of a house in the ‘burbs
It’s every expat’s dream. Hell, it’s everyone’s dream … buy a tropical resort (for a lot less than you might think) and...
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8.2KExpat Essentials: How to avoid annoying credit card fees on foreign transactions
Credit card fees on foreign transactions … they’re the bane of expats, techpats and pretty much anyone who travels overseas regularly. The...
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33.5KDispatches from Paris: Terror intrudes on the romanticized city of Hemingway and Hollywood
As I’ve written before, expats tend to approach traveling differently. Every every business trip, every vacation, is a shopping expedition for the...
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21.8KDispatches from Paris: ‘Living in fear is just letting them win’
(Editor’s note: This isn’t a ‘travel’ story as much as an appreciation for those who live life unbowed, unintimidated and unafraid …...
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11.3KExpat Essentials: Dispatches’ guide to international schools in Brussels, Pt. 2
One of the bigger challenges for English-speaking expat families – even for well-paid corporate nomads – is finding a satisfactory, English-language international...
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11.8KDutch tech innovator Philips is a major employer of international tech and management talent
There are few European companies with the history of innovation and staying power of Philips, the big electronics company based in Amsterdam....
