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14.1KToo good to last? Why food in Europe is cheaper, better than in the U.S.
I just got back from my local market in Eindhoven with lunch … two avocados and a tomato, everything ripe to the...
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11.4KExpat Essentials: Welcome to Vienna, a booming city with Europe’s best transportation
(Editor’s note: This is the third how-to-use-the-metro installment for Dispatches’ Storehouse of Knowledge. Dispatches contributor and longtime expat Nina Avramović Trninić has...
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12.3KIn Europe, luxury fashion brands eschew e-commerce for prime locations in Paris, Milan and London
Call it the Amazon Syndrome: The culture, the economy and the Internet are conspiring to limit brick-and-mortar retail expansion in the United...
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5.9KThree-day BNP Paribas fintech hackathon coming in June to 8 cities including Berlin, Istanbul
You gotta ask yourself, “What’s up with BNP Paribas Bank?” This giant Paris-based bank – third-largest in the world ranked by assets...
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8.2KExpat Essentials: For business travelers, Wi-Fi on trains still hit-or-miss across Europe
I travel. A lot. Which is the norm for many expats living in Europe, especially corporate executives. My preferred mode of intercontinental...
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6.3KLes Halles project, Réinventer Paris initiative are transforming the City of Light
When our expat family first moved to Germany in 2002, we decided to head for Paris, only four hours away by car....
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6.1KEindhoven briefing: G-Therapeutics raises 36 million euro A-round; Merkel to visit High Tech Campus
Eindhoven is the most important high-tech innovation center you’ve never heard of, but it’s making news this week. G-Therapeutics, based both in...
