All posts tagged "Expat Essentials"
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276Expat EssentialsNavigating Brussels: How to get a MOBIB public transport card
Besides signing up at the municipality (gemeente or commune), there are two or three things you should try to organize when moving...
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Mónica Da Silva: My amazing experience going to the emergency room in Germany
(Editor’s note: Dispatches is not disclosing details of the health emergency due to medical privacy concerns.) Unfortunately, the expat life isn’t just...
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DIY Expat: Read this before you try to move to the Netherlands from the U.S.
(Editor’s note: This post detailing the process for how we as DIY American expats moved to the Netherlands has updated since it...
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Terry Boyd: Eindhoven is about to get a lot more crowded; here’s what it’s like living here now
(Editor’s note: This post about living in Eindhoven is part of our Tech Tuesday series. Dispatches covers tech because Europe’s economies depend...
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Heat in Greece, Pt. 2: A summer survival guide
(Editor’s note: This is Pt. 2 of a two-part post about extreme heat in Greece. You can jump to Pt. 1 here.)...
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Battling BOL.com (updated): The company that hopes unhappy consumers will just give up and go away
(Author’s note: This post has been updated after BOL agreed to a refund. But it wasn’t easy. This is a cautionary tale...
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Polya Pencheva: Surviving the Brussels Commune registration
Registering at the municipality (Gemeente) – or as they call it in Brussels, “the commune” – is alengthy process. It can be...
