All posts tagged "Netherlands"
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10.3KExpat EssentialsNew for 2019 (updated): Europe’s best winter ski/music festivals and spring break destinations
This is the time of year everyone is planning for the spring adventures, and that’s when the majority of ski/music festivals happen...
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Jackie Harding: Shopping is the one experience that tests expats wherever we go
One of life’s common experiences that becomes a daily adventure for expats is the thrill known here in the Netherlands as “boodschappen”...
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Third Culture Kids are the antidote to the Brexit/Trump madness engulfing the world
In 1999 when we were moving our family to Turkey, so many friends told my wife Cheryl and me they’d love to...
- 249.3KLifestyle & Culture
Europe’s outlet centers (updated): Ultra-luxury at (almost) affordable prices, along with mid-priced brands
(Editor’s note: This list of Europe’s best outlet centers is one of our first – and by far most popular– on Dispatches’s...
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New for 2019 (updated): Dispatches’ list of the best universities in Europe for expat students (Pt. 1)
The anti-immigrant policies of the Trump Administration are yielding unintended consequences for one of the United States’ biggest industries: higher education. It used...
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The setting and collection make the Kröller-Müller the world’s greatest unknown museum
One of the best aspects of expat life is traveling to places you’ve never even heard of, much less knew you simply...
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Dispatches fields expats’ questions about how Amazon works (or doesn’t) in Europe (updated)
The question Dispatches get most often from expats isn’t about visas or international schools or even about careers. It’s about Amazon. To...
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New for 2018: Dispatches’ list of Europe’s five best countries for expats
This is an historic moment, with Trump in the White House and Britain moving toward a no-deal Brexit. So a LOT of...
- 25.3KLifestyle & Culture
New for 2018: Dispatches’ list of the Netherlands’ best music festivals (updated)
Take it from us: When it comes to music festivals, no country parties like the Netherlands. Exhibit A: The Flying Dutch, which...
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Amsterdam alternatives: Dispatches’ Top 10 Dutch destinations for expat explorers
As DIY expats shopping for a new country, we considered the Netherlands at least in part because we used to enjoy trips...
