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Kids in Vienna – things to do for families in Vienna

Kids in Vienna – things to do for families in Vienna

If you relocate to another city with your family, one of the things which can be surprisingly tough to find out are places to go to, which are fun for kids and parents alike. Vienna is a family-friendly city with a whole lot Read More

Useful tips on seeing the doctor in Austria

Useful tips on seeing the doctor in Austria

Moving to another country can be a tedious process and getting to the point, where you are settled in and comfortable with your new home, its people and the subtleties of society there, can take quite a while. Inevitably, at some point, you Read More

Brexit on the horizon – What’s next for the EU?

Brexit on the horizon – What’s next for the EU?

Britain has voted to leave the European Union. Now negotiations start and the process of restructuring the union begin. An example will be set, teaching us how to undo some of the effects of globalization – positive and negative alike – and whether Read More

Brexit: What would happen to expats if Britain left the EU?

Brexit: What would happen to expats if Britain left the EU?

Update: 20th June, 2016 Europe is looking at Britain these days, with the EU referendum just days away, an air of caution, fear and anticipation has taken hold of Europeans. The sentiment on the “continent” seems consistently in favor of a strong union, Read More

Expat Interviews: Vera

Expat Interviews: Vera

Vera is a Russian expat who moved to Vienna after she fell in love with the city while on vacation. Name: Vera Gruber Born: DDR (grew up in Russia) Age: 31   When did you move to Vienna? I moved to Vienna in Read More

Expat Interviews: Adrien

Expat Interviews: Adrien

Adrien is a French expat living in Vienna and the first interviewee in our planed series of Vienna expat interviews. Name: Adrien Born: Tunisia Age: 32   When did you move to Vienna and why? I moved to Vienna in 2009. Before that Read More

Good things they did not tell you in the first place…

Good things they did not tell you in the first place…

A few weeks ago we talked about uncomfortable surprises, that go along with expat life. In order to make up for it, we felt obliged to assemble positive aspects people probably do not anticipate in the first place. Love yourself – treat yourself Read More

Things they did not tell you in the first place…

Things they did not tell you in the first place…

Adventures! New Experience! A MUST on every CV! It even makes you a better person, and worst-case scenario it is only for a while… Expat life sounds great on paper and it is great, but this coin has a flipside too. Here are Read More

Homesickness

Homesickness

Being homesick is a universal feeling, so don’t get frustrated, when you get the blues and miss home, everybody feels this way. And why shouldn’t we experience symptoms of withdrawal, when we leave behind all that is known to us? Moving somewhere is Read More

Voting from abroad

Voting from abroad

„Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his/her country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. The will of the people shall be the basis of the Read More

Transferwise – Money makes the world go round

Transferwise – Money makes the world go round

SPONSORED ARTICLE Somehow it is always the same with good ideas, once a great idea goes public people wonder, how no one could come up with such an obvious improvement earlier, more than that they think to themselves ‘why didn’t I think of Read More

Intercultural Partnerships

Love is blind they say, even scientists, who gleefully point to studies that show how the rush of emotions place blinkers on our brains, shutting down rational thought. Falling’ in love with someone from another culture is hardly a misnomer. We truly prove Read More

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