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Welcome to our community section, where expatriates, digital nomads, and international professionals share their real-world experiences living and working abroad.

These aren't polished travel brochures—they're honest accounts of the challenges, triumphs, and everyday realities of life in a foreign country. Whether you're planning your first move abroad or you're a seasoned expat looking for fresh perspectives, you'll find valuable insights here.

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Articles are organized by country to help you find relevant experiences for your destination of interest.

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Asia

New Teacher in a New Country: My JET Spring in Japan

Retiring in Malaysia on the MM2H: Finding Home in Penang

Teaching in Muscat: Finding My Footing as an International School Teacher

Joining a Multinational in Singapore: What the Employment Pass Didn’t Tell Me

Starting on EPIK in South Korea: Visa, Hangul, and Finding My Place

Building My Online Business in Thailand as a Digital Nomad

Bridging Threads: My Winter Buying Trip in Istanbul’s Textile Markets

Transferred to Dubai: Numbers, Nuance, and a New Life

Opening a Fusion Kitchen in Saigon, One Winter Morning at a Time

Europe

Winter Overture: Joining a Vienna Symphony as a Newcomer

Moving to Brussels for EU Affairs: A Summer of Forms, Friends, and Finding My Voice

Skippering the Adriatic: A Croatian Summer at the Helm

Remote Crypto Entrepreneur in Cyprus

Opening a Brewery in Prague: Foam, Forms, and Finding My Place

Riding Into Research: My First Spring in Copenhagen as a Postdoc

From Tokyo Debugger to Helsinki Game Dev: My First Autumn on a Specialist Permit

An Autumn Residency in Paris: Building a Life in the French Art Scene

Spring Notes from a PhD Lab in Germany

Remote Worker Seeking Island Life in Greece

My Spring Semester as a Medical Exchange Student in Budapest

Finding My Footing as a Renewable Energy Specialist in Iceland

My Master’s in Ireland: Finding My Feet in Dublin as a Data Science Student

Uprooting to Milan: Our Family’s Move for a Job Transfer

Banking at an EU Institution in Luxembourg: My Cross‑Border Life

Betting on Malta: My iGaming Move and a Summer of Firsts

Freelancing in Amsterdam on the DAFT Visa

An Oil and Gas Engineer on a Skilled Worker Visa in Norway

Coding a Life in Warsaw: Notes from a Ukrainian Dev at a Growing Startup

Swapping Bell Schedules for Church Bells: Our Portugal Retirement

Summer on a 90-Day Clock: A Digital Nomad’s Romania

Moving My Remote Job to Spain: A Summer Start on the Digital Nomad Visa

Winter Beginnings: Starting My Eco Consultancy in Sweden

Basel on a Work Permit: A Pharma Researcher’s First Autumn in Switzerland

A Nurse’s Spring Start in London on a Skilled Worker Visa

North America

Landing in Toronto on Express Entry: A Colombian Engineer’s First Year

Planting Roots in the Green Season: Starting a Sustainable Tourism Project in Costa Rica

Launching My Startup in Mexico: Visas, Nearshoring, and Finding My Rhythm

A Central European Researcher on an H‑1B in the Bay Area

South America

Building Malbec Bridges: A Winter Start in Mendoza

Building a Fintech in São Paulo’s Winter: What I Learned the Hard Way

Building a Startup (and a Life) in Chile on a Remote Schedule

Teaching English at a Medellín Language Academy

Freelancing with a Camera in Ecuador: Building a Quito Base and Reaching the Galápagos

Winter Fields and Quiet Wins: Scouting Farmland and a Life That Fits in Paraguay

Between the Garúa and the Andes: Working Sustainable Agriculture in Peru

Building a Steady Base in Uruguay as a Retired Canadian

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