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Have you ever been to Netherlands? Are you thinking to move there? Netherlands (also often referred as Holland) is a small country in the North of Europe famous mostly for its "infamous" Red light district and Coffee-shops". If you never been there…

Let's be honest, the word culture shock is kinda of scary. I think almost any expat has heard of it and most of them get scared, the word shock itself is not encouraging. culture shock Wikipedia refers to culture shock as "the personal…

Canary island is an archipelago situated to the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. Is a favorite place for tourist because of the sub-tropical weather and the…

Lorenzo< from Italy here wants to share his experience as Italian in Denmark. If you would like to share your experience too, send an email to info at thexpatmagazine.com. Leaving your beloved, the home where you grew up, the smells and horizons…

Germany, among the european countries, is indeed the one that had less problems with crisis and is one of the leader of European Union. But there is a small category of companies that is having serious troubles to survive in this country and the…

Iceland is well known as the most peaceful country in the world, but recently the police shot and kill a man, for the first time on his history , since it's a republic , thus from 1944. "The nation is in shock" reported a person working at the…

The Global peace index is the ranking of the most peaceful countries in the world. The list is compiled by the IEP (institute for economics and peace) since 2007. Here his the latest list of the most peaceful countries in the world. 1 Iceland. This…

The Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander  said Securing economic growth is and will remain our government’s top priority. Canada is in a global competition for the best and brightest immigrants, and this plan is crafted…

Switzerland approved with a referendum a new law to limitate immigration in the country. After a very uncertain exit poll the yes won for 50.3%. The European Union did not like the move of Switzerland, which goes against the agreements taken…

Italy is a beautiful country with a lot of traditions and a lot, a lot of good food :). The friendly attitude of Italians is contagious and if you live with them for a long time, you cannot avoid to start acting like them. Here there are 10 signs…

Europe is full of history. Netherlands is one of these countries with a long history and for Us living overseas most of this history is completely unknown. This funny video will guide you trough the Dutch history and explain  the difference between…