Don’t get me wrong – I love being an expat. I love being able to roam around the beautiful streets of a historic city, not having to pile on a thousand layers before leaving the house in November and, of course, the delicious red wine (amongst other things).
But I won’t get carried away writing about [...]

In 2004, a great fear took over France, as the entry of the Eastern European countries announced the arrival of the “Polish plumber”. France’s social system would be submerged by cheap workers, who would destroy the welfare state under their pressure and demand for benefits. The country restricted access to its labour market to the [...]

We are pleased to announce that the Hungarian guide is now available in German.
Hungary is one of the most attractive destinations for German expats – not only for its beautiful landscape and culture but also for economic relationships. In addition, Germans have always had a strong relationship with Hungary. Today about 3% of the Hungarian [...]

We are pleased to announce that the Switzerland guide is now available in French. France and Switzerland have a strong influence on one another. The French Swiss are well informed of their neighbour’s internal affairs. Indeed, the TSR (French Swiss TV) is scheduled so as to allow their viewers to watch the French news.
Today 150.000 [...]

We are pleased to announce that the Turkey Expat guide is now available in German.
Turkey is becoming increasingly attractive to German expats for various reasons. Being one of the most popular holiday destinations for German tourists, many of them fall in love with the beautiful beaches and the friendly Turkish people.
In addition, the Turkish economy [...]

We´re pleased to announce the launch of our India expatriate guide. It includes information on visas, work, housing, health, and more, making it the perfect resource if you are travelling or moving to India.
In 2000, India’s expatriate community was relatively small with only about six million foreigners living and working in India and migration rates [...]

We are happy to announce the Just Landed community pages are now available in Italian! The language is spoken by over 70 million people around the world and its expat community is one of the largest and most widespread. Of course the old emigration of the past century comes to mind, the typical image [...]

Just Landed’s community and services are now available in Danish. We’re happy to make it easier for its 6 million speakers. Big thanks to Cathrine Grage who made this happen. She works with translations from these languages into Danish on a daily basis. See www.bureaucat.dk and www.cathrinegrage.dk
Some Danish trivia:
- Danish pastry in Denmark is called [...]

We’re excited to announce the launch of our Turkey expatriate guide. In our guide we have assembled information on visas, property, health, and more, making our Turkey guide the perfect resource if you are traveling or moving to Turkey.
Turkey was once a relatively poor country with a weak economy, but in recent years it has [...]

You might have noticed that some parts of Just Landed suddenly started looking a bit different recently (see http://community.justlanded.com or http://jobs.justlanded.com for an idea of what I am talking about. This blog and the Guides part of the site are still on the old look and will change soon. The main objective was to make [...]