A TCK’s Journey at a Crossroads

This time, our blog doesn’t talk about exploring the world through running, but rather about metaphorical crossroads and personal journeys. Guest blogger Joyce describes growing up as a Third Culture Kid (TCK) and searching for her own identity. For all the TCKs that I have met and known out there, it is never a journey [...]

Expats in History: A Zanzibari Princess in Germany

Our Activity Groups Manager Franziska reflects on the life of one of her historic role models, Sayyida Salima bint Said, born as a princess of Oman and Zanzibar and later known as Emily Ruete. In 2011, I stumbled upon the newest book by Nicole C. Vosseler, a German novelist. “Stars over Zanzibar” promised a good [...]

Just Passing Through, Amigo?

British expat Simon muses about drift and determination in Munich’s expat circles and finds that many of his expat friends have decided not to move to the UK again once their job has come to an end. So what attracts a British expat to life in Germany? As I ordered a burrito in Taco Libre [...]

The First of the Last … for Now!

This week sees the final round of introduction of our new Local Communities. Read on to find out more about the cities and the local InterNations crowd. Birmingham, UK With a population of over 1 million, Birmingham is second only to London in terms of numbers. The city has come a long way since spearheading [...]

May Madness at P1 in Munich

The Munich InterNations Community’s May Event took place at the stylish club P1. With 1,334 people on the guest list from 87 different nationalities – the highest number in InterNations history – the Event was quite a hit! Located behind the famous Munich Haus der Kunst, the P1 club is renowned among the party-loving Munich [...]

Founder’s Diary: Duesseldorf, May 2011

InterNations co-founder Malte Zeeck visited the Duesseldorf Expat Community’s May Event in order to say goodbye to the Ambassadors and look around for potential new ones. He also met up with the Bonn Community Ambassador to chat about future Events. Read on to find out what he experienced! 185 members on the guest list is [...]

New InterNations Expat Communities: Stuttgart, Heidelberg, Regensburg

Especially in Germany, we added a batch of several InterNations Local Communities about two weeks ago. In addition to splitting our previous Rhineland Community into three separate ones for the cities of Bonn, Cologne, and Dusseldorf, we also wanted to create a proper InterNations home for our members in some local groups based in southern [...]

Team Diary: Impressions from an InterNations Event Novice

Rafaela, our social media marketing intern, attended her first InterNations event last week. It looks like she had a great time… Oh Baby! was my first InterNations event, and I’m sure I will never forget it. I am from Austria and moved to Munich in January, when I started my internship at InterNations. Since I [...]

Founder’s Diary – Frankfurt After-Work Party @ SkyClub

InterNations co-founder Malte Zeeck paid a visit to our Frankfurt Community last week – here are some of his impressions from his short trip: It’s only a three hour train ride from Munich, but Frankfurt – the financial and international hub of Germany – is completely different from the larger, yet more laid-back city near [...]

“Let It Snow, Let It snow, Let It Snow!” — The InterNations Christmas Team Event 2010

It was indeed this popular Christmas hit that happened to be on the radio when all team members were crammed into the back of a rental mini-bus, heading for the Tegernsee, a lake resort and popular recreation area in the Bavarian Alps. The weather gods, however, didn’t need any extra encouragement. It had been snowing [...]