Off Duty

Cuddly Toys & Actual Lions: Moving to Cape Town with My Kids

26 July 2022 · by InterNations_CC

In this guest post, InterNations Founder Malte explains what it means to relocate with a family of six from Germany to South Africa and shares some tips on moving with children. Previously, he discussed his expat experience from a business perspective in this article.

After years spent in Munich, relocating to Cape Town let him put his expat shoes back on and relive the experience of our community members. A customer-centric mindset was also essential to persuade four legally non-competent, but very powerful stakeholders to join him in South Africa — his children.

*Malte on a hike exploring his new home*

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Off Duty: What Do You Love Best about Your City?

1 December 2021 · by Margit Grobbel

*Find out what our team members love about their cities!*

To celebrate our Expat City Ranking 2021 getting published today, we have asked some of the InterNations team members what they most appreciate about the city they’re currently living in. Find out what expats and locals, long-term residents and new arrivals love about cities from Cape Town to Vilnius.

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Off Duty: Six Stances on Sustainability in the InterNations Team

17 September 2021 · by Margit Grobbel

Does sustainability play a major role in your personal life? Do you eat only locally grown food, compost organic household waste, and ride your bike everywhere? Or are you fairly new to this topic and find such behavior a bit puzzling?

InterNations introduced our Sustainability Initiative in January 2020, and we officially became a carbon-neutral company about a year ago. Looking back at this milestone, we were interested in what individual team members think about this issue. We’ve asked six of them how they view sustainability in general and what role, if any, it plays in their life. The resulting range of opinions is rather wide — and hopefully thought provoking.

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Off Duty: Our Favorite Cities All around the World

3 December 2020 · by Margit Grobbel

Last week, we published the results of the Expat City Ranking 2020, presenting the best- and worst-rated cities for expats worldwide. This also provided the perfect opportunity to ask some of the InterNations team members about the cities they have lived in. Here, they share stories about their favorite cities across the globe — fond memories of carefree travel, moments of culture shock, and personal tips for expat destinations from Paris to Melbourne.

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Off Duty: How Language Changed Their Lives

23 October 2020 · by Margit Grobbel

The InterNations Team is not only international, but also multilingual. In total, our team members speak about 40 languages fluently, and many are passionate about language learning. For InterNations Language Week, they talk about the impact that various languages have had on their lives.

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