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From Expat to “Repat”: Your Home (& Heart) Won’t Be the Same

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It’s easy to forget, but returning to your home country is often the final stage of your expat journey. Many internationals underestimate the challenges of going from expat to “re-patriate”.

We wanted to get insights on what coming back home after years as an expat is really like. So we decided to ask some of our team members who recently returned from a stay abroad.

Was it easy to pick up where they left off? Are they still reeling from the reverse culture shock? And what advice would they give to expats currently considering their own repatriation?

Find out what three of the InterNations team members had to say.

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Working Abroad: What Relocating to Germany Is Really Like

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Are you dreaming of working in an international environment? Would you rather be a foreign assignee or a digital nomad? What are the best destinations for women working abroad? And will Germany succeed in attracting more global talent?

In this series, InterNations will be discussing the various pros and cons of an international career.

Three of our team members share how they view Germany as an expat destination.
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Cuddly Toys & Actual Lions: Moving to Cape Town with My Kids

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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?

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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

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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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