LIVING
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What You Need to Know About Spain’s Non-Lucrative Visa
An American expat shares his experience acquiring and renewing the commonly called “retirement visa” in Spain. Read more
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Kate Williams.
A day in the life: Kate Williams
Kate arrived in Barcelona in 2003 on a break from her career as an auctioneer. She fell in love with the city–and weather–and stayed. Read more
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Breaking the Taboo
Subscription condom service Eslapolla opens the dialogue about sex and sexuality to reduce the increasing rates of STIs in Spain. Read more
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Purchasing Property in Spain
Three things you need to know, plus a walk-through of how a typical purchase goes down. Read more
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What’s it like to send your kids to school in Barcelona?
Whether your kids are in school — or aren’t even born yet! — at some point every international family in Barcelona has to think about education. Read more
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Challenges of Expat Dating
Coming to Barcelona alone — as an expat or long-term traveler — you face the challenge of building a new life from scratch. Finding a place to live, finding a new job and then there’s finding a new partner or lover... Read more
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Hell-Bent on Finding Decent Rent
A guide to renting apartments in Barcelona Read more
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Photo courtesy of Barcelona Chamber of Commerce (Flickr).
Open Letter from Albert Torras to the Expat Community
Ramon Masià, expat candidate for the Chamber of Barcelona Read more
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Cross Border Tax Deadlines
The United States is one of only two countries to follow a “citizenship-based taxation” system, which means that American expats face the potentially onerous challenge of navigating income tax responsibilities in two countries every year. Read more
