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Planning a trip to or just arrived in your new country of residence? Expatica’s Country factbook series offers in-depth profiles of Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. Topics include geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. What about the monarchy and history of your adopted land, or the people, the culture, the public...

This in-depth profile of the Netherlands includes geography, people, government, economy and transnational issues.

09/03/2009 Which waste goes where in Belgium?

Local green expats from Sunbeams.eu offer this useful guide to the white, blue, green, yellow... and the rest.

02/03/2009 Getting around and about Paris: A bird's eye view

Thirza Vallois offers an overview of a city of perpetual change, a hectic building site of destruction and reconstruction.

16/11/2008 Specter of financial wipeout haunts Germans

Germans are haunted as few other nations can be by memories of most of their money practically vanishing during the 20th century.

09/09/2009 An introduction to the Netherlands

The newcomer to the Lowlands will be forgiven for not knowing quite what to expect, after tales of windmills, clogs, dikes and tulips. Expatica offers the layman a whistle-stop tour of life in the modern Netherlands.

04/02/2009 The History of Belgium: Part two

More tales of a small country with this week's exciting installment: From the Franks to Feudal Society. Charlemagne was Belgian shock! Belgium responsible for crusades horror! Belgium becomes wasteland (again)!