The expat guides: dive into life abroad

Sports in Ghent

Keeping fit and staying active in Ghent is straightforward once you know where to look, but the city's infrastructure rewards those who plan ...

Leisure in Ghent

You've just arrived in Ghent, and you're figuring out how to spend your weekends, your evenings, and your days off. The city makes that ...

Eating out in Ghent

Ghent's food scene spans four distinct registers: Flemish comfort classics, a plant-based dining culture that earned the city an official ...

Renting in Ghent

You've found an apartment listing in Ghent that looks perfect, but by the time you reply, it's already gone. That's the reality of ...

Getting around Ghent

Settling into a new city means figuring out how to get around before almost anything else. In Ghent, that question has a clearer answer than in most ...

Education in Lima

Lima's school year starts in March and runs to December, the reverse of the northern hemisphere calendar: a timing gap that catches many ...

Study in Lima

Before enrolling in any Lima university, one check is non-negotiable: the institution must appear on the licensed-university registry maintained by ...

Eating out in Lima

You've just moved to Lima and already have a sense that food here operates differently from anywhere else you've lived. A full cooked lunch ...

How to find a job in Ghent

Ghent has a split personality as an employment market: a medieval university city that is also home to one of Europe's major seaports. That ...

Sports in Lima

Lima is synonymous with football fandom, yet the city runs one of the most accessible public sports networks in the region. Through SERPAR's 12 ...

Buying property in Lima

What do most people assume about buying property in Lima as a foreigner? That nationality restrictions or residency requirements will complicate the ...

Networking in Lima

The first weeks after arriving in Lima set the tone for everything that follows: professional relationships here are built through repeated contact, ...

Living in Lima

Lima concentrates Peru's political, commercial, and cultural life into a single sprawling coastal metropolis of 43 districts, and the gap between ...

Leisure activities in Lima

Many expats settling in Lima are surprised by how much of the city's cultural and leisure life is free or genuinely low-cost, and by how little ...

Accommodation in Lima

The first few weeks after arriving in Lima set the tone for everything that follows, and housing is where most newcomers make their most ...

Work in Lima

You've accepted a role in Lima, or you're about to start looking for one. Either way, a few things will shape your experience fast: where ...

Getting around Lima

Lima's metropolitan transport network carries millions of people daily across one of South America's largest cities, yet it remains a ...

Visas for Peru

What visa do you actually need for Peru, and which government body handles it? The answer depends on two separate institutions: the Ministerio de ...

Short-stay visas and entry rules for Peru

Peru sits in an unusual position for short-stay travelers: most visitors from Western Europe, North America, and many other parts of the world arrive ...

Moving to Peru with pets

Many expats who have moved to Peru with pets say the process felt manageable once they understood what it actually depends on: a correctly prepared ...

Getting around Peru

What does getting around Peru look like once the initial excitement of arrival fades and the daily commute begins? The answer depends almost entirely ...