After years of testing a variety of traditional and online banks, we’ve found N26 to be the best banking experience that offers truly impressive benefits at extremely low fees. With features like free worldwide ATM withdrawals, exceptional travel insurance coverage, and an intuitive, powerful app, we believe N26 is the best bank for most consumers,…
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The 15 Coolest Neighborhoods in the World in 2021
The 15 Coolest Neighborhoods in the World in 2020 Choosing the 15 coolest neighborhoods in the world is not an easy task. Why? For one, finding the trendiest districts in town is a never-ending mission. Yesterday’s happening ‘hoods are soon gentrified and transformed by upmarket influences, a process which tends to push out the young…
TransferWise Review
After sending hundreds of international money transfers with the big banks and other online services, we’ve found TransferWise to be the best, least expensive international money transfer service on the market. With fees up to 8x less than the banks, an easy-to-use app and web interface and excellent customer support, we believe TransferWise is the…
Hacking Amazon Abroad
Hacking Amazon Abroad Does Amazon ship internationally? Yes, and this extremely simple, 2-step method will show you exactly how to get any item shipped here, even those items that Amazon won’t ship outside of the USA. [March 2018 Update: Due to extremely high demand for country-specific guides, we’ve added a post for each of the following…
Is Food Poisoning Contagious?
Food Poisoning & Stomach Flu: Similar, But Still Different Beasts There’s a large misunderstanding about food poisoning that needs to be addressed right off the top: food poisoning and the stomach flu are different beasts. Stomach flu, which is normally a gastrointestinal illness known as norovirus, is also called the stomach virus, winter virus, winter…
One Night In Zimbabwe
Cover Photo by Steven Chikosi One Night in Zimbabwe was experienced and recalled by Simon Yugler. With a background in anthropology, Simon has lived on the banks of the Nile, traveled East Africa overland, studied with a family of Amazonian shamans, and is an experiential educator and trip leader working internationally with young adults. The elders filtered…
Quit Your Job And Travel
QUIT YOUR JOB AND TRAVEL If you’re like many people today, you dream of a life where you quit your job and travel the world. So why not make that life a reality? The changing landscape of the world today is pushing the odds more and more into your favour, so if there’s ever been…
The 9 Most Creative Cities In The World
The 9 Most Creative Cities In The World What is the world’s most creative city right now? And in which cities are the creative class spending their time? It’s no surprise that the answers to these questions change often, but we’ve dug deep to discover where the world’s creatives are congregating. Here they are, the 9…
3 Ways to Move to Canada from the USA
“Move to Canada from USA” That search term – “move to Canada from USA” – hit Google like the plague a few days ago as hundreds of millions of Americans hit the ballots to vote for their next President. And though the results came as surprising to many, the time has come: Donald Trump will…