The best Expat Life newsletters

A Berlin-focused newsletter in English covering local politics, housing, transport and city life for residents without German citizenship. It combines news summaries on topics like coalition talks with a personal, witty voice and event promotion.

A Paris-based journalist and author shares news, essays, interviews and recommendations about life in France. Recent issues cover a series of interviews with Americans who moved abroad, reporting on French youth and school protests, and book recommendations from Provence.

A weekly roundup of practical tips and curated links for people who travel while working, covering gear, airlines, money, connectivity and destination costs. The author adds first-hand experience from recent trips in Asia and Central Asia.

A personal blog of short, first-person essays drawing on everyday experiences living and traveling in Hong Kong and China. Readers get observations on travel, service culture, and expatriate life, along with the author's opinions.

Practical guides for Americans, mainly those 50+, on choosing a country to retire or relocate to, covering visas, income requirements, taxes, insurance and safety rankings. The writer draws on survey data and client stories, and uses the issues to promote a paid Plan B consulting program and paid subscriptions.

A personal blog by a New Zealander living in Taiwan, covering everyday life such as shoe shopping, Chinese naming, and making friends. Readers get light, self-deprecating observations on cultural differences and practical notes on settling in.

A personal travel memoir newsletter telling first-person stories of living and working abroad as a remote worker, across places like Portugal, Kenya, Mauritius and Tunisia. Readers get anecdotal, humorous accounts of expat life, culture shock and the origins of a nomadic lifestyle.

Expatra's newsletter covers the realities of moving and retiring abroad, with investigative pieces on countries such as Belize and Costa Rica and practical guides like visa and cost breakdowns for Ireland. Readers get country-specific figures on living costs, healthcare, immigration rules and safety, though the sample mixes sensational framing with sponsored insurance content.