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Here’s a nettle. Grab it.
Imagine if, when you get out of your house one sunny autumn day in Brussels, the boulevard, normally over-crowded by snaked-shaped car lines near your street is completely car-less. Imagine if this boulevard for once gets filled with bikes and roller blades instead, let’s say ten, hundreds of them… If you are already picturing that [...]
Going Dutch in Brussels
People always think that I’m a nutter or at least come from Mars when I admit that when I moved to Brussels for work three years ago I spoke Dutch but didn’t know a single word in French. (No, I am not Dutch.) OK, it can happen that you move to Brussels and don’t speak [...]
Bruxelles et moi
Another one of those occasional stories about “how I ended up here” – this time from Marko, our most recent arrival. We learn of hitherto unsuspected similarities between Brussels and Tangiers…
Behind the screen – Open day on May, 8th
If you ever wondered if we look as good IRL as in our videos and photos, if you’d like to know more about the way we work, where you can find the EP online and if you happen to pass by Brussels this Saturday, May 8th – then you definetely should come and meet us [...]
Young, dynamic, creative? It’s time to join!
The rumours were louder and louder in the last weeks… And now it’s official. The new competition to enter the European institutions has been launched this week. I was in this situation about two years ago, I know how it is, how people feel… Let’s hope the competition will reach its aims: recruiting specialists and opening its door to people from all over Europe.
Friends from work
The European Parliament is probably an institution with the biggest numbers of friendships at work. Why? One would say there is no other choice. Other would say there is a very clear choice. At one point Belgians and other friends appeared but lion’s share of my friends were still about to pass by in my work [...]
Beware of the leaking ceiling
“I have got a scholarship, they call it the Schuman scholarship, and I am coming to Brussels in the beginning of October. How do I do to get an apartment?” The question in an email from a friend’s friend made me remember my own first couple of months in Brussels and my first mistakes in [...]
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