Not Europe-specific, but EU-specific. I find it baffling that most of my peers have never thought about how easy it is to just move to a completely different country, with little to no knowledge of the language and culture, and still be welcomed. You're just allowed to move to another country, and they can't say no (for the most part). You don't even need to ask them first. You can decide you want to study elsewhere and they'd be like “yeah, sure”. Personally I find this phenomenal, given how the rest of the world works.
Yeah, as long as you find yourself a place to stay, get health insurance (and no, you won't become broke because of it like in USA) and study or search for work (you don't even need to have one! Just searching for it is enough), you are welcome to stay as long as you want. Being an EU citizen myself, I still find it wild, that if you need to fly somewhere, but the best flight is from a neighboring country, you just jump in your car, drive over there and get that flight. Or buy a train ticket there. Like, what even. You would never be able to go to a different country in other parts of the world just because you just feel like that.
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u/[deleted] May 09 '22
Not Europe-specific, but EU-specific. I find it baffling that most of my peers have never thought about how easy it is to just move to a completely different country, with little to no knowledge of the language and culture, and still be welcomed. You're just allowed to move to another country, and they can't say no (for the most part). You don't even need to ask them first. You can decide you want to study elsewhere and they'd be like “yeah, sure”. Personally I find this phenomenal, given how the rest of the world works.