Australian citizen and just recently acquired a European passport through heritage. Want to leave Australia next few years.
Mid twenties work in accounting
Any advice?
Don’t go to the Netherlands, you won’t find a house
I have Italian heritage and learning the language so that’s the obvious choice - but I’m not attached to it.
Haven’t done much Europe travel as an adult
My intention is to live and work somewhere in EU (ideally in accounting or similar)
I’m over living in Melb and want to experience the world
I’d suggest Ireland if we didn’t have an even worse housing crisis that Australia (and shit weather). And yes, I have first hand experience of both rental markets in the last year
Didn’t know Europe had a passport?
Are you being intentionally obtuse? It’s obvious OP is talking about a passport issued from an EU nation. No need to be pedantic here.
Gnashgab aren’t ya.
Depends. Are you independently wealthy, or going to be working remotely and earning a high salary?
If yes, then Italy.
European passport document allows you to live, work, study, and retire anywhere in the EU. Not the whole European continent. Your choice is limited to the 27 member states of the European Union (EU).
To provide you with a more concrete answer I need to know what are your main criteria for determining the best EU country. Is it job opportunity? Quality of life? Cost of living? Culture and language?
From an accountant job perspective, the best countries would be Germany, Switzerland, or The Netherlands.
From a cost of living perspective Poland, Romania, Croatia, or Bulgaria may be considered, but I don’t know if you could deal with the Eastern European cultures.My take it your wishes would converge more around career development so taking into account job prospects, salaries, quality of life, and costs, the Netherlands stands out as a good option.
Above is as much advise as I could provide given the limited info.
Just a note, Croatia is Southeastern Europe - they really don’t like being called Eastern European.
No one likes being called Eastern European.
Thats literally what Croatia is though
Germany is seriously the worst option possible.
You have to do a technical graduation to be able to work and have C1 level of language proficiency.
What’s so bad about Eastern European cultures?
Talking from NL, before you even think about coming here: make sure you find a SOLID place to rent. We are fully overbooked.
If you are able to get into a remote work position that would be ideal. That would let you travel around to the different options you have and live for a while in every place to get a feel for it. Europe is not monolithic, so it would be good to experience the different options and see what you feel best with.
You’d have to look into job requirements and/or housing stuff.
Netherlands, Germany are solid choices language-wise if you’re an English speaker. Denmark or other scandinavian countries are also good choices to live.
Most of these countries are multicultural, wealthy and prosperous.Luxembourg has a lot of finance jobs. Some only require English. Good wages and quality of life, but housing is expensive and if you crave sunshine you won’t like the weather.
NETHERLANDS
Ask again in the next few years. Things are very volatile most everywhere (atm and for the foreseeable future), in case you haven’t noticed.
I’d recommend the UK, but if you can’t deal with the climate or you simply don’t like the idea, my second preferred option is Spain. Lovely climate, lovely people, lovely culture. You still need to make a transition that takes time and effort, and which will last you a lifetime. Might as well make it for something that is genuinely great from all perspectives.
Netherlands, we have a huuuge shortage in accountants and the salaries high
Also a shortage in housing lol
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Learn the language of your heritage country or stay home.