The most international city of its size in Europe: you can build a career and a social life entirely in English. Great beer, food and rail connections; grey weather and patchy urban upkeep are the flip side.
What the economy runs on
EU institutions, lobbying, consulting, NGOs.
Worth weighing
High taxes and a chaotic housing/admin split across communes.
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