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Most conversations about culture shock focus on the country around you: the language, the food, the way people queue or do not queue. For a European free mover heading to…

Fabio Pellini
August 8, 2026
6 min read
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I want to write this one differently. Everything else on this site is practical: documents, deadlines, credit recognition, the mechanics of getting from application to admission. This article is not…

Fabio Pellini
August 2, 2026
8 min read

Search “free mover semester in Spain,” or Italy, or wherever you have in mind, and you’ll land on real accredited universities alongside a handful of lookalikes that aren’t. Some of…

Fabio Pellini
July 18, 2026
5 min read
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A summer school is not a smaller semester, it is a different instrument with a different set of trade-offs, and almost every one of those trade-offs traces back to a…

Fabio Pellini
July 10, 2026
6 min read

wearefreemovers is proud to partner with Uniplaces, the trusted platform for student housing in Europe. As a free mover, you can enjoy an exclusive 15% discount on your next booking…

Fabio Pellini
June 16, 2026
4 min read
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Fabio Pellini
June 15, 2026
5 min read

A semester abroad does not automatically improve your career prospects. It depends on the career you are going after, how you went abroad, and whether you can explain it clearly….

Fabio Pellini
June 12, 2026
6 min read

You arrive in your host country, settle into your dorm or flat, find your favorite café, and start figuring out the local transport. A few weeks in, a long weekend…

Fabio Pellini
June 6, 2026
8 min read

Most students who never apply as free movers do not make an active decision against it. They make a passive assumption that it is not for them, based on something…

Fabio Pellini
May 11, 2026
6 min read