Expats meet through InterNations

Imagine you’re new to a major city in a foreign country and looking for an occasion to socialise with fellow expats: How about a wine-tasting in Milan’ Visiting an art gallery in Washington D.C’ An international bar night in a Sydney entertainment precinct’ In 2008, over 18,000 expatriates in 100 cities worldwide took advantage of the exclusive social network InterNations.

Already 900 Sydneysiders have joined the network, where Austrian expat of 20 years Gerald Ganglbauer from Ultimo brings a little Gemütlichkeit (cosiness) to expats at the bar of the Albion Place Hotel on the first Wednesday of every month. Global minds from countries as diverse as France and New Zealand, Finland and Brazil gather there for socialising and low-key networking over a few drinks ‘ invited with only a mouseclick. The term ‘global village’ has never been more apt.

To join the worldwide network go to www.internations.org.