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A Stockholm-based expat explains the true meaning behind a Swedish word that should only be used in the right context.

A sun-seeking Californian discovers a whole new world of adventure travel in the snow.

AFAR writer Lisa Abend is a serial expat. She knows she’s officially settled in to a new home when she gains a true understanding of local etiquette.

A couple embarked on a two-year European adventure, moving to a new country each month with their dog, Chloe. Here’s how they did it.

A couple returns to the Mexican city where they lived in their youth to see how it—and they—have changed.

Michael Evans went to Argentina to clear his head. Twelve years and a booming business later, he has no intention of leaving.

From Afghanistan to Sierra Leone, photographer Maria de la Guardia finds beauty and purpose in the most misunderstood corners of the world. Here, she shares the complicated realities of documenting stories during war.

As a kid moving from one hotel to the next, AFAR deputy editor Jennifer Flowers found nourishment in family rituals. Here, she shares her secret for beating homesickness.

Parag Khanna, author of “Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization,” shares how to raise multicultural, multilingual, all-American kids.

Writer Anna Pellicioli and her husband raise three children in a Foreign Service home. What helps her power through sticky situations on the road? A good sense of humor and faith in humanity.

Maximilian Büsser, founder of the avant-garde Swiss watch brand MB&F, reveals the true Dubai—much more than just shopping malls.

Magazine-editor-turned-mariner Amy Paulsen squeezed her family of four into a sailboat and let the winds guide their adventures. What they found in Barcelona, however, was a reason to stay put.

It’s in Calistoga, one of the valley’s popular towns.

A father, mother, and daughter packed their lives into a 4x4 vehicle and traveled South America on a mission to explore and photograph its diversity. Here’s what happened.

The route began service in 1912, then shut down in 2009.