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Episode 09 – P2P Lending in Denmark

Episode 09 – P2P Lending in Denmark

In today’s episode we interview Jørgen from Denmark about peer to peer lending, how to do your p2p lending research and diversifying your portfolio with real estate. An awesome episode. What we talk about: Reaching FI in Denmark P2P lending and what it’s about The best research strategy Crowdlending vs index funds How to get started with p2p Real estate His FI journey Let’s get to it! ? Subscribe for new episodes on Itunes, Android or Spotify! direct download especially for Kamil…

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Episode 08 – Getting started with Dividend Growth Investing

Episode 08 – Getting started with Dividend Growth Investing

Hello and welcome to Episode 8 of the Financial Independence Europe podcast! Today I (Araminta) had the pleasure of interviewing my co-host Alvar, someone who has quite a lot to say on dividend growth investing. It was a lot of fun interviewing him in my room in Edinburgh – we’re still getting the hang of this and let’s just say poor Alvar had a lot of editing to do. ? Subscribe for new episodes on Itunes, Android or Spotify! Anyway, without further…

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Episode 07 – Get to FI in Dubai

Episode 07 – Get to FI in Dubai

Welcome to episode 07 of our FI Europe podcast! Today I had the honour of interviewing Steve from Dead Simple Saving, a Brit who’s worked all the way in Dubai and has now reached Financial Independence. Since both my co-hosts were away at the time (one with a new baby and one on a plane), I was the sole interviewer and it was my first time in person! I was a little nervous at first, but Steve was a great…

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Episode 06 – How to live on 600€ a month in Vienna

Episode 06 – How to live on 600€ a month in Vienna

Very excited to putting out this episode today! We’re interviewing Angelo and Sofia all the way in Vienna, Austria because they have accomplished something astonishing: living on 600€ month each in a pretty expensive city. How do they do it? What do they live off? Will they do this forever? Listen to the episode or read on to find out 😉 (and this is my (Araminta) first time interviewing!) ? Subscribe for new episodes on Itunes, Android or Spotify! Who are Angelo…

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Episode 05 – FIRE Yourself to Switzerland

Episode 05 – FIRE Yourself to Switzerland

Hello and welcome to the fifth episode here at Financial Independence Europe! Today we’re interviewing Mr RIP (Mr Retire in Progress, no he’s not dying), an Italian living in Switzerland and with an awesome blog on his FI journey. As usual, we recommend listening in. If not, here’s a cool summary for you.   ? Subscribe for new episodes on Itunes, Android or Spotify! Who is Mr RIP? After being given the option to change locations of his job as a software…

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Episode 04 – Travel hack yourself to FI

Episode 04 – Travel hack yourself to FI

Hello and welcome to the IV episode of FI Europe (yes that means four). In this episode we discuss different travel perspectives from 3 different people, some cool travel hacks and preparing for unexpected expenses. And this time, our guest is… me, the blogger! Travel perspective 1: digital nomading The first travel perspective we analyse is mine (Araminta); I’m currently doing a backpacking tour round South America and trying to balance it with online work and study. How it started…

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Episode 03 – The European FI Community

Episode 03 – The European FI Community

Hello and welcome to the third Financial Independence Europe episode! We interview the Whatlifecouldbe couple about the real deal of financial independence in Europe, how cool geoarbitrage is and how to live waste free. An interesting episode; listen to it, read it, share it!   Who are the Whatlifecouldbe couple? Their names are Mr and Mrs White (nice and mysterious) and they currently live in Romania. They met in Germany, where Emma was working as a translator and Robert was…

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Episode 02 – 002 Reaching Financial Independence as a Business Consultant | Barbara Lampl

Episode 02 – 002 Reaching Financial Independence as a Business Consultant | Barbara Lampl

Episode 02   Welcome to the very first Financial Independence Europe podcast interview! A huge honour to be interviewing Barbara Lampl, one of the top three female German fintech influencers, owner of a successful fintech consulting company and veteran startup investor. Yes, a pretty big deal. Mathias met her in a FinTech meetup in Cologne and had the great idea to do the interview – and thank God he did because Barbara has some banging advice for fellow European FIers….

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Episode 01 – A Little Intro | Alvar & Matthias

Episode 01 – A Little Intro | Alvar & Matthias

Howdy! Welcome to the FIRST EVER EPISODE of the Financial Independence Europe Podcast. We’re all very excited. In this episode we introduce the hosts of the podcast, talk about what a market crash is and what the FI Europe podcast is all about.  The hosts Our podcast is mainly hosted by Mathias and Alvar, although Niels will pop in from time to time. Araminta (that’s me) is the blogger behind the posts. So we start with a nice little introduction…

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Hello and Welcome!

Hello and Welcome!

Welcome, Willkommen and Bienvenue. This is the Financial Independence Europe podcast, where we talk about reaching Financial Independence (FI) in Europe (surprise, surprise). What is FI? What is FI in Europe? Why FI? Why a podcast? A lot of questions – let’s get started. Who we are My name’s Araminta and I’m the one in charge of the writing. I can be funny sometimes – get ready. I’m a half Spanish half Scottish college student living in Edinburgh, Scotland and…

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