Few resources can build a better picture of life in the United Kingdom than our expat blogs maintained by already-established foreigners. Whether these blog writers are recounting great challenges, relaying roll-on-the-floor funny encounters, delivering crucial advice and important tips or reaching out to those around them, their insight affords others a unique and personal glimpse into their prospective new community.

Recommended expat blogs in the United Kingdom

Bringing Up Brits

This blog by Meghan Fenn, author of Bringing Up Brits, highlights stories about being an American expat mom in England. Meghan lives in southeast England with her British husband and their three kids.

►Nationality: American

Oh, The Places We Will Go

Selena is a Texas accountant who married a globe-trotting Englishman. They live in London and love to explore Europe. This blog follows her journey.

►Nationality: American

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Further reading

►For first-hand accounts of life in the UK, see our Expat Experiences in the United Kingdom page

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