Planning on moving from the USA to somewhere in the Europe area, ideas?
basically, i want to get out of the states, no reason really other than i want to live somewhere new.
any ideas?
i want to know a few things about your responses:
WHERE?
WHY?
HAVE YOU BEEN THERE?
Do you need a country without extradition by chance ? 
haha, i guess it kinda sounds weird in my original post, but no, I’m just looking to leave the states. after college i plan on moving, so i have some time. i want to move more European areas, i’ve always been fascinated with countries like Sweden, Switzerland, or Norway. but idk. just want to live there for some time.
Visit or live? For long term you need a work permit, depending on your education it is easy or really hard. As an American Canada might be the easiest to get a work permit.
I did the same and moved to Korea for two years after college. During my stay, I traveled all over Asia - Japan, China, Thailand, and much more.
I wouldn’t take it back for anything and it really was the best time of my life. Now it’s been a good while since then…I’m now the marketing director for a major food company and I still look out my window and imagine hopping on the next flight out of town.
Be wary though…some of my friends started the journey with me and they never came back home…
ibiza
Because it is the land of electronic music and incredibly beautiful
i have not been there
Depends on what you want peace, chicks, food, weather.
England if your’e not willing to learn language.
Otherwise there are far more intresting places to live.
Its all about the things you can do.
If your lets say a start-up guy then Nordics are the place to live atm.
Barcelona’s a pretty awesome place to live…
Berlin. Or Copenhagen.
Only during summer season mate, only during summer season.
It’s truly best to think where you’d want to be and what you’d want to avoid. Some countries can be pretty harsh on you if you only speak English, others are extra lenient.
I think Belgium 's pretty awesome, and 'd be happy to answer some of the questions you may have, but I think Barcelona 's the nicest suggestion in this thread so far.
Oh wait nevermind, economy 's gone to $h*t
Suggestion 1 - Norway
The place is out of this world! Expensive to live there but the whole feel of the place and community is brilliant.
I travel to Norway up to 10 times a year on work.
Suggestion 2 - Edinburgh, Scotland
Busy, Historic, English speaking, Cheap enough to live and plenty to do about and not much travel to bigger cities.
I go to Edinburgh on a monthly basis.
Hey there! It’s kinda ironic to read this, as I’m from Belgium, and my ambition is to move to the USA. The big difference is that getting in the EU is way less hard than vice versa.
I read you’re finishing college, and then moving. You might take into account that your degree which you’re working hard for (at least implying that) is useless here. Have you been to Europe before? If not, go on a Eurotrip! I understand that you have this picture of a whole new world, but make sure you know what you’re up to. Every country has it’s own culture, it’s own habits, etc etc. And depending on where you’ll be going, the most basic things might cost a lot more. Just a few things to keep in mind.
I’ll take Belgium for example. Taxes are wààày higher here. And for a small country, we already have a varying culture. Let’s not even talk about our (ridiculously) confusing political system. Dutch is also a pretty hard language to learn. But depending on where you would go, people speak decent English. This should be less of a problem up north of Europe (all Swedish people I’ve met so far speak really fluent English). Housing is also really really expensive.
Try & get into contact with people. That’s really important. And make sure this is something you want, and not a desire of the moment. This is a huge decision. But I wish you the best of luck with your dream.
I don’t know how easy it is to get a working permit in Norway (not part of EU), unless you have a Nordic passport when it’s a no-brainer.
I live not far from Edinburgh and commute in for work, its a great town just be prepared to live with perpetual rain and greyness for most of the year… but when the sun finally does comes out its a brilliant part of the world 
germany! nothing else to say.
Yeah I had that dream too when I was younger, but then I realized the USA isn’t that great after all.
At the moment Belgium (and the rest of EU) seems to suck a little bit less than the USA.
No offence intended to US based forum users, also didn’t want to start a discussion about politics or anything else. Just my opinion.
Also to OP:If you 're rich a scandinavian country might be awesome and if you’re not that wealthy a eastern european country might be better for you. I mean if you live like a normal person in western europe, you could be living like a rich motherfucker/king in hungary for example.
I live up in Peterhead North or Aberdeen and the rain is horrific so I’m used to it but others may not be I suppose
It’s very difficult to get a work visa in Scandinavia. I tried for a long time to expat to Denmark. It didn’t happen.
The UK is your best bet to my knowledge, but still an arduous process.
I spent extended time in Copenhagen and London, loved them both.