On 9 Feb, 19:41, Keith Anderson wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 10:20:34 -0800 (PST), Olive Green
>
>
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> wrote:
> >http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/de.redactie.english/news/080209_retirme...
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> >Sat 09/02/08 - After years of hard work many Belgian opt to spend
> >their retirement abroad. According to the State Pension Service,
> >35,171 retired Belgians are currently living abroad.
>
> >About one third of them (11,429) have opted to spend their old age in
> >France.
>
> >Spain is the second most popular destination with 3,748 Belgians
> >having decided to spend their retirement in the land of sun, sea and
> >sangria.
>
> >Our neighbours Germany (2,078), The Netherlands (1,937) and Luxembourg
> >(1,104) are also popular as are the United States (1,034) and Canada
> >(1,714).
>
> >Despite its close proximity to Belgium, the United Kingdom only comes
> >in tenth in the table of favourite retirement destinations abroad.
>
> >There are just 583 Belgian that have opted to spend their retirement
> >in the U.K.
>
> Makes sense - the UK's got plenty of sea, but sun and sangria can be
> lacking at times.
>
> Keith (formerly of Bristol UK)
> now moved to Berlin/nach Berlin umgezogen
...well I might come back after the housing market crash and when the
pound reaches parity with the euro....;-) |