Financial Independence Europe Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
148 FI Meetups in Europe
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Alvar is back with the Podcast after longer break. Together we discuss all FI Meetups we know in Europe. If you have more send us a message at f...
147 - How to give effectively | Luke Freeman & Rebecca Herbst
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today Mathias talks with Luke and Rebecca about donating and philanthropy. Luke works for the organisation Giving What we Can” and Rebecca is alrea...
146 - Holding Crypto Securely | Nick Neumann
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hi FI Europeans,this is Mathias. In this episode I speak with Nick Neumann. He is the CEO of Casa a Startup from Denver in the US. today talk about t...
145 - How a Croatian Basketball Player Transitions to IT in Sweden Toni Vitali
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hi Fi Europeans,this is Mathias and today I talk with Toni Vitali. He is a member of our community and a professional Basketball Player transitionin...
144 - Bitcoin basics 2: Bitcoin basics and tools to get started | David
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode, we covered the basics of the monetary system and history with David, a member of our community. Check out that episode if you hav...
143 - Bitcoin basics 1: Choosing right form of money to achieve Financial Independence | David
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hi Fi Europeans,today I talk with David, a member of our community about cryptocurrencies and in particular Bitcoin. While you might not want to emplo...
142 - How Regulation Will Change P2P Lending Mintos CEO Martins Sulte
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hi FI Europeans,today I had the pleasure to interview Martins Sulte who is founder and CEO of Mintos. It’s the biggest P2P Lending marketplace in ...
141 - Investing in Real Estate via Syndications | Kris from White Fire Equity
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hi FI europeans,some people are really good and a natural fit in building up and managing a bunch of properties. They like to interact with people, wo...
140 - Reversing wrong life choices | Silke Rosenbusch
06 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hi FI Europeans,have you ever ask yourself how life would be if you haven’t chosen a certain life path?If you would have studied something different...
139 - Real Estate p2p Lending Gustas from Inrento
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hi Fi Europeans. It’s Mathias. Today I chat with Gustas from inrento who is a young serial Entrepreneur from Lithuania. He just launched a new Lend...
138 - Three places to call home | with Matthias Richter from Financial Imagineer
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello FI Europeans this is Mathias, today Interview Matthias Richter from Financial Imagineer. He is already FI and lives in Taiwan, Singapore and Sw...
137 - Career Hacking | Goncalo
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hi Fi Europeansthis is Mathias! Today I Interview Goncalo and we make it little case study. I met him the first time at the FI Europe Retreat in Portu...
136 - Crypto Assets Update - New Applications and Infrastructure for 2021
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hi this is Mathias,In this episode we dive quite deep into crypto currencies and assets! Because decentralized financial systems will one day complim...
135 - Invest in agricultural loans with Lendsecured | Nikita
27 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello FI Europeans, this is Mathias.Today I chat with Nikita from Lendsecured about his take on the P2P Market Landscape and what they have to offer w...
134 - Life Update Nomad Numbers & RE in Taiwan | Nomad Numbers
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s interview, Alvar interviews Mr. Nomad Numbers on how FIRE life is looking like in Taiwan and which advantages it brings. They also cover ...
133 - Is FI A Good Goal To Strive For? | Alan
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s interview, Alvar and Araminta chat with Alan, head of the current Thomas Cook. They talk about Alan’s background, how he built his care...
132 - Contrarian Investments In Frontier Markets And The Balcans | Ladislas Maurice
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hi this is Mathias,today I talk with Ladislace Maurice from the wandering investor about international investing and diversification. In this episode...
131 - How to stay financially and mentally sane in 2021 | Dave from FireDaveG
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I am interviewing Dave from Ireland on best practices for staying mentally and financially fit in 2021. Dave covers what he has learn...
130 - A Better Life For Half The Price | Tim Leffel
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hey this is Mathias,Do you want a better life for half the price? Then this episode is for you! One strategy for financial independence is using geo-...
129 - Investing In Rental Property With Reinvest24 | Tanel Orro From Reinvest24
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hello this is Mathias, today we talk about a topic we touched last time nearly year ago. I’m talking about P2P Lending.Some consumer loan companie...
128 – How to reinvent yourself as a self employed FI seeker | Joshua from The Art of Money Saving Podcast
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Alvar is interviewing Joshua from the Art of Money Saving Podcast and discuss the struggles and gains of a self-employed person durin...
127 - How To Make Your Dreams Happen | Dina from SMIQQL
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hi FI Europeans, this is Mathias. Today I interview Dina Holzapfel. She is an Entrepreneur living in Switzerland with roots in the US. She’s a great...
126 - How Being More Charismatic Will Help you With your Finances Sebastian
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Araminta interview Sebastian, founder of the Art of Charisma and fellow Scot. They chat about the definition of charisma, why ch...
125 - How To Stay Mentally Healthy While Getting to FI Shereen
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Alvar interviews Shereen from the USA, and they discuss what financial stress can do to your life and how it can disrupt your Fi jour...
124 - Real Estate in Belgium | Artjom
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today Mathas is back after a busy summer period with a case study about Real Estate in Belgium interviewing Artjom.Artjom is applying strategies like ...
123 - How To Manage Your FI Life With An App | Logan from Topia
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Alvar interviews Logan the CEO of FI planning application Topia. They discuss Logans Fi story and what brought him to give up his job ...
122 - What It Means To Live With Less | Faith Archer
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Araminta chats with Faith, a money blogger based in the UK. They chat about FI and minimalism, how she keeps her costs low and w...
121 - Getting To FI In 5 Years With His Rental Business | Lance
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this Episode Alvar interviews Lance on his journey around the globe and how he reached FI. The interview is focussing on the way Lance gets to FI b...
120 - Should Musicians Strive for Financial Independence? | Joshua
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode Araminta chats with Joshua, a musician who’s working towards financial independence. They chat about freelancer struggles as a ...
119 - I’m Retiring in One Week! | A Purple Life
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode Araminta interview Purple, a FI blogger based in Seattle, the US. They chat about her plans to retire at the age of 30, how she’...
Episode 118 - Reflecting and acting on FI choices | Michael
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope118📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dq6imD (no BS guarantee)👍...
117 - The power of a Sabbatical and House Hacking Yourself to FI | Man Overseas
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this Episode Alvar interviews Brad from the Man Overseas on his journey to financial independence and how he is making it work.We also talk about:H...
116 - Why I Prefer Dividend Investing to Reach FI | Derek
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode Araminta chats with Derek, an engineer based in Ireland who uses dividend investing in order to grow his wealth, cover his monthl...
115 - Steps to Buying properties in Europe as an Expat | Joney
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode Araminta talks to Joney, a Belgian based in Luxembourg with quite a bit of experience buying properties in Europe. We chat about...
114 - How I Moved Back To Europe After Living In A Tax-Free Country | Sebastien
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode Araminta interview Sebastien, a Belgian who moved to Dubai in the UAE and saved up enough money to reach FI at the age of 33.We c...
113 - How to Get Your Partner Onboard With FI | Mathias
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope113📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dq6imD (no BS guarantee)👍...
112 - The What and Why of FI | Alvar, Araminta & Matthias
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope112📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dq6imD (no BS guarantee)👍...
111 - How to run your business during Covid | Fergus
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Alvar is interviewing Fergus on how to manage your family, life, and business during the recent Covid-19 times. Fergus is also the or...
110 - My Mini-Retirement Travelling Around Europe for 12 months | Pablo
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Araminta interviews Pablo, an IT professional from Argentina. They chat about how Pablo saved up enough money to do a mini-retir...
109 - Helping Founders To Become Investable | Parul from Duedash
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hi FI EuropeansThis is Mathias! My interview guest today is Parul Madan! Parul is an experienced Entrepreneur living in cologne Germany with her roots...
108 - Fintech Yourself to FI | Alvar & Matthias
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hey FI Europeans,this is Mathias. Today Alvar and me are sharing ideas on FinTech. We explain what it is and review how it changed our lives in differ...
107 - Building The FI Mindset | Nupin from the Fi club
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Alvar interviews Nupin from the Fi club on building your FI mindset! The whole purpose of this interview is putting things into perspe...
106 - Applied Flag Theory in Europe | Tim
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mathias had Tim already in the podcast in episode 90. This time we focus on flag theory. We explain again just briefly the concept of flag theory as w...
105 - My Journey to FI as a Single Parent | Becky
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Araminta interviews Becky, a single parent living and working in Denmark. They chat about how Becky is reaching FI as a single parent...
104 - How I Built a Lifestyle Business with a 100% Remote Team | Geordie
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode Araminta interviews Geordie, a lifestyle business entrepreneur who manages several SaaS companies with a remote-based team.We als...
103 - ETF investing and FI made simple | Mário from indexfundinvestor.eu
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Alvar Interviews Mário on the nitty-gritty off ETF investing in Europe, we dive into the details on what information to look out for,...
102 - Money doesn't buy you happiness, it buys you options | Patrick
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this Episode Alvar interviews Patrick from London, who managed to raise his income from 18K to 140K within 5 years and runs a business educating fo...
101 - How I’m Building A Sustainable Work and Travel Lifestyle | Jules
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Araminta chats with Jules, an SEO consultant based in London. They talk about how to make the most of your travels, how to build a sus...
100 - State of the Podcast & Ethical investing discussion | Alvar, Araminta & Matthias
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 100 - What’s my age again Alvar, Araminta & Matthias are discussing the state of the podcast and as a special topic dive into ethical inv...
099 - Tiny House living in high cost Germany | Nessa
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nessa is a young creator (28) on Youtube. She started with a gaming channel and expanded that hobby to her personal channel where she follows her obse...
098 - Case Study_ Saving 15k a year in Poland | Antonello Schiavo
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a case study with Antonello Schiavo who is 30 years old living in Poland. He is originally from Italy and moved to Poland to work ther...
097 - How To Make a Side Income with Airbnb Experiences | Martin
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode Araminta interviews Martin, a coffee enthusiast who’s managed to literally turn “coffee into cash” thanks to Airbnb Experie...
096 - Personal Opportunities During Corona
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alvar and Mathias chat about opportunities we see in focusing other areas of life that we normally don’t pay to much attention to due to lack of tim...
095 - Opportunities During Corona, Real estate & Stocks | Alvar & Mathias
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode Alvar and Mathias are discussing the opportunities the current situation is offering. We are mainly digging into stock market inv...
094 - Efficient Time Management | Katie
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode Araminta interviews Katie Stoddart, a friend of mine who works as a life coach. We talk about what time management is, how to wor...
093 - P2P Lending For Small Businesses | Martins From Debitum Network
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today Mathias interviews Martins Liberts - the co-founder of Debitum Network, a P2P lending platform focused on loans for small and medium-sized busin...
092 - Lockdown Life In Europe
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Araminta and Mathias do a quick check-in on how life changed after the lockdown in Europe. We talk about economical outlook and how to adapt with the ...
091 - Investing In Times Of Corona Virus
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today Alvar and Mathias talk about about the situation in the markets, how you could deal with it and what we could do in times of corona 🦠 Virus.W...
090 - Building 2 Side Hustles To Quit 9to5 | Tim
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mathias interviews Tim Lai who was raised in the UK, worked in the Netherlands and is currently living in Porto in Portugal. Tim has a pretty interest...
089 - Financial Independence As An Employee | Alvar Damen
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! Today Alvar is being interviewed by Michael from the Irish FIRE Podcast. The episode is focussing on to get to FI as an employee in Europe. Alv...
088 - How To Invest In Europe In 2020 | The Poor Swiss
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! Today Alvar interviews Swiss guy about how to invest in Europe in 2020. This interview is all about how to get started with investing, what to ...
087 - The Year Of Less But Better | Kel from MrsMoneyHQ
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mathias interviews Kel aka Mrsmoneyhq! She is a mum with two kids from Ireland.We discuss about the very basics of Financial Independence: being smart...
086 - Financial Independence Europe in 2020 | Emma from What Life Could Be
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! Today Alvar and Araminta interview Emma, and talk with her about the current state of the FI movement in Europe: they share their personal stor...
085 – Online Tutoring As An Effective Side Hustle | Jonas from StudySquare
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! In today’s episode Araminta talks with Jonas, a student from Lithuania who is making a full time income as a tutor while studying in Edinburg...
084 – How I Moved to Bulgaria to Pay 10% Income Tax | Paul Otto
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hello everyone! Today Araminta talks with Paul, a German who is living in Sofia, Bulgaria. He used to be a professional poker player and he talks with...
CF011 – Settling Down In Spain | Paul from Cutting Through Chaos
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! In this Friday episode we listen to the second part of our chat with Paul from Cutting Through Chaos. We follow him explaining the next move in...
083 – Financial Independence while living In The Developing World | Paul From Cutting Through Chaos
15 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hello FI people! Today Alvar will talk with Paul from Cutting Through Chaos, a blog about family and finance: so many topics have been discussed that ...
082 - Real Estate Property Quick Check | Ines
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hello everyone! Today Mathias talks with Ines about how to calculate if a property is worth buying: Ines has been our guest before and in this episode...
081 – Managing Personal Finance | Steve from Money Dashboard
01 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! Today Alvar talks with Steve, CEO at Money Dashboard, an app that has simplifying personal finance management as its goal: he shares with us in...
080 - Geoarbitrage In Europe | Jock
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back! Today we interview Araminta’s father, Jock, and talk with him about his decision to move to Andorra to avoid paying taxes in his home ...
079 - Personal Finance In Malaysia | Suraya from Ringgit Oh Ringgit
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello FI Europeans! Today we talk with Suraya from the Malaysian personal finance blog Ringgit Oh Ringgit: in her blog she analyses many aspects of pe...
CF010 - Company Benefits
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! In this episode Alvar and Tom talk about company benefits, what can you get and how they perform in comparison with other assets: we will learn...
078 - Painkiller for P2P Real Estate Investing | Gustas from Evoestate
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello FI Europeans! Today Mathias interview Gustas Germanavičius, an entrepreneur from Lituania. He is the CEO of Evoestate, a P2P lending aggregator...
077 – Case study Tom & Is Matched Betting An Option? | Tom
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today Alvar interviews Tom from the UK: along with some personal views on FI and personal finance he will share some insights on his current side hust...
CF09 - FIRE Strategies In France Pt. 2
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! Today we will listen to the second part of the talk between Alvar and two French Fiers, Victor and Maxime. While the first part has been very t...
076 - FIRE strategies in France | Victor and Maxime
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello good people of Europe! In today's episode Alvar talks with Maxime and Victor from France. They are both part of the French FI community, and tog...
CF08 – The Worst Financial Mistakes
22 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another Community episode! Today we talk about something a little bit negative, but the purpose is to try to let people know that we make m...
075 - How to Setup a Profitable Remote Business With Airbnb | Bastian From Officeflucht.de
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! Today Mathias interviews Bastian Barami, a German living a nomad lifestyle. After getting bored with his office work, in 2015 he started an ama...
CF07 - Real Estate Renting Vs. Buying
15 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Financial Independence Europe Podcast! Today Mathias, Michael and Ines have a chat about real estate, disc...
074 – SR, ROI And Redefining The Podcast
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello everyone! In this episodes all three co-hosts of the FI-Europe podcast, Alvar, Mathias and Araminta discuss their savings rates and ROI for the ...
CF06 – Backtesting Your Portfolio | Yoran
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello everybody, welcome back to another podcast! Today we're going to dive into the world of backtesting with our guest Yoran. He recently built a fr...
073 – Episode 073 – An Updated View On The Trinity Study Results and 4% Rule | The Poor Swiss
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! In today's episode Alvar will talk with the ‘Poor Swiss’ from the Poor Swiss blog, who recently has published an article in which he re-rea...
CF05 – Invest In Yourself And Build Assets
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another Community episode! Today Alvar, Mathias and Michael talk about investing in yourself and developing new skills, and how it can comp...
072 - Why You Lie About Money In Your Relationships (And How To Fix It With Radical Honesty) | Tuulia Syvänen
29 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello FI people! Today we talk about a method that will help you to remove money as a source of stress from your relationships with friends, coworkers...
CF04 - Self-Employment Vs. Employment for FI
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another Community episode! Today Alvar and Mathias talk with Michael about the different options to reach FI as an employee VS being self e...
071 - 0% Tax? How Is That Possible | Christoph from Staatenlos
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hey FI Europeans! In this episode, Mathias interviews Christoph Heuerman: he is a self-described Perpetual Traveller, has visited 160 countries worldw...
CF03 - Reaching FI In High-Cost Countries | Tobias
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello from FI Europe for another Community Friday. Today Mathias talks with a member of our community, his name is Tobias and he calls itself a lazy i...
070 - Career Testing and Personal Finance Tips for Those in Their 20s | Araminta
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello everyone! This week Araminta is back with an interview she did for Jonathan in his podcast, where she talks about her current life in Malaysia, ...
CF02 – How to prepare for recession
11 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome FI Europeans! We do another Community Friday episode and the topic for today is how to prepare for recession. People are expecting a...
069 - Slow Travel & Reaching FI as a French citizen thanks to geo-arbitrage | Mr. and Mrs. NomadNumbers
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of the FI Europe podcast! Today we dive deep into very interesting topics like geoarbitrage, moving to the US and getting a...
CF01 - What are bonds and how can they be used
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, welcome to a new episode of the FI Europe Podcast! Today it's a special episode because it's the first episode of a new format we were thinking...
068 - Suddenly FI! how to deal with an inheritance | Gisela Enders
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, this is Mathias, and today we talk about inheriting with Gisela Enders from Berlin who is already FI. She’s got a coaching business and speciali...
067 – Is being happy as an employee possible | Kristina from Employay
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Financial Independence Europe Podcast! Today we talk with Kristina Mayer-Walcker: she works for a leading ...
066 - Financial independence and what it can mean for your mental health | Alex
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello good people! In today’s episode, we talk with Alex about some very interesting topics about personal finance and mental health, and how they c...
065 - Are actively managed funds worth it? | Omar
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Good morning! Today Alvar interviews his neighbour Omar, who has worked for quite a few large financial institutions within the sector of active funds...
064 - Real Estate Investing Strategies for Financial Independence | Ed
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! Today we will talk with Ed from the UK, and we will dive deep into how to build a real estate portfolio, strategies, how to behave as a landlor...
063 - Reaching Financial Independence in South East Asia | Genecia from Soul Rich Woman
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello everyone! Today our guest is Genecia, a former beauty queen turned entrepreneur from Singapore. She is the founder of Soul Rich Woman, a communi...
062 - The benefits of a frugal lifestyle and Financial Independence | Oliver from frugalisten.de
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! Today we interview Oliver from the blog frugalisten.de: we will talk about being frugal not only as a strategy but also as a life philosophy, e...
061 - Enjoying the road to FI | Michael from Playing with FIRE
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello good people! Today we interview Michael from Playing With FIRE: he’s originally from New Zealand and now living in Ireland with his wife and t...
060 – How to Build Any Skill with Ultralearning Projects | Scott Young
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello listeners! In today’s interview we talk with Scott Young, a Canadian author who has recently published a book on ultralearning, defined as “...