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Looking To Retire? These 7 European Countries Stretch Your Dollar Further

You don’t need to be a millionaire to fully enjoy your retirement.

Greyson Ferguson
5 min readJan 11, 2024
Photo by Karl Paul Baldacchino on Unsplash

Retiring in the United States has become…expensive.

Really expensive.

Money from Social Security or your pension might have sounded good at the time, but with inflation and everything costing significantly more these days, that money may not go as far as you’d like.

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could stretch that money further? Travel a bit more, dine out more, and enjoy life more?

Well, there are options out there. In fact, there are countries all around the globe that welcome retired individuals with various forms of retirement visas. These are countries where you will still receive your pension and Social Security. While Medicare and Medicaid won’t work, medical care is so significantly more affordable you will still save money.

If you have always had an eye toward Europe, here are the most affordable countries with retirement visas (in no particular order).

Albania

For whatever reason Albania does not receive the kind of attention it deserves. If your geography is a little fuzzy that’s okay. It’s directly north of Greece…

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Greyson Ferguson

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