Mbire

Not every kind of help needs tools or a car. Sometimes a walk, a phone call or a coffee together is exactly what someone is missing, especially people who live alone. Would you like to give some time for a chat in Mbire…

Almost every neighbourhood is home to people with many different first languages. In a language exchange two people learn from each other: half an hour in one language, half an hour in the other. Real friendships often …

Where do you actually meet up when you don't want to stay at home all the time? Youth centre, skate park, library or the meadow by the river: every place has its spots. Which hangouts in Mbire can you recommend, and wha…

Your first own money disappears fast if you're not careful. A simple trick: write down everything you spend for one month, and you'll see where it goes. Put a small amount aside at the start of each month before buying …

Spring brings blossom everywhere, summer calls you to the water, autumn leaves glow and winter gets cosy. Which season do you love most in Mbire, and what do you like to do then? Let us know!

Some words only make sense if you grew up here. Which local expression from Mbire do you love, and what does it mean? Post it in the comments, ideally with a short explanation for everyone who moved here!

Moving somewhere new often means not knowing anyone yet, and that's exactly when a neighbourhood can show how welcoming it is. Just arrived in Mbire? Tell us where you're from and what you're looking for. Everyone else:…

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” — Jane Austen

“'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” — Alfred Tennyson

“No man is an island, entire of itself.” — John Donne

“They also serve who only stand and wait.” — John Milton

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” — Abraham Lincoln

“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” — Samuel Johnson

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.” — Emily Dickinson

“The child is father of the man.” — William Wordsworth

“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” — Percy Bysshe Shelley

“The early bird catches the worm.” — Proverb

“Many hands make light work.” — Proverb

“Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.” — Proverb