Originally Posted by
Aviatrix
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It is certainly possible to have a CAREER in places like Brussels, Amsterdam or Copenhagen without speaking the local language (or languages in the case of Brussels), and these are also places where one can generally get by in English in one's day-to-day life - though it's not something I would recommend as you will always be an outsider unless you speak the language of the country you are living in.
Agreed, but these places probably are colder, darker and rainier than the UK...and Brussels has been voted the
"most boring capital city in Europe", so I don't think they would be a good solution for the OP.