The European quarter in Brussels is a special niche in the European labour market. Working there is an ambition that nearly all students of economics, politics or social sciences consider at least once in their time at university. It‘s a self-contained world, also known as the „Eurobubble“.

A city within a city, a bubble that extends over an area of only a few metro stations and isolates the people on the inside from Belgian life on the outside. In addition to old-established Eurocrats, there are also about 3,000 trainees and interns, so-called „stagiaires“, as well as many job starters in this parallel society.

They are young, speak three to five languages and know each other from European elite universities such as the London School of Economics. For the interns in particular, a stay in Brussels is a „second Erasmus“ – private life is not separated from work life at all. They immerse themselves completely in a life of networking, political conferences, alcohol and work, eager to achieve big goals in their career.

Having been chosen from a wide range of applicants, they occupy the bottom rung of the Eurobubble social order. But maybe one day, when some of them end up in higher positions and meet again - probably also on opposite sides of the political scenery of the European Union -, they will recognize each other from partying together back in the day.