CITY HUB PORTUGAL since jan·2025 · 23 entries

LISBON.

Fourteen months in. Two leases, three apartments, one favourite metro stop. The light here is the reason — every other reason is logistics.

◆ 38.72°N · -9.14°W · TZ Europe/Lisbon · ● CURRENT BASE
ENTRIES
24
VISA
D8 · ●●●○○
RENT 1BR
€ 1,400/MO
INTERNET
600/300 MBPS
SAFETY
●●●●○
COL INDEX
78 / NYC=100

lisbon by section.

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F/IELD Finding a 12-month lease without getting scammed. →
F/IELD The NIF, without an address. →
F/IELD Opening a Millennium account on a tourist stamp. →
F/IELD SEF appointments — calling at 09:00 on Tuesdays. →
F/INDS The sulfur bath in Alfama nobody writes about. →
F/INDS A bookstore in a former pharmacy in Graça. →
F/INDS The viewpoint with no name above Penha de França. →
F/INDS A 4€ ginjinha bar that closes when it feels like it. →
F/INDS The print shop on Rua dos Anjos that does letterpress. →
F/INDS A tile factory in Marvila open Saturdays only. →
F/UNCTIONS Why I dropped Wise for Revolut in PT. →
F/UNCTIONS Bordr vs e-Portugal: which actually responds. →
F/UNCTIONS CP train app, the field guide. →
F/RAME My Lisbon kit — a lighter pack for cobblestones. →
F/RAME The €38 raincoat that survived a Lisbon February. →
F/UTURE On staying — fourteen months past my visa appointment. →
F/UTURE The light, and how it ruins other cities for you. →
F/UTURE Why Portuguese bureaucracy is a love language. →
F/UTURE Pasteis de nata, taken seriously. →
F/REEDOM Why Lisbon, of all the cheaper places. →
F/IELD NHS-S registration as a non-EU resident. →
F/INDS A jazz cellar in Bairro Alto that opens at midnight. →
F/IELD How to actually use the AIMA portal without crying. →
§ A

NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE ENTRIES CLUSTER

  • 01 GRAÇA Where I live. Steep. Quiet.
  • 02 ALFAMA Tourists by 11am. Empty by 9pm.
  • 03 CAMPO DE OURIQUE Best market. Old-money calm.
  • 04 MARVILA Where the freelancers are migrating.
  • 05 ALCÂNTARA Industrial, river, LX Factory.
§ B

LOGISTICS · QUICK ANSWERS

VISA
D8 (digital nomad)
CURRENCY
EUR · €
SIM
MEO eSIM, 30 days
PLUG
TYPE F · 230V
TAP WATER
YES — soft
TIPPING
5–10% if good
SUNDAY
Most things open
LANGUAGE
PT · english common
§ C

APPS FOR LISBON

  • CP
    Trains
  • CARRIS METROPOLITANA
    Buses
  • e-Portugal
    Government
  • Uber
    Cars
  • ZOMATO
    Restaurants
  • MEO
    SIM/eSIM

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