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Living in Lisbon
Written for people moving here rather than visiting, which turns out to be a completely different set of questions.
- 4 long reads
- Written by the Lisbon team
- No tourist advice
Latest7 September 2026 · 9 min readGetting Around Lisbon: Metro, Trams, Buses and the Navegante CardFour metro lines, a tram network older than most countries, and one card that covers all of it for €40 a month. Here is how Lisbon's transport works when you live here rather than visit.Read the articleArchive
Everything else we have written
Which Lisbon Neighbourhood Should You Live In?7 September 2026 · 11 min readMost neighbourhood guides are written for people staying four nights. This one is written for people staying a year, which turns out to be a completely different question.Read more
Erasmus in Lisbon: Accommodation, Paperwork and the Academic Calendar7 September 2026 · 10 min readLisbon is one of the most popular Erasmus destinations in Europe, which is lovely for the social life and brutal for the housing market. Here is how to get ahead of it.Read more
What Living in Lisbon Is Really Like7 September 2026 · 10 min readThe questions people actually type into Google before they commit to a year here, safety, tap water, winters, the language, and the things nobody warns you about.Read more
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Practical guides
Shorter, procedural pieces for the things you have to actually do, the paperwork, the money, the order to do it in.
How to Get a NIF in PortugalWhat a Portuguese NIF is, who needs one, how to get it as a non-resident and what it costs, plus what you can do in Lisbon before you have one.Read more
Renting in Lisbon: How It Actually WorksHow renting works in Lisbon, guarantors, deposits, contract lengths, what landlords ask for and the routes that skip most of it. A guide for new arrivals.Read more- The Cost of Living in LisbonWhat a month in Lisbon actually costs (rent, bills, transport, food and the extras) with real room prices from our own inventory across 11 neighbourhoods.Read more
Moving to Lisbon: A Practical ChecklistA step-by-step checklist for moving to Lisbon, what to sort before you fly, in your first week and in your first month, in the order that actually works.Read more
When you're ready for the room
Furnished rooms across 11 central Lisbon neighbourhoods with bills included, and no Portuguese guarantor required.
