Blog #moving to portugal

New to Portugal and can't place any of it on a map? Speed-date all eight regions in one honest sitting: Porto, Central, Silver Coast, Lisbon, Setúbal Peninsula, Alentejo, Algarve, islands. One minute each, swipe right or not.

I had a sensible plan to live near Lisbon and rent this place out. Six years later, I'm still here, twenty minutes from a supermarket, with no regrets.

Getting a NIF in Portugal is easier than you think. But there is one checkbox on the form that catches people out, including the lawyers filling it in for them.

Learning Portuguese in Portugal: The Honest Version

On Plan Bs, Golden Visas, and the surprising reason Portugal felt like home. From a South African who definitely didn't come for the weather.

Portugal has no shortage of beautiful ruins and empty houses. Finding out who owns abandoned property in Portugal is another story entirely.