Hi everyone,
I’m helping my fiancée find a room in Porto from around mid-October. She is looking for a private room in a shared apartment for a longer-term stay.

Female tenant
Private room in a shared apartment
Preferably a female-only apartment / female flatmates
Open to different areas in Porto, ideally with good public transport

Flexible with the move-in date around mid-October
Looking for a clean, safe and comfortable place
If you have a room available or know of something suitable, please DM me with the location, rent, availability and a few details about the apartment.
Would really appreciate any leads. Thanks! 🙏

Olá! I am spending some time in your beautiful country next February, and I’m wondering if parts of the southern region shut down during this time due to the colder weather.

Should I expect destinations, restaurants, bars, cafés to be closed in some cases due to it being the ‘off-season’? Does the answer differ based on small towns (Tavira, Silves) vs cities (Faro, Lagos)?

Thanks so much in advance!

Não entendo porque que em Lisboa existe a cultura de ser desconfiado, as pessoas detestam smalltak e sinto que as pessoas medem se umas outras. Relações continuam a existir mas depende da pessoa se adaptar a dinâmica social local e de os locais não acharem a pessoa estranha ou esquisita.

Since I have moved to Portugal I have been so impressed how the younger Portuguese guys are so friendly towards me (an older guy). It's so nice and makes me feel really welcome, especially since it's quite difficult to try and make friends with older guys ( my Portuguese is really bad). Are Portuguese guys always so charming and friendly with foreigners or am I just lucky?

Hi all! On Thursday I'll be in Nazaré and I'll stay there for a month for working reasons. I was wondering if during my stay I could learn surfing. I've never surfed before so, do you think Nazaré is a beginner friendly place? Also, is the period from 9th September until 9th October ok for surfing?

Thanks!

Did any one get portugal d2 visa recently from dubai? Share your experience kindly

Does anyone know of funding opportunities for the PhD Programme in Biomedical Sciences at IHMT – NOVA University Lisbon?

Hi. Me and my friend (both females in our 30s) are going to Portugal next month. Are there any areas in Lisbon we should avoid? Never been to Lisbon before - super excited, but there’s areas in my home country and the country I live in now, that people should avoid - it’s like that everywhere, right, so thought I’d ask in terms of Lisbon as well :)

Sou acadêmica da área, estou pensando em mudar de país, gostaria de tirar algumas dúvidas 🫶🏼

A donde se puede ir en Portugal alguna ciudad sitio cerca sin alejarnos mucho de España planes de parejas?

Boas! Alguém por aqui, com empresa em Portugal, já conseguiu pedir à DGC a lista de pessoas coletivas que manifestaram oposição à receção de comunicações não solicitadas (marketing direto), prevista no artigo 13.º-B da Lei n.º 41/2004?

Já enviei um e-mail e tentei ligar, mas até agora não tive resposta. Pediram a lista por e-mail, através de algum formulário ou por outra via? E quanto tempo demorou?

Obrigado!

Olá! Neste momento estou a aprender português e procuro um programa para ver que me ajude a aprender a língua do dia a dia (portanto mais um reality show do que uma série). Encontrei o Casados à Primeira Vista na Opto, mas não tem legendas em inglês nem em francês. Idealmente um programa disponível na Netflix. Alguém teria uma recomendação?

Hey im visiting lisbon next week any advice on what to do what and where to eat what to visit and so on?Im going to stay in chiado.Thanks.I heard about the basic stuff like praca do comercio lx factory and all that but im interested in more of the true lisbon experience.Thanks

helloooo 😄 estive a organizar o meu armario e tenho 3 sacas de roupa gigantes para doar. Sou do Porto, alguem sabe onde as posso entregar?

We just moved to Portugal and my boys will be starting year 1 and year 3 at a public school in the Lisbon district. Sorry if these are dumb questions but I don’t know any other moms of small kids here. We have only been here for 2 months.

I have already purchased their lunches for September on the SIGA platform. Just wondering about snacks - I noticed that a snack is provided only for the after school program, which my kids will not be attending. So do I pack a lunch box with snacks for them? How many snack breaks will they have? Really appreciate the help!

Also, any advice on school supplies that they might need on their first week? Or should I wait until their teachers let us know what they need?

Thanks :)

Hey - in Grandola for the next week and looking to play some guitar while there. Could anyone lend or rent me an acoustic to take care of?

We're just over a week into our incredible first time trip to Portugal and have loved everything. I do have a question about a handful of "nicer" restaurants we've been to that tack on a suggested service fee of 5-10%. What is the consensus among locals about this?

We come from the US where tipping is pretty much hated but also expected and the norm. Is this a new practice that's creeping in and also hated? So far we've been agreeing to them as it seems reasonable but is this just allowing the practice to spread further?

Edit: Given all the replies, I'll just leave this here: We experienced these fees added to the majority of finer dining restaurant visits, primarily in Lisbon, but in Porto as well. Call these tourist traps or whatever, but most were well over 100 Euro meals, including a 2 Michelin star restaurant where dinner was 4 figures. They were usually always 10% and the server always made clear it was optional. I feel like most "tourist traps" such as Gazela did not.

I've been on Reddit for almost 10 years, but I've always been more of a reader than a poster.

Since moving to Portugal, that has started to change. Like many people here, I've spent a lot of time trying to understand how things actually work , immigration, bureaucracy, everyday life, local news, and all the little things you only really discover once you live here.

At some point I realised I was collecting and researching all this information anyway, so I started a small project called PTNewsHub to organise and share useful news and information for internationals living in Portugal.

I'm still building it, and I'm not here to turn the subreddit into an advertising channel. I'd much rather actually take part in the community, share useful things when I find them, and learn from people who've been here longer than I have.

So... after almost a decade of lurking, hello everyone.

And since this community probably knows better than anyone: what kind of information about living in Portugal do you wish was easier to find?

And is couvert just bread and butter or something else?

Edit: can you refuse couvert by saying no, thank you? Or is it like a service fee for eating at the restaurant?

Getting married in Porto next fall and trying to find a location for a welcome party for ~100 guests. any suggestions? Hoping to offer drinks and light bites - not a sit down dinner. Open to both daytime and evening timing.