![]() There’s great food, delicious wines and most importantly, glorious weather. Lisbon’s a beautiful city though, and you’ll be rewarded handsomely for your effort. Except you’ll be sweaty all over, everything you carry will be heavy and you’ll develop crazy strong knees after a while. HendrikĮminem’s famous line “Yo, his palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy” might as well have been written about walking around in hilly Lisbon on a sunny day. I wouldn’t live there full time, because screw temperatures over 25☌, but otherwise 6/10, will go back in the winter. Plus, the 1 euro wines helped me cope with the endless smiles just fine. Lisbon, though - even though the temperature was too much for me even in September - is super laid back, affordable, very easy on the eyes, and has an emerging tech scene which adds a really cool old-meets-new vibe. I’d always rather go for a mostly miserable New York or Edinburgh instead to enjoy the company of other assholes like myself. Too warm, too exhausting, and too happy for me. And when I say “too far south”, I mean anything lower than London. I was sceptical about Lisbon, because I’ve never been attracted to any cities too far south, at least in Europe. Zapping just means you carry a cash balance instead a number of tickets on the card, and the correct amount will be deducted whenever you use it. Select “Zapping” when you top up the card the first time (rather than buying one specific ticket or number of tickets) - then the card will work across all the public transport systems in Lisbon, including the suburban trains going to Cascais and Sintra. Make sure you get a 50 cent public transport card to avoid the lines to buy tickets from the counters. Uber is great (and pretty inexpensive) for getting around, but public transport works great and is cheap as well, especially if you live close to a metro station. ![]() We’re not going to talk about how much weight a few of us gained from eating them. We’re not your mom.Ĭafe da Garagem - a lovely theater cafe with an amazing view, even more amazing cheese/meat boards, plus a decent selection of wine. Do not, I repeat, do not drink them, unless you want to experience a three day nuclear hangover. Pro tip: you can find 0,5 liter Caipirinhas for about 3 euros in some little bars. We’re not sorry.īairro Alto - the best part of town to go to for a night out, or for shopping/dining during the day. That’s just what happens when you send three twenty-somethings to a city with cheap alcohol for almost three months. Places to go:ĭisclaimer: a lot of these places are bars. We spent 2,5 months in Lisbon, and discovered some really cool places to go, things to do, and general tips to make life easier while there. Tl dr: it’s like San Francisco and Rome had a gorgeous, hilly, and slightly drunk baby. Lisbon kept popping up in our combined match lists, so three of us - Elen, Thomas and Hendrik - decided to take one for the team and check it out. We’re lucky enough to work in a remote team, and traveling helps us find and figure out the biggest bumps and joys of the mobile way of life - so we can relate to our users even more.
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