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16 Aug '20

4mo

20 Dec '20

20 Dec '20
16 Aug '20

Lisbon

25°C

Portugal

17 Jul '20

29d

15 Aug '20

15 Aug '20
17 Jul '20

Athens

31°C

Greece

3 Jul '20

2mo

17 Aug '20

17 Aug '20
3 Jul '20

Leitrim

Ireland

20 Jun '20

13d

3 Jul '20

3 Jul '20
20 Jun '20

Lisbon

21°C

Portugal

6 Jan '20

13d

19 Jan '20

19 Jan '20
6 Jan '20

Lisbon

14°C

Portugal

2019

29 Dec '19

6 Jan '20

6 Jan '20
29 Dec '19

Rio de Janeiro

28°C

Brazil

22 Dec '19

28 Dec '19

28 Dec '19
22 Dec '19

Leitrim

Ireland

15 Dec '19

21 Dec '19

21 Dec '19
15 Dec '19

Prague

5°C

Czechia

15 Nov '19

29d

14 Dec '19

14 Dec '19
15 Nov '19

Lisbon

17°C

Portugal

7 Nov '19

14 Nov '19

14 Nov '19
7 Nov '19

Mumbai

32°C

India

4 Nov '19

6 Nov '19

6 Nov '19
4 Nov '19

Lhasa

China

30 Oct '19

3 Nov '19

3 Nov '19
30 Oct '19

Kathmandu

23°C

Nepal

25 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19
25 Oct '19

Delhi

31°C

India

2 Oct '19

22d

24 Oct '19

24 Oct '19
2 Oct '19

Vilnius

12°C

Lithuania

26 Sep '19

2 Oct '19

2 Oct '19
26 Sep '19

Munich

17°C

Germany

17 Aug '19

20d

6 Sep '19

6 Sep '19
17 Aug '19

San Francisco, CA

19°C

United States

18 Jun '19

13d

1 Jul '19

1 Jul '19
18 Jun '19

Vilnius

25°C

Lithuania

13 Jun '19

17 Jun '19

17 Jun '19
13 Jun '19

London

19°C

United Kingdom

9 Jun '19

12 Jun '19

12 Jun '19
9 Jun '19

Riga

23°C

Latvia

2 Jun '19

8 Jun '19

8 Jun '19
2 Jun '19

Tallinn

19°C

Estonia

24 May '19

1 Jun '19

1 Jun '19
24 May '19

Glasgow

13°C

United Kingdom

19 May '19

23 May '19

23 May '19
19 May '19

Manchester

15°C

United Kingdom

12 May '19

18 May '19

18 May '19
12 May '19

London

17°C

United Kingdom

2 May '19

11 May '19

11 May '19
2 May '19

Singapore

32°C

Singapore

7 Mar '19

2mo

1 May '19

1 May '19
7 Mar '19

Ubud, Bali

30°C

Indonesia

24 Feb '19

10d

6 Mar '19

6 Mar '19
24 Feb '19

Singapore

31°C

Singapore

7 Feb '19

16d

23 Feb '19

23 Feb '19
7 Feb '19

Johannesburg

25°C

South Africa

4 Jan '19

1mo

6 Feb '19

6 Feb '19
4 Jan '19

Carrick-on-Shannon

Ireland

2018

16 Jul '18

2mo

5 Sep '18

5 Sep '18
16 Jul '18

San Francisco, CA

17°C

United States

12 Jul '18

16 Jul '18

16 Jul '18
12 Jul '18

Kyoto

29°C

Japan

10 Jul '18

12 Jul '18

12 Jul '18
10 Jul '18

Tokyo

26°C

Japan

6 Jul '18

10 Jul '18

10 Jul '18
6 Jul '18

Shanghai

30°C

China

3 Jul '18

6 Jul '18

6 Jul '18
3 Jul '18

Beijing

34°C

China

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Where do I get good legal advice/support to have a long-term stay in Portugal?

in Lisbon, Portugal by @mzorrilla | 4mo 3 months ago | 4 comments

Hello, everyone!

My idea is to stay as low as 6 months and as long as a year (maybe, who knows) over Lisbon after doing some analysis from many cities in Europe.

I'm an Argentinian and Chilean (both nationalities) so... no Euro-pass for me (getting my Italian nationality could take 2 years easily). I'm also a remote worker and I have a really good income (I work for a Silicon Valley company) so I can show more than enough resources to stay in the country.

Everything I see online doesn't inspire me much confidence (most sites looks a bit scammy) and this is not a "vacation stay"... I want to be clear my head far away from Argentina right now. If someone has a good website, recommendations, etc I will super appreciate.

Thanks in advance!

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This is an algorithmic recommendation based on @kathleenhamilton's trips history to find places they haven't been to yet that other people with similar travels as them also went and liked.

Canggu, Bali

Indonesia

Bali is amazing, but Canggu isn't really that great -- actually there are SO MANY better places, like Uluwatu, Gili Islands or even Ubud that I can't understand the hype. As almost everyone said below, beaches are crappy, roads are terrible, sidewalks are non-existent and having a motorbike is a must. On the other side, food is great and cafes are pretty reasonable with all those incredible bowls. Anyway I wouldn't recommend it for more than a week.

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$1,118 / mo

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Berlin

Germany

Berlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular

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☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 91😷

$3,062 / mo

36Mbps

Bangkok

Thailand

Don't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser

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🌥 Feels 41° 106° 33° 92°🥵AQI 134😷

$1,473 / mo

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Porto

Portugal

I have been living in Porto since September. Portugal is currently in a hard covid lockdown so Porto is not at its best. But in better times the city is amazing. Beautiful, right near the beach, with excellent air and rail connectivity. English is widely spoken and the accommodations for visitors are diverse and excellent. Restaurants are also diverse and excellent. Prices for those used to northern Europe or USA will seem low. December, January are very rainy and can get cold, down to nearly 0

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🌧 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 25

$1,915 / mo

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Barcelona

Spain

During winter is quite safe plus much cheaper. Some nightclubs are free and yet there is still a lot of people. Great por lgbtq+ community.

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🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 54

$2,967 / mo

30Mbps

Chiang Mai

Thailand

Chiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) and restaurants (2-3$ for a main). Wouldn't recommend staying there during the burning season. The best area is Nimman, but it's also the most expensive. You can stay in the old city that's very nice but that gets noisy during the weekend for the night markets. Last but not least, very safe city. All in all would go back in a heartbeat.

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☀️ Feels 34° 93° 32° 89°🥵AQI 137😷

$1,114 / mo

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Madrid

Spain

I really enjoyed staying in Madrid. Reasonable coast of life, plenty of things to see/do and deliiiiicious food.

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🌤 Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 56

$2,856 / mo

32Mbps

New York City, NY

United States

Having spent a total of two weeks in London on two separate occasions and having lived in NYC for two years, both are among my favorite cities in the world. Londoners are quite internationally and ethnically diverse, and seemingly better educated and more intellectual than New Yorkers in aggregate. The city very clean with a stunning mix of modern and historic architecture, and arguably has Europe's best public transit in terms of signage, availability, cleanliness and general efficiency. Meanw

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☀️ Feels 1° 34° 4° 39°AQI 17

$4,782 / mo

33Mbps

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Portugal

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🌧 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58°AQI 31

6mo

$2,118 / mo

26Mbps

Ireland

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🌥 Feels 7° 45° 9° 48°AQI 47

3mo

$3,859 / mo

24Mbps

United States

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☀️ Feels 9° 48° 10° 50°AQI 30

2mo

$3,203 / mo

45Mbps

Indonesia

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💵 Cost 😝 Cheap

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🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 84°🥵AQI 28

2mo

$847 / mo

11Mbps

Lithuania

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🌥 Feels 5° 41° 7° 45°AQI 58

1mo

$2,176 / mo

28Mbps

Greece

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☀️ Feels 15° 59° 16° 60°AQI 75

29d

$3,259 / mo

14Mbps

United Kingdom

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22d

$3,987 / mo

27Mbps

Singapore

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🌥 Feels 34° 93° 30° 87°🥵AQI 69

19d

$2,849 / mo

95Mbps

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Lisbon

Portugal

Lisbon and portugal reality its not a fairytale locals tell to expats and tourist only good things all good and nice but the reality is hiding like many portuguese try to do about expats and tourists, unfurnoly many locals dont want progress and evolution they always want be the same year by year

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🌧 Feels 13° 55° 14° 58°AQI 31

$2,104 / mo

25Mbps

Singapore

They say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia, VietNam, Myanmar and Thailand, Singapore was so easy! The subway system is a marvel, streets signs were easy to read, everyone speaks English (that just makes it easy for me as an English speaker) it is safe, clean, and parks are gorgeous. I was there as COVID 19 was breaking out fairly fast and that put a damper on my time but I was so happy to be there anyway and plan to go back. For digital

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🌥 Feels 34° 93° 30° 87°🥵AQI 69

$2,849 / mo

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Vilnius

Lithuania

It's very fun and green city in summer and quite dark and cold during winter time. Old town is beautiful and cozy, fast internet, few coworking spots.

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🌫 Feels 5° 41° 7° 45°AQI 58

$2,176 / mo

25Mbps

San Francisco, CA

United States

I've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1

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☀️ Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 34

$5,611 / mo

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London

United Kingdom

London is a SO beautiful city. The historical center is cute, but also majestic and luxurious. You feel the culture at every step. British people are really kind and welcoming! Plus, more than just one, you can enjoy TWO skylines 😍 so many skyscrapers, nothing beats its collection in Europe.

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🌤 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 38

$4,292 / mo

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Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

I was here for a month. Rio is a beautiful and vibrant city. There's a lot of icons to see. There's great food and the beach is right there. In my, experience the pandemic hasn't impacted the city much. Bars and clubs are still open. I usually go out to Leblon, Ipanema, Lapa, and Barra da Tijuca. However, it can definitely be a dangerous city if you're being careless. About 10% of the people I've met had an incident there. I was mugged once walking home one night after the clubs in Ipanema, an

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🌥 Feels 32° 90° 29° 84°AQI 38

$1,514 / mo

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Prague

Czechia

I visited Prague on more than one occasion and tried something new each time. I really wanted to enjoy it, but unfortunately it turned out to be one of my least favourite cities. Perhaps it was just me, but there was an overwhelming sense of distrust and dislike towards foreigners, you have to try pretty hard to blend in if you want to experience the life of a local & avoid the tourism. I met some wonderful people and and there’s some cool communities to be part of, but another extended stay

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☀️ Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 56

$2,179 / mo

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Mumbai

India

Mumbai, August 28-September 2, September 7, September 11 2019. Got a friend to pick me up at the airport, so I can't evaluate how well UBER works from the airport. Prepaid taxi from the airport is my usual recommendation, and if I was traveling tomorrow that is what I would do. Inside of Mumbai, UBER was my go-to app and worked well. Autos (aka 'Tuk-tuks' in some places) get around well and are cheap, some are also on Uber. Be aware that unless you use a service like UBER, as a foreigner, th

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☀️ Feels 32° 90° 31° 88°🥵AQI 155😷

$1,169 / mo

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Lisbon

Portugal

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🌧 Feels 13° 55° 14° 58°AQI 31

6mo

$2,104 / mo

25Mbps

San Francisco, CA

United States

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2mo

$5,611 / mo

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Ubud, Bali

Indonesia

Honestly, this is an awesome place to be if you're actually trying to get work done. It's a bit of an older vibe than Canggu, and there's certainly a big chunk of yogi's kicking around — but I liked it much better than Canggu and found it less pretentious. Plus, you can drive down there in 45mins whenever you want some beach or party vibes. As others mentioned, there's some great coworking spaces, cheap warungs, some really nice spots to stay cheaply if you go just outside of the mad tourist

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🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 84°🥵AQI 15

2mo

$1,813 / mo

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Vilnius

Lithuania

It's very fun and green city in summer and quite dark and cold during winter time. Old town is beautiful and cozy, fast internet, few coworking spots.

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1mo

$2,176 / mo

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Athens

Greece

Like all cities that have lots of tourists, it's best to explore a little and get off the well beaten track. There are literally thousands of small cafes and bars that have free, fast WiFi, cheap coffee and good kebabs. If you stay in the absolute cheapest part of town, you will get a different vibe. There are a lot of AirBnB springing up and in the off-season these are very reasonably priced. I can't understand how you could be bored in Athens. So many places to see, so many museums and histo

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☀️ Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 75

29d

$2,921 / mo

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Singapore

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🌥 Feels 34° 93° 30° 87°🥵AQI 69

19d

$2,849 / mo

95Mbps

Johannesburg

South Africa

I have been to Jo berg twice. The last time being 3-years ago. Each visit was not pleasant as being in the city reminded me of being in Northern Ireland in the early 1980’s. I was in the British military and engaged in various bits and bobs in the most dangerous village in the country (based upon the number of security forces who lost there lives there). The reason I mention this is the ‘vibe’ in Jo Berg is exactly the same as it was in Northern Ireland’s ‘murder central’. The only e

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16d

$1,677 / mo

10Mbps