Essentials for Visitors
Lisbon’s Top Museums for Free: The When and How
Gulbenkian, CCB, and others all offer free entry a few hours a month, at least for residents of Portugal — as do many other museums in Lisbon.
June 5, 2025
Gulbenkian, CCB, and others all offer free entry a few hours a month, at least for residents of Portugal — as do many other museums in Lisbon.
This week in Portugal: The march of Portugal’s far-right surpasses the Socialists, a military man running for president of a democratic country, and a tech tycoon who’s not a fan of the local bureaucracy
This week in Portugal: striking train workers, fraudulent residency permit applications, a shortage of labor, and great news for EDP.
Night fell on Cais do Sodré in a new way on April 28 this year.
This week in Portugal: lawyers get special treatment, foreigners aren’t using centros de saúde, and how football will help finally finish a proper train link between Lisbon and Madrid.
We put together a kit for being autonomous for a few days with food and water, shelter, medicine, hygiene, safety, communications, and electrical power. You can get all of this stuff around Portugal or online, if you think you need it (most European governments think you do).
This week in Portugal: crime’s down, rent’s up, some Portuguese visas are due to be issued faster, and they might be in high demand soon.
In case you didn’t know, iPaper spoke to some foreigners to confirm: more English is spoken here, the taxes on foreigners are gentler, and people
This week in Portugal: promises, casinos, and Tesla in Portuguese elections, hate crime, and short-term rentals.