If your income comes as dividends from your own company, a Portuguese bank will lend against it, but only after it has shown up on your …
Home Alarm Systems in Portugal: Skip Verisure and Own Your Setup
If you’ve just moved into a house in Cascais, a Verisure or Prosegur rep will probably get to you before your furniture does. The pitch is …
How to Register With Portugal’s SNS, and What It Actually Covers
Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Lisbon. Photo by RickMorais, CC BY-SA 4.0. Portugal’s Serviço Nacional de Saúde is residence-based, not contribution-based. You don’t buy into …
Private Health Insurance in Portugal: The Gaps That Matter Most
Health insurance in Portugal gets sold on two things: the monthly premium and the size of the provider network. Both are easy to compare, and neither …
Moving Country With N26: What Changes, What Stays, and the Italy Exception
Moving to another European country while keeping your N26 account sounds like it should be an address change and nothing more. It largely is, but not …
Keeping a Spanish Phone Number While Living Abroad
A Spanish mobile number is cheap to hold and easy to lose by accident. Banks send verification codes to it and some government systems will only …
Lisbon From Cascais: When to Take the Train, When to Drive, and What It All Costs
Cascais sits about 30 kilometers west of Lisbon, and once you live here the city stops being a destination and becomes a routine. What changes is …
Internet and Mobile in Portugal: Why I Use UZO
UZO sells mobile and home internet in Portugal on MEO’s network at sub-brand prices, and it’s what I’d point any new arrival at. Setting it up …
Setting Up Utilities in Portugal: A Practical Guide for New Arrivals
Four utilities, four different systems. Electricity and gas are fully liberalized, so you pick a retailer and can leave whenever you want. Water isn’t liberalized at …
Campervan Rental in Cascais: Where You Can Actually Sleep
Cascais is a good place to pick up a campervan and a hard place to sleep in one. Portuguese law does allow you to spend the …
Healthcare for Expats in Spain: A Real Look at Oladoctor vs Doctoralia, Top Doctors, and the Insurer Apps
Oladoctor’s homepage, with prices, services, and Trustpilot rating all visible above the fold. If you’re skimming: If you’re an expat, tourist, or new arrival in Spain …
Karting Near Barcelona With Kids: The Two Places Worth Going
I’ve spent the past year taking my 7-year-old son karting around Catalonia. What started as a fun weekend activity turned into a small research project. Karting …
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