HONEST-TO-GOD SURFING IN LISBON
Let’s just get this over with … Lisbon, you are the best. You have startups and tech. You have a great foodie scene. And yeah, you lucky SOBs have your own ocean and world-class surfing. Like right in the city. In fact, the European headquarters of the World Surf League, which puts on…>

Portimão & Lagoa, Portugal – BPM Festival: This festival, along with the final Ibiza parties in September, mark the end of summer. Sad face.

But, no better place – and no better festival – to bring summer to an end. Underground dance music in Portugal’s Algarve region; four days and nights on the beaches and cove…>

LISB-ON #JARDIM SONORO
31st August – 2nd September 2018 || Parque Eduardo VII || Lisbon, Portugal
THREE DAY PASS : €60 : lisb-on.pt/en/tickets
MEDIA PACK : http://bit.ly/2ssk1qi

An essential date on the Lisbon festival calendar, LISB_ON #Jardim Sonoro (Lisb-On Sound Garden) returns to its m…>

São Gião, Portugal – Insomnia Festival: There are two Insomnia festivals – one in Norway, one in Portugal. Confusing, we know. But this is the one in middle-of-nowhere Portugal, between Porto and Lisbon on the edge of the Sara da Estrella mountains. The perfect setting for what is a blend of counterculture festi…>

The Portuguese Golden Visa program is a fast track for investors to obtain a fully valid residence permit in Portugal and consequently free access to the vast majority of European countries (Schengen Area).

That residence permit would allow investors to:

Move freely in all Schengen countries
Apply for…>

Adding to its already impressive roster of top underground dance music talent, The BPM Festival: Portugal has revealed its phase 2 artist lineup and first wave of showcases for its second edition this September 20-23, 2018 in Portimão and Lagoa. With over 60 new additions, Alan Fitzpatrick, Chris Liebing, Davide…>

Crato, Portugal – Waking Life: Okay, we’re going to take it down a little bit as the summer ends, with a quirky party in Portugal.

Waking Life runs from 15 thru 19 August in a Medieval city about 60 kilometers northeast of Lisbon. Unlike the huge commercial parties, this is sort of a pitch-in, part music fes…>

WEB SUMMIT, 5 THRU 8 NOV. IN LISBON
This is the Big One Lisbon stole from Dublin, and it’s changed Portugal’s digital fortunes.

Web Summit bills itself as “the largest tech summit in the world.” More a right of passage for digital types than a utilitarian “meet the right people” event. Because who are you going t…>

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Carlucci American International School of Lisbon: More than 60 years ago, Carlucci American International School of Lisbon was established in Portugal’s capital as the only licensed and accredited American school in the country.

Founder Anthony A. McKenna pledged “to serve the children of the American engi…>

Lisbon – Eurovision Song Contest: Shortly after the end of World War II, the nations of Europe vowed they would never allow themselves to dive headfirst into the abyss of humanity’s darkness ever again. The European Broadcasting Union found one way to unify the continent in 1955 with an international song con…>

Lisbon – Lisbon Tech Job Fair: Organized by TechMeetups, the “world’s biggest Tech Job Fair” is landing in Lisbon, Portugal’s Beta-i 12 April. If you’re a techpat who’s “tired of browsing online job boards all day long” without success, then this job fair is for you.

The Lisbon Tech Job Fair presents opportunities to meet with local companies…>

Albufeira, Portugal, Spring Break Portugal: Think of Albufeira in the Algave as Portugal’s Ft. Lauderdale experience. Party for six days – 4 thru 9 April – on boats, in pools, on beaches and in the city’s bars and clubs.

Where Spring Break Portugal is different in that it’s targeted at young urb…>

Lisbon – Lisboa Electronica Musiculture: Time to mix pleasure with business again, this time at the second annual Lisboa Electronica Musiculture in Lisbon, Portugal 4 through 7 April.

Held at the LX Factory and Ministerium Club, LEM will boast the likes of Nina Kraviz, Sonja Moonear, Legowelt, and tINI among this y…>

🇵🇹 LISBOA ELECTRONICA MUSICULTURE NEWS 🇵🇹

🔊 LISBON’S PREMIERE UNDERGROUND LABEL FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES
FULL PROGRAMME FOR 2018 WITH NINA KRAVIZ, ACTRESS (LIVE), RARESH, HELENA HAUFF, FUMIYA TANAKA, SONJA MOONEAR, tINI & MORE.

LISBOA ELECTRONICA MUSICULTURE
4 – 7 APRIL 2018

MINISTERIUM CLUB + LX FACTORY, LISBON, PORTUGAL

Get tickets h…>

• Lisbon is getting a lot of attention. We used to think it was because of the climate, but now government officials are seizing the initiative.

Tech.co has a post about the new Beato Creative Hub, which includes a 20-building complex of factories into a “mega-campus” for startups. Sound familiar?

From that…>

Eurovision Song Contest 2018: After the end of WWII, Europeans looked at themselves and realized they couldn’t allow their continent to endure another drop of blood shed on the battlefield. Seeking a way to come together, the Eurovision Song Contest was born in 1956.

Eurovision is hard to explain to anyone (…>

Reuters: BNP Paribas to boost Lisbon hub with 45 job moves from Paris

BNP Paribas already has more than 1,800 employees in Portugal, according to a recent job advert posted on its website through which it was recruiting for its Group Finance Service hub in Lisbon. That unit is responsible for compiling and processing accounting and financial…>

* VISIT ON THURSDAY *
This lovely Santa Catarina studio will be available from 1st of October until mid-January. There is a possibility to visit it this Thursday!
The studio is on the ground floor of the building. Furthermore, the studio has a separate bedroom with a double bed, a bathroom connected with the bedroom, a living room and a fully…>

The next Berlin? Dispatches’ 2017 list of Europe’s Top 5 affordable cities for expats

Lisbon is No. 3 on our list of most affordable cities for expats.

NO. 3 LISBON, PORTUGAL
This is more of a prediction than reality. Yes, Lisbon has stolen away Web Summit from Dublin, but one kinda shady tech event does not a…>