You may have been hearing some buzz around the digital nomad scene lately about Lisbon
And now that I'm here I can assure you. It's for good reason in this video
I'll answer two questions one
One - What makes Lisbon such a great home base for digital nomads and two should you come here? Let's start with the basics
So Portugal is the westernmost
country in Europe and also boasts the closest point across the Atlantic to North America the
population ranges from about
500,000 in the city centre up to 3 million in the outskirts of the metropolitan area
That being said there are so many tourists every year that there can be up to 9 or 10 tourists per local resident
People are drawn to Lisbon for the year-round mild climate with low community and the culture
Restaurants shopping outdoor activities and many beaches that Lisbon has to offer
But why do digital nomads love it so much?
Well, first of all, it's the combination of the low cost of living with the high quality of life
Although Lisbon has gotten a bit more expensive in recent years
still quite affordable to live here rent prices can start from just
150 euro or so per month for a room on a long term rental
And starting from around 350 or 450 euro a month for your own apartment
These prices vary whether you're here in the high season or the low season renting long term or a short term
But you can definitely find a rental for a few hundred dollars a month if you're here at the right time
for A long period of time. that being said if you're just here for a short stay in
The summer months you could spend up to three or four thousand euro a month for an Airbnb
So just make sure to keep that in mind Lisbon provides a great quality of life and work-life balance for digital nomads
They're not at work or the beach
You can benefit from one of the hundreds
If not thousands of bars restaurants and cafes in the city as far as food prices
It's very affordable. Especially compared to the United States
Something like a pint of blueberries that you could buy for eight or nine dollars in the US
Will go for only one or two euro here
If you cook at home, of course, you'll always save money
But when it comes to eating out you can save there as well breakfast
we usually run you around five euro five to ten euro lunch from ten to fifteen and dinner anywhere from
Fifteen to fifty for a nice meal out with a glass of wine
These are some of the basic things that digital nomads look for in a destination
But what else?
Lisbon Airport is only a few minutes away from the city centre and a 10 euro taxi ride
There's also a plethora of transportation options everywhere, which makes life just a really convenient
everything from bicycles to
My taxi
electric scooters
Buses trams the metro and pretty much any taxi or uber app you can think of is all right here
In fact, the city was modeled after San Francisco in some ways
So it has a lot of San Francisco vibes the bridge the trolleys
Another top thing that digital nomads are looking for is of course co-working spaces and Lisbon has no shortage of co-working spaces
There are over 50 just in this city alone and over a hundred throughout the country
It seems like there's a co-working space on every corner because there basically is the Internet is really good everywhere as well
You can even work in one of the public parks and get a 50 megabyte download speed and a 20 to 30 megabyte upload speed
That's better than some home
Connections in the United States the fourth reason why I nomads come to Lisbon is because of other nomads
so if there's one thing that digital nomads are always looking for it is a sense of community and
Lisbon doesn't disappoint! like attracts like and there is now a pretty solid base of
Nomads here year round from all around the world
so this unique combination of qualities and characteristics make it an attractive destination for
A fifth reason and that's for international conferences and event from small intimate
events at co-working spaces to
Digital nomads centered events like the DMX conference to even the global web summit
Which is one of the biggest tech conferences in the world, attracting tens of thousands of people
So if you're using Lisbon as your home base, you can take advantage of all of the great activities
Conferences and events that are happening year round, so that's it
I hope you guys enjoyed this tour of Lisbon for digital nomads
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