Pastries, food, wine, olive oil, roasted chestnuts outside of the metro station, crime stats, one of the lowest gun violence in the world, drug policy, beaches, water sports, the country side, Fado, fish and vegetable markets, the cheeses, chouricos, vineyards along the Douro River, the amazing amounts of different fruit and seafood (best in Europe), the people, the art, history, architecture, health care, actual freedom. But there isn’t enough space in the internet to list all the good ones. Instead, weigh up the pros against the cons and then, being honest with yourself, decide if Portugal is right for you.Īs one commenter points out, although there are some downsides to living in Portugal, there isn’t enough space on the internet to list all of the upsides.īottom line is, you found 23 things that suck about this place. Portugal is Portugal, and you shouldn’t come here hoping for change or expecting change. It’s also not a list of things that Portuguese should change, and it’s definitely not a list of things that Portugal will change – no matter how sensible that change might seem to you. It’s also important to point out that this is a list of the downsides of Portugal primarily from the point of view of an outsider (although some Portuguese people agree with some of the things on this list). None of what the vloggers promote is a reality for day-to-day living. This is why so many are sucked into the dream of becoming an expat in Portugal. The problem starts with the YouTube vloggers who promote a false picture of what it’s like to live in Portugal.
Portugalist absolutely recommends that you consider moving to Portugal, but it wouldn’t be doing its job if it didn’t give you realistic expectations. Most articles (and especially YouTube videos) focus on the upsides rather than the downsides but it’s important to get the full picture before you move somewhere new. There are lots of pros to living in Portugal but there are, unsurprisingly, one or two cons as well.
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