Guides

Step by step

Practical guides for life in Portugal, kept in one place.

IMT and stamp duty when you buy a flat

The purchase taxes you meet at the notary, and where the official calculators live.

One building, many desks, how to walk in prepared instead of collecting a second ticket.

What green receipts mean for freelancers, and which doors open before the first invoice.

Trains, metro, buses and the walk that connects them when you arrive with luggage.

The south bank as a place to sleep, shop and commute, beyond the port-wine afternoon.

Beach, grilled fish, the metro tip, and what changes when you actually live there.

What daily life feels like east of the centre: shops, hills, noise, and who the parish suits.

Which bin is which, where the ecopoints are, and how not to annoy the neighbours on collection day.

112, SNS 24, police and a few numbers worth saving before you need them.

What the IRS declaration is, where you file it, and what to gather before April arrives.

The número de utente is how the public health service knows you. Here is the practical path in Porto.

What AIMA is for, how bookings usually work, and what belongs at the city hall instead.