Paying with MB Way
The phone payment people in Portugal actually use, and when not to send it.
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Buying second-hand in Porto
How to buy a sofa or a bike from a stranger, with two live ads and the rules that keep the money in your pocket.
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The pharmacy open tonight
The duty rota changes every day. How to find the pharmacy that is actually open, without a stale list.
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When you are ill in Porto
SNS 24 for what can wait, 112 for what cannot, and the two public hospitals people still name.
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The digital mobile key
One Portuguese mobile number and a four-digit PIN that open Finanças, Social Security and the health portal.
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Plates you meet in Porto
These pictures are illustrations of a kind of meal. They are not photographs of a named restaurant, and they are not a ranking. The francesinha belongs to Porto: bread, meat, melted cheese and a hot sauce, almost always with a beer. It is a heavy plate, closer to a full meal than to a snack. […]
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Where the city points you to eat
Photo: Bernard Gagnon, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Porto publishes the winners of Best of Wine Tourism as open data, under a CC0 licence. The file covers the Douro and Vinho Verde. It is the city’s own list, not a review and not a complete map of dinner in the centre. These are the restaurant […]
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Industrial visits on the city’s list
Image: Teleporto. The Municipality of Porto publishes the partners of the industrial tourism project: a list agreed with Turismo de Portugal and Turismo do Porto e Norte, from 2021. The file is CC0. It is a list of places that receive visits, not a ranking. Alcino Silversmith Museu dos Transportes e Comunicações Cervejaria Nortada Claus […]
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