Soft Landing: Your First Day in Lisbon
The day-one walk we wish someone had given us: how the city works, where locals shop and how to get your basics sorted.

Every Thursday, one long table in a family tasca: newcomers, remote workers and locals who like meeting them.
Making friends is the hardest part of moving. Our supper club is one long table in a family tasca in Graça, with a set menu of Portuguese dishes, house wine and a host who makes sure nobody sits alone.
About half the table are locals, so the conversation moves between English and Portuguese and between tips for your new life and stories about the city.
The day-one walk we wish someone had given us: how the city works, where locals shop and how to get your basics sorted.
Moving here? We visit four neighbourhoods picked from your brief, at the hours you would actually live in them.
Order a bica, ask the pharmacist, sort a parcel at the post office. The phrases you need this week, practised where you need them.