Great interview. 👍🏻 We never visited Aveiro and would consider it as a ‘second tier’ or ‘maybe’ city in PT if we had more time during our visite. Videos by Kalie & Josh and this video are perfect for us to better understand what Aveiro has to offer. 🙏🏻

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, Maurice! We appreciate that message. Yes, Aveiro is considered second tier but it definitely it’s a certain profile of person! We like Aveiro. - Josh & Kalie

Great interview. We have a lot of Portuguese Canadians here (mostly Toronto & Montreal) and in Ottawa. I knew as soon as Ed had spoken a few words he had to be from the Toronto area. Got to love the Canadian inflections. I do love to hear how people feel after moving to Portugal. I had to laugh when he mentioned winter... People go to Toronto to get away from our much harsher winters in Ottawa. So much of our food is not 'fresh', especially in the winter months... and with roads being as bad as they are in the winter, it make sense to shop once or twice a month as opposed to daily... but shopping every couple of days for fresh food is a joy and a privilege!

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, Jen. I (Josh) also guessed he was from Toronto because of the accent. :-) We've got several friend from there and I'm fascinated with accents. Thanks for your commentary here. - Josh & Kalie

Slow and stop, spot on...until you begin to go backwards

I studied in Aveiro. It is a very nice city. He made a good choice. Espinho is very close, and it has nice beaches and casinos . By the way, the Universidade De Aveiro has Portugues for foreigners.

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing, Teddy! Aveiro is a really nice city. We like it for sure. - Josh & Kalie

Congrats on the move Ed. We made the move from Victoria and love it in Portugal.

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing. - Josh & Kalie

Love Aveiro: phenomenal beaches, amazing seafood, great climate, super nice people! This was a great perspective of someone who lives there. Thanks for the video!

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more! Would you like to be Aveiro’s new spokes person? - Josh & Kalie

@veronicadcf

6 ай бұрын

I think I will stick with Gaia 🤣

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

@@veronicadcf 😉 Gaia is right up there! - Josh & Kalie

Quick update: Aveiro was just ranked the #1 municipality in Portugal with a study just released by Marktest.

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

No surprised, Ed! Thanks for the update. - Josh & Kalie

What a great video with a lovely gentleman. I appreciate this honest assessment and glimpse into why Aveiro might not be the right fit for a single retiree such as myself looking for a more cosmopolitan city vibe.

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Ed really is lovely. Thanks for watching. Lisbon and maybe Porto just would fit the cosmopolitan vibe you’re looking for! - Josh & Kalie

@periscope7731

6 ай бұрын

@@ExpatsEverywhere Congratulations! Yes, Porto might be right up my alley. It’s on my next scouting itinerary for 2024. EJ 💁🏻‍♂️🇧🇫

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Nice! 2024!! Let's go!!! - Josh & Kalie

@RuiCBGLima

5 ай бұрын

Porto is only 70Km north of Aveiro. You take less than an 1 hour by car, or you have multiple very accessible public transportation from both city centers, 3 kinds of trains, or by bus. 1 train costs like 6€, bus can maybe be even cheaper

@periscope7731

5 ай бұрын

@@RuiCBGLima I will definitely add Aveiro to my itinerary, especially as I plan to spend an entire month in Portugal while pin pointing my needs and investigating best options. Obrigado.

Really well done. I was up there last week. I’d describe Aveiro as ‘up and coming’. A lot of new builds, more so than other towns I’ve been to. I also appreciate the relatively flat terrain, which makes cycling practical.

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏 We completely agree. It’s got some great new developments coming. - Josh & Kalie

Great interview! Your questions were very relevant Kaylie. We visited Aveiro very briefly and didn't really feel the vibe, but after this interview it may make us want to take a second look. Thanks as always J & K!

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, Georg! We appreciate the feedback. To be honest, the first time we stayed in Aveiro, we didn't feel the vibe either. By the 3rd visit, we get it and it's shot up our rating. - Josh & Kalie

Great interview Kalie! We just got back from Aveiro and what's not to love?!? I think I'd expat that! A little too touristy in the small center, but there's a decent surrounding area and how charming is Costa Nova...For a beach house! You know, what Ed said about the friendliness of Aveiro I find it's like that even in a big city like Lisbon...There are just more neighborhoods and you get to know the locals in that area. We go back to our old hood and are still remembered with a hello from our old café owner, butcher, small grocery clerks, etc...Portuguese are friendly everywhere!!

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, Tamara! Nice to hear that you'd expats that! Portuguese people in general are really, really lovely people. - Josh & Kalie

@RuiCBGLima

5 ай бұрын

Not that Aveiro is unwalkable. It certainly is. But to work in Aveiro, or to go to Barra, Ílhavo, Gafanha Nazaré, Costa Nova or S.Jacinto, maybe the car is the best option.

What a cool guy! Great interview Kalie 🙏

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

He's a super cool guy. Very open and honest. Thank you! - Josh & Kalie

Excellent interview, incredibly helpful information and insights. Thanks to you both, Aveiro is back only list of possible destinations to settle.

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! You're welcome and thank you for the feedback. - Josh & Kalie

Great interview, Kalie!

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, Terri. We always appreciate your support. - Josh & Kalie

@terrisokolow7796

6 ай бұрын

Ed seems like a very nice guy!

Great Interview!

GREAT questions asked! Thanks for work in putting this video together.

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. We appreciate you recognizing the work that goes into these videos. :-) - Josh & Kalie

Love the interview 😀

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! - Josh & Kalie

Love your interview great questions

@ExpatsEverywhere

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! - Josh & Kalie

Great questions!

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, Jane. - Josh & Kalie

What a great video! I thoroughly enjoyed it 😊

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊 Tell a friend. ;-) - Josh & Kalie

I fell in love with Aveiro when I visited. Thank you for your content.

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thanks for the support. ❤️- Josh & Kalie

Good job Kalie, and Ed. Well done.

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much - Josh & Kalie

Great interview very inspirational! I think Aveiro is my city since I live in Galveston and I love small city

@ExpatsEverywhere

Ай бұрын

Thank you. We're glad to hear the feedback that the video was so inspirational. - Josh & Kalie

Happy to hear his son's enjoying it too! I'm a UX designer who's trying to find work in Portugal so I can start the visa application process, and I hope it'll be easier to find something during my trip there next month. This gives me a little more hope!

Awesome interview! Your interviews are my favorite because it gives you realistic perspectives from people coming to Portugal.

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, Laura! We appreciate the feedback. - Josh & Kalie

GREAT interview Kalie, thanks for asking all those questions, amazing info, can you do one on Coimbra ?

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, Stuart! We've done a podcast with someone in Coimbra already but we haven't done an video interview. We can work on that. - Josh & Kalie

Wow very very helpful video, his comments are very honest and accurate, that’s exactly what we need to see in a video. Grateful

@ExpatsEverywhere

4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! We hope that you're able to watch more of the interviews on our channel. - Josh & Kalie

Great video. Lovely Gentlemen. Enjoy your life ❤

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, Ana. We really enjoyed getting to know Ed. He’s really nice 😊 - Josh & Kalie

My university's city. The University is ysually ranked among the 5 best in Portugal, and ranks among the 300 best universities in the world. Kinda interesting seeing an outsider's perspective on "my" city. And interesting what you covered with phootage. Aveiro for me is a bit like a kaleidoscope, always changing / with a M. C. Escher's drawings kinda of vibe. The Lagoon aka Ria de Aveiro, brings to me almost an unconscious idea that I'm crossing through stuck waters, meaning stuck emotions, that actually are moving, actually evolving. The slower pace of living is indeed slow.

Great interview! I may be just a little bit biased though, I'm also Canadian from just outside Toronto and my family are from Gafanha da Nazaré like Ed's wife 😆 Love the Aveiro area ❤

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

That's awesome! Thank you and it's okay for that kind of bias. You know it better than most so it makes sense that you'd have a stronger opinion. - Josh & Kalie

Thanks Katie and Ed for a really enjoyable and informative interview. We’re heading to PT on Tues (from Canada). We’ve begun the process to move, but need to sell and exit Canada (which is in progress) so are a bit in limbo at the moment. We’re excited to be exploring / scouting areas in PT for the next several weeks. Aveiro just became a whole lot more enticing! 😊

@jennifercunningham2321

6 ай бұрын

* Kalie (sorry for the misspell!)

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, Jennifer! We hope that you have a great time. Thanks for leaving us a comment. - Josh & Kalie

Great video

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it - Josh & Kalie

Little side / curiosity note: if you go to the Maritime Museum of Ílhavo, you'll find out that the portuguese fisherman, especially from the Aveiro region, made the Cod (Bacalhau) fish populations go extinct in Labrador / New Foundland, Canada, during the first half of the Twentieth century. I think though they're reestablishing new populations now, but it's a slow process.

And Aveiro has a very good university too, so you will see young people too😊.

Very informative… thank you from India!

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! - Josh & Kalie

If you don´t mind me posting here a poem I wrote about the city: «I always meet you in Aveiro, as if I have met you in Coimbra. And I pretend to meet you in Coimbra. Actually, I really met you in Coimbra. Don't say you weren't there, your presence is unmistakable. Meeting you in Aveiro is like meeting you in Venice, there I pretend to meet you in Venice so that maybe I will really meet you in Venice. I pretend to meet you in Marrakech, Alexandria, Cairo. I pretend to meet you in Milan, and soon Lombardy becomes a kind of Salreu (Lagoon region). I pretend to meet you in Prague, and I immediately visit the eastern side of your head, where emotion is restrained quietly as a sordina mute. I could pretend to meet you anywhere else in the world so that I could find you in Aveiro. It is neither easier nor more difficult to meet you in this city of canals, but it is the city where I find you most often, the city where you also find me, and the city where, dragged in the mud, I make the most effort to find myself.»

Could you guys do a segment on setting up phone services when you move to portugal? The little things can be so important.

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

We do discuss it in our course. What information do you want to know?

@user-hw5ph8jy5s

6 ай бұрын

@ExpatsEverywhere just hear that carriers in US drop you after a few months . So how do you keep a number?

🇵🇹👍🏻Aveiro

Nice interview! Curious to know about the availability of organic produce in Aveiro and Portugal in general.

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

From what we've been told, there's not that many people that go through the process of getting it certified organic when it might actually be organic. Glad you found this video! - Josh & Kalie

@jjcproducer

6 ай бұрын

@@ExpatsEverywhere Thank you!

Great interview with this nice gentleman, Kalie. I am happy for him that he was able to escape Trudeau’s Canada 😂 What is that place called where you ate those chicken wings and the nachos? 🎉

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, Tatiana! The Iron Duke Pub. Travessa da Rua Direita nº6, R. dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra 44, 3810-093 Aveiro - Josh & Kalie

@victorlima9373

4 күн бұрын

@@ExpatsEverywhere Thnak you after watching the video my wife asked the same question.

I have had a different experience in terms of using Bolt. I would say about 1/3 of the time the app says no cars are available. I usually get one within 15-20 minutes. As long as time is not critical this works fine. If you run on a North American time frame you should probably rent or buy a vehicle.

@edbarnard7157

6 ай бұрын

We usually use Uber and have never waited more than 2 minutes in Aveiro. It may not be wort the little bit that you save with Bolt.

@jimjensen9139

6 ай бұрын

@@edbarnard7157 for Aveira that would make sense. When I was on Madeira in May and June of 2023 Uber was not allowed to operate.

Beach and college town

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Do you like it though, Antonio? - Josh & Kalie

@antoniodasilva1230

6 ай бұрын

@@ExpatsEverywhere yes it's my beach area plus we moved from long Island NY into Anadia

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

@@antoniodasilva1230 Great stuff! - Josh & Kalie

1st!

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for being first! - Josh & Kalie

When you are working full time, especially your own business, you don't have time to shop fresh markets every two days; you have to shop for one or two weeks at a time. Retirees have the time to shop every day.

@ExpatsEverywhere

6 ай бұрын

We have some friends in Porto that work remotely that shop every two days at the market. They’ve just made it a point to. Life’s full of choices and fortunately in cities like Aveiro, Porto and Lisbon, those options exist. Kalie and I don’t care to shop but once a week nor make time for it so we order online from Pingo Doce and have it delivered. - Josh & Kalie

@Max.Paprika

6 ай бұрын

Running a business should never be an 80-hour job. I know not everyone lives close to a grocery store, but having a business shouldn't limit anyone's ability to get out of the house once a day.

@gncl7599

2 ай бұрын

Nope.

I will tell you a secret about Aveiro that hardly no one knows. Aveiro is known as the "Silicon Valley" of Europe. Some of the best tech is designed and invented here. Robotics also. The Aveiro University and I.T. Institute is to blame. The city is going through a major face-lift in new streets and parks, but this summer 2024 it should all be ready for the inauguration as "The Portuguese Capital of Culture 2024".

@ExpatsEverywhere

3 ай бұрын

We've heard about it for sure. Thanks for posting and subscribing, Max. - Josh & Kalie

@MAX96MENDES

3 ай бұрын

@@ExpatsEverywhere Cheers !

Politics hahahhaha.....so what he's saying is they wanted to get away from Trudeau lol