Your documentary was very well done. I've visited Portugal twice so far. I really love that country.

@RubenDan-qf7ic

9 күн бұрын

Hello Rebecca, how are you doing?

I prefer places with fewer people, the abandoned villages would make an awesome retreat 🙏🏼💚☺️🌈

Great info! We bought and love our life in Torres Vedras...Hidden gem!! Lisboa is unaffordable at this point and I hope the locals persevere!! Prices must come down...❤is with Portugal!!

@JuanMoreno-wo5yb

11 күн бұрын

Prices will not come down since so many KZreadrs promote places where wealthy foreigners end up going and they then over spend since they think they are getting a bargain but could be getting a steal and that would help the less fortunate in the country and less fortunate who would love to move too but are out spent ❤

Hi. I’d lived here for soon 8 years and I think you are spot on the problem that Portugal has. Keep on what you’re doing 😊

Prizes are increasing because of greedy investors and real-estate managers. Coastal areas are being pushed as good opportunities while in fact the best opportunities are outside of these areas, there you can buy something from the first owner, something that hasn't been sold with profit several times before, but you don't see them a lot on social media. Look a little bit further into the centre and you'll see a whole different world with all kinds of opportunities. This greed is eventually going to destroy the housing market in the popular areas and sales will drop hugely. Think good before you buy!

Hey bro! You should be really proud of yourself. You have created an awesome video covering Portugal. I speak Portuguese too. And you english is very on point. Keep up the good work brother!

As a Northern European, I think a lot of Portugese natives will return once they realize what life is really life up North. Sure, the wages are higher, but so is cost of living. And there's a lot more crime, increasing demographic and religious conflict, poverty, etc. Housing is unaffordable there too, which is part of why a lot of us moved to Portugal to begin with. The grass isn't always greener, I'm afraid. They'll be back. It's crazy that there are no taxes on abandoned houses. That's what's done in my country and at least that way you both improve the way neighbourhoods look, aswell as create more housing opportunities for young people to start families. I don't understand why this isn't done here.

@cristinaguine5235

10 күн бұрын

Totally agree with the tax on abandoned houses!!!

Do you know? Portugal was the first nation to introduce red pepper to the Korean Peninsula via Japan. Koreans need to thank Kimchi Spice to Portugal.

@almira565

8 күн бұрын

Pity they dont apply it to their own cuisine.

@chairpants

5 күн бұрын

We here in Kerala, India call Portuguese "parankikal"which literally means pepper people.

@luciatheron1621

4 күн бұрын

...we do.​@@almira565

@unknownninja4430

4 күн бұрын

🧢🧢

Very informative! Thanks for sharing this information.

Am watching this from Japan, very interesting my friend.

The wrap up at the end of ur videos is awesome man. I’ve always dreamed of moving to Portugal or Spain so ur content is scratching that itch. Maybe Ireland can teach Portuguese how to bring in better paying jobs but in the meantime Portuguese ppl have a lot to offer and I’m certain they will overcome these obstacles just as they have done since the Roman times. Thanks for the content

Good video. Interesting that you also shared info about the small place (pumbal/pombal) because that clarified things too.

Both my parents were born in Leiria, Portugal. My grandparents moved to Mozambique and then South Africa, where my parents then met, and my brother and I were born and raised in South Africa. Now, I moved to Australia with my wife and children. After my dad passed away, my mother has gone to Leiria to look after my grandmother as they left South Africa to go back to Portugal in the 90's. Needless to say, my wife and I could have gone to live in Portugal as we have citizenship, but I suppose growing up in South Africa, going to Australia was the option we chose being similar to how we grew up in South Africa. We both have family in Portugal and have visited it as children, but both of us didnt want to live there, the lifestyle is very different to the standard english way of living we got used to in South Africa and have now in Australia.

@Alfablue227

2 күн бұрын

That sounds as if the English way to live is the best...I have holidayed in Australia, SA, UK (and 42 other countries) and believe me, it isn't. I also lived in the USA for 40 years where I moved to as a young teenager. I finally came back home to Portugal and wish I had done it sooner. Life in Portugal is safe, wonderful and beautiful. Many people may have difficulties, but boy...I sure saw tons of such in Sydney and Capetown to mention a few. Leiria now is a totally modern city with a very old history. I love it and it's a quite popular place nowadays.

@patricksweeney5308

Күн бұрын

@@Alfablue227 In my opinion, Portugal has one of the best qualities of life, thanks to its being populated by such great people but also because of the climate overall, the level of safety and the natural and man-made beauty. And it's a rich country by most standards, with real average consumption per capita not much below the European average. What other country is even in the same league? Maybe Croatia.

@Alfablue227

Күн бұрын

@@patricksweeney5308 Right on.Totally agree and tks so much for your kind words. We certainly are not perfect and still have much to accomplish but we sure try.

@RobIn-ky4uz

Сағат бұрын

I moved from Dublin Ireland to a village near Leiria. If you have a fairly decent salary (>1.5k ) and no rent or mortgage, this is the best place to live. Especially for families with children. Leiria has grown on me to be honest. There so much to do and honestly in terms of shopping, eating out it beats Dublin hands down. Not to mention the climate which is one of the best in Europe.

Nobody speaking in this video is actually Portuguese, everyone pretending to be Portuguese is actually Brazillian… very misleading content…

The Marquis de Pombal rebuilt Lisbon - Pombal is his town. Greetings from another old dominion of Portugal - Goa - Estado da India.

Thank You ! Very interesting Enjoy your life in safe Portugal and sleep well at night.

Good information , like your channel 🎉

Very informative video 🎉

you are wrong, ist not a nightmare for locals. I love my country,

@JuanMoreno-wo5yb

11 күн бұрын

It can be bad for people who only make a minimum wage and can’t afford now the house they used to afford before so many wealth foreigners came.

@desertbluesplaylist7550

11 күн бұрын

Algarve is a nightmare

@desertbluesplaylist7550

11 күн бұрын

Totally correct re the Algarve, this is true

@TheSillybits

7 күн бұрын

Very interesting video, thank you very much.

@so_what_else_is_new

3 күн бұрын

​@@JuanMoreno-wo5ybforeigners are not the cause but the result. Blame your politicians.

Lembra aqueles programas do canal Cultura do Planeta Terra de antigamente kkkk, boa Eliezer!

Pombal although much smaller than Lisbon and Porto is still a decent size city, there are many, many smaller cities and villages that are breathtaking as well as super inexpensive. There are of course little to no job opportunities but the quality of life can not be beat anywhere making then great retirement areas. We chose a small village about 60km south of pombal and feel as if we are two of the lucky few that get to live in this wonderful place.

Thanks for all the info.... pity the 'background' music is so much in the foreground though.. had to 'mute' and activate subtitles.. but otherwise.. very informative

I retired to central Portugal 6 years ago and love the place and the people but in just my time, I've begun to feel guilty. I'm not rich but do have a decent pension which means I can pay all my bills with ease. But, people like me plus tourists have made it ever more difficult for local people, in a variety of ways, mostly by pushing up prices of buying or renting accommodation (I rent). In more recent times, large numbers of immigrants are very evident and growing rapidly, even in this central area. This is of course not just a Portugal issue but Europe wide, but Portugal's low wages puts a particular hardship on locals. The Portugal people have always been known for their friendliness & helpfulness towards people like me but I fear the ongoing influx of immigrants will bring things to pitch that may begin to see local people become more frustrated with all that is going on around them and lose some of their friendliness for frustration? Good vid, well done.

Very beautiful cities and well maintained too in my opinion....porto, Lisbon, Coimbra, Aveiro, Fatima etc... would love to visit some day.🎉❤

I love Portugal . Government is the problem not the solution. Where I live the government decided to bring down the cost of housing. The committed to building 200,000 houses. In the 6 years they have been in power and made all their changes we have seen the second highest rise in hose prices in the world,

Man vc é indentico a um maluco aqui no Brasil

This video is not controversial, it is realistic. One thing to point out is that even foreigners are having problems finding an affordable place and they would bring opportunities to the community. Planning to retire in any small town central or north of Portugal and it has been extremely difficult to find a place. Not only in this country the government is not acting fast enough to fix housing demands.

Awesome❤

Well, I stayed in Villamoura-Quarteira for 3 years, I used to get E3000 euros in the summer and 1/2 that in winter, selling hot dogs and burgers !!!

I can see you are proud of Portugal me to. I am not Portuguese but it's home (Coimbra) I love it.

my mother and i wanted to live in Portugal and retire. but, with being almost double taxed we will make barley the min. to live there. most people are charging over 1400 eros for rent and it would be cheaper to stay in America. a lot of us are in the same boat. the only people living large are the wealthy investors. I don't think the locals know that the non investors are in the same boat they are.

@testerintester864

18 күн бұрын

Same here -we are from Germany and had planned to retire in Portugal but they changed it (I think they don’t want only older people there ) investors in big style is what they want BUT the countryside is mostly empty!!oh well we will keep looking were we will go !

@mariacanto1871

10 күн бұрын

⁠@@testerintester864the countryside is almost empty? I am from the north of Portugal and can assure you it’s anything but empty, besides being beautiful!

Hope to visit Portugal and Lisbon soon.

Amazing video.

cool vid. please reduce volume of background music, it makes it slightly hard to hear you . cheers .

good work

I guess thats a Problem all Capital or big Cities in Europe have in common.

@Maxzero0

8 ай бұрын

trie to rent a flat in Parague for example. Don't speaking of London, Paris or Barcelona.

@doreekaplan2589

13 күн бұрын

True in the U.S. investors buy 5-6 rentals, driving up prices every 12 months. Im moving to southern Portugal for a year. Where are legitimate yearly rentals listed ?

Great video but I still don't understand why rents are so high when there are abandoned houses. Here in the UK, especially the south where I live, rents are also way too high but we don't have many abandoned houses.

@BobKnight-mm2ze

6 күн бұрын

Hi. I don't live there, but I was in the process of moving there. But the...feelings I was getting was that the sentiment was changing. Anyway I did lots of research, had an immigration lawyer, real estate person etc., So there is drain on the youth. The young people are doing (at least) 2 things; moving from more rural areas to larger city areas. And they're leaving the country! They're going everywhere else in Europe. So it's pulling the workforce/and consumer base/tax base. The country does have a substantial tourism base and immigration base of funding--but my feeling is that those funds keep the country afloat, but it's not what's needed for major property restoration and maintenance. Next, abandoned properties in the rural areas are super high. Entire villages. And it's high in the cities also, but with wages being low but development costs being high-it's a vicious circle. The only people who can really do those renovations are the expats coming in--which they were doing. But, then those rehabbed properties have high rent, which the locals can't afford (see, the low incomes referenced earlier). So, it's my opinion there are multiple vicious circles. They also killed the "Golden Visas" which both contributed to renovated properties, but also high rent. But the bulk of immigrants were not the Americans or British--it's actually the Chinese, Indians, and Brazilians. Even though the Algarve has a really large Brit community/tourism numbers. I have one other opinion, but it's regarding the UK. I've watched channels like "turd town" and others where they show many, many towns and villages going bankrupt. And tons of people on food assistance and boarded up main streets. I think this guy @Tom_Nicholas just did a video on it. I don't point this out to say "your country is just as bad," but to say economies/youth movement/jobs have these sort of strange effects that are hard to predict or reverse. I'm in the US and LEAVING, because there's so many different KINDS of problems.

@geogoring

5 күн бұрын

@BobKnight-mm2ze Hi Bob, thanks for that detailed explanation. It really makes sense now and you have highlighted what is probably a global problem. It is true that in Cornwall in the UK there are so many second homes and holiday lets and the locals can't afford the rents. Also the difference in property prices between north and south is massive. What it really boils down to is the growing gap between rich and poor and young people seeking a better life in the cities which seems to be happening everywhere. I can't afford to buy a property here and may end up moving to Nigeria. But that's another story! All the best with your endeavours!

@BobKnight-mm2ze

5 күн бұрын

@@geogoringHaha, trust me, I'll be traveling to that area too as I look for the place where I plant myself. The plan is "up and down" Europe/Africa for a few years. But I think you're probably right; the world is moving in a sort of Feast or Famine direction. I think it's a lot of factors, but this transition from sort of industrial age society to a sort of snowballing techno/information thing. Long story short; I think or tech is outpacing are ability as a society to adjust at the same pace is maybe at the core of it. And money. Everything comes back to money. Sigh...

@geogoring

4 күн бұрын

@BobKnight-mm2ze Yes that is how the world is going. I think some people want us to believe it's all about money but actually that's a lie. I try to see limitations positively in that they can channel us in the direction we need to go, rather than what satisfies our desires which can be harmful to us. So all is good, brother!

Professionally made. Congratulations

it is sadly the same in most countries right now. the wages of your country do not afford you the ability to live a good life anymore. and it does not feel good to abandon your home country to live better in a cheaper country because you cause worse problems for locals. but what can you do?

Most beautiful countries are getting empty because of emigration. But people in USA are moving out of big cities back to countryside and starting their permaculture and self sufficiency , they grow their own healthy food and raise animals on the farm .

@sihlemasondo2898

16 күн бұрын

High quality video thank u

Real estate agent is even brazilian...not even a portuguese.

Very good video

Magellan, Columbus, Vasco Da Gama were well aware the earth was round. That's why they sailed west in the first place hoping to open another route to the far east. They didn't bargain on the Americas being in the way.

The population of Braga at 200k residents is the size of a small town here in the UK. Interesting place though. I've holidayed only on the Algarve but intend to visit Lisbon on my next holiday.

@RobIn-ky4uz

Сағат бұрын

Oxford and Aberdeen are small towns in your books then...right

The house was 147 THOUSAND, not 147€!

@RubenDan-qf7ic

9 күн бұрын

Hello beautiful, how are you doing today?

Portugal was in Cape Verde in 1442 and in Gold Coast Ghana in 1471 .

Well every place there’s a abandoned place not only Portugal.

@petervermeer.4904

16 күн бұрын

Sorry, but no, not like this. Portugal is a beautiful country, but many ruins. Not a huge problem, but it's a fact.

You said "hot place", and it's not like that at all. Well, besides not using the word 'warm' instead, you didn't even mention that harsh winters are very common in certain regions, and also how windy it is even in the south all throughout the year; and if it's sunny it's windy; also there's more people suffering from cold in Portugal than in northern Europe.

Many years ago- I don't know when NY city designated many apartments as " Rent Control" and back in teh 1990s there were some small apartment that the same family lived in for decades only paid $ 400.00 pe rmonth. I don't know if these rent control apartments still exist but maybe your government needs to say that prices must match the reality of the cost of living where your cities are. Here in the US there are many abandoned mansions in terrible condition and no one wants to fix them up and people wonder if they are haunted from dark activitoes of the privious owners. Your country is beautiful.

When I checked Google it was the fourth safest place not 7.

Portugal was the second safest country in the world must be all the foreigners including Brazilians moving there

Portugal is a tiny country, but its people are among the world's greatest!!!

Nice

Some look Tartarian.veey beautiful.

Kinda telling that you couldnt find a portuguese person to interview, they were all brazilian...

@xmaniac99

2 күн бұрын

Plot twist, the video was filmed in Brazil due to budget constraints

..."In 1521 Magalhães.... starting from Portugal..." I beg you correct this video with historic facts. The trip departed in 1519 from Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Spain). Portugal and Spain were not allies and not that friendly to each other, Magalhães had to obtain the Spanish nationality in order to lead this Expedition, therefore departing from Spain.

*the Crimean bridge is the longest bridge of Europe now

Tak for gode informative video men 🤨behøver der musik når du taler 😏🙃🙂

Very well said and very TRUE, the foreigners who came here have spoiled the life of innocent Portuguese citizens. I totally blame tehgovt for lack of controls that should hve been put in place on the foreign invasion.

@user-hu6qm4sw3e

4 ай бұрын

"Spoiled" the portuguese? So they gave they lots of money and gifts?

@missprimproper1022

12 күн бұрын

You should visit Britain - we are being invaded on a daily basis by thousands of illegal immigrants. Our border control is non-existent. We are an overcrowded group of islands to start with without all these economic migrants and illegal asylum seekers wanting to live here! They have spoiled our once Great Britain.

Watching from philippines manila ❤❤❤😊😊😊

@DavidPaulNewtonScott

8 ай бұрын

My other home the Philippines.

Nice.

Coming from someone that left his own country

The problem is with all of this remote workers people who come to big city like Lisbon and Porto because they wanna have fun and they are raising the prices for everything. They don’t wanna go to Little Village and live quite life and work on computer they want to have a nice café good food. They wanna go out they wanna hang out put the pretty picture on Instagram And that’s what screwed up Lisbon and Porto.

@so_what_else_is_new

3 күн бұрын

Check housing prices in Amsterdam for comparison...

Sawadee ka ..I( hallo in thai ) Im from Bangkok..why don't you tell about any crime that was happen in general city of Potugal , or show about some politic or cause to beware ! Thank for good video 👍🏻🙏⚘😁🇹🇭

@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367

7 күн бұрын

The problem in portugal isnt crime is that portugese dont have kids, Portugal is very corrupt in its government, portugal has very low wages and many jobs are filled by illegal migrants and the law isnt enforced and portugese have been migeating for 200 years as portugal is one of europes poorest nations due to this incompetence of government.. They dont have enough babies but they all want to leave. In the past thry had many babies to balance the loss

I will live in Portugal if I had friends...!

2.8 million people in Lisboa ??? I don't think so, portuguese friends told me its about 1/2 million !!

@noctusowl

7 ай бұрын

He means the whole Metropolitan Area including Lisbon District, most of Setubal District and a bit of Santarém's

@j.p.antunes1703

7 ай бұрын

​@@noctusowl yes. Lisbon itself has about 500K

@user-hx1fx5ux2q

17 күн бұрын

The metropolitan area (( the lisboa)) Had 2871173 habitants censo 2021

Let them go I,didn,t invited them to come.my brothers from Africa Welkome we have the same cultura ,Dieu merci Ciao

Thanks for the info very informative

These empty houses ? □ Do people have to pay property tax on them? □ Do people have to pay property tax on the home's they own and live in? □ Do people have to pay property tax on the homes that they buy and maybe fix up and rent out?

Yes come to the Netherlands, earn 4k a month and pay 2k in rent and heating costs for a crappy moldy apartment in the city. Want s car … 🤞

Why is the roofs always the red

@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367

7 күн бұрын

Terracotta tiles

You should have shown us some churches !

Of course you are right only the portuguese that have very high incomes have a good life hear...everibody came from everiware to fast to much People in small countrie Thank you for your good Video as always

Same thing is happening to native Hawaiins

It has actually been known that the Earth was round since the time of the ancient Greeks.

@michael1345

3 күн бұрын

True but It was the church that demanded that people accept the bible version of a flat earth and that the earth was the centre not the sun.

Six hundred years ago everybody knew the earth was round. People need to stop repeating that flat Earth nonsense. People in the past weren't stupid.

@annetterohla8932

4 күн бұрын

The surveying technique called triangulation demonstrates that the world is round.Who invented it,and when?

though, Protugal is much better than Canada

Would love more videos on Pombal if possible, like what a day in the life is like. Thank you for what you do!

Lets face it Portugal DNA is in the countries it colonised over centuries .

Lusitano horses!!!

The Earth isn't a globe! It's a plane!

@petervermeer.4904

16 күн бұрын

An air-plane? Anyway. If the Earth is not a globe or a ball. Then what is the moon and what is the sun? Are they discs? The explanation of sun planets and moons, circling around each other, and keeping each other in balance, makes sense and seems logical. (not that i am 100% sure of that, i cannot check it). But it seems plausible. If the earth is a stationary disc or plate. How does all the other stuff stay in place (or move across the sky)? The "solar system" with moving planets and (our) moon, also explains summer and winter. And the year (12 months). And tons of other stuff.

@elelegidosf9707

12 күн бұрын

Nonsense. The Earth is wedge-shaped, like a nice piece of Roquefort.

@ulyssees30y

8 күн бұрын

All of you have it wrong. My former neighbor showed me the light. As he explained it to me the earth is actually flat but also hollow and filled with lizard people. Honest. I wouldn't lie.

@so_what_else_is_new

3 күн бұрын

The earth isn't real. You're only dreaming it 😂

Portugal is beautiful 💯 I love it. Portugal is underreded 👌💯🇵🇹

CONQUERING? No, it was pick-up

How should we classify the overwhelming majority of videos that pollute KZread? Garbage, pure rubbish. What is the point of talking about the housing problem in Portugal, in a superficial way and without going into the depths of the issue? It only serves the ideology of those who make them, nothing else. The housing crisis is a phenomenon across the entire Western world, from Australia, to the USA and Canada, including across Europe, and has its origins in the 2008-2009 financial crisis, which bankrupted numerous construction firms civil throughout the world. It is a supply crisis, which is easy to prove when we know that in the last 13 years we have builton average just over 12,000 homes as soon as we build, annually, 80,000. This happens because, as I stated, the construction industry was decimated, and because the small contractors that remained saw the bank credit, necessary to build new homes, was refused, and now they are only dedicated to repairs. If this crisis were easy to resolve, one of these countries would have resolved it by now, but, unfortunately, still no one achieved it. It is clear that there are measures that should be taken at European Union level, as the housing crisis puts the foundations of democracy, being one of the main reasons for the rise of the extreme right across Europe.

@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367

7 күн бұрын

Very true actually, i think people dont consider this factor. The american fibancial crisis tool 1/2 of the gdp of many nations in that time. Interestingly the us gdp grew rapidly although thry were most effected (if you look into it you well know is because thry have no econony infact they make revenue from international trade in us dollars which they stimulate allowing greater production and issuing more for free to large players on their domestic market) Spain and Portugal got totally crushed by this crisis and portugal has never recouvered. Other nations like kazakhstan and russia had higher gdps in 2008 than now. Australia lost 1/3 of their gdp but didnt exprience any recession as their government stripped industrury and ramped up foreign investmen in that time devaluing their currency by - 30-40%. However spain and portugal couldnt do this.. They are tied to the euro

You have good videos, but the music is too loud and irritating. Can't watch anymore. Sorry.

Portugal exposed?? That title will get you viewers for sure... Just in case you do not realize it, many may leave just as many new ones arrive. As a Portuguese citizen, life here is not a nightmare...nightmare was living the later years of my life in a foreign country ripe with violence, political instability and crime. If this was a nightmare, I would not come back home.Stop exaggerating the reality😮

What? The most interesting fact is that he was Portuguese?? :))

Of course locals are not happy with tourism. The money from it is not distributed evenly and fairly. It's not just a problem in Portugal either. The solution is to avoid coming here, and badger the government to impose restrictions. The government will do little, so the real answer is not to come for holidays, or buy second homes. Sites like yours promoting the quiet places, as well as existing overcrowded hot spots do no good at all. In these modern times, this is all too much, and people should stay at or nearer to their homes.

BS! Magallanes did not make a trip around the world! He was sailing under the Spanish flag and under Spanish financing. He was killed in Filipinas for meddling between local factions. Juan Sebastián Elcano, a Spaniard, with Spanish crew were the ones that completed the trip.

@Dragoon77

9 күн бұрын

Also, he sailed from Sevilla, not from Portugal as the video mentions

You look like a brazilian youtuber.

@g-ps

8 ай бұрын

He's brazilian. 😂😂

Terrible colonizers,tho

Europe ends already their success.

7:25 where rentings are what? You should decide if you want to sell your speech or your hammering. I am out here.

No there was no proof the world was not flat. A flat earth is like a disc and you can go round in a circle.

The level of english pronunciation is tragic lol

@petervermeer.4904

16 күн бұрын

We understand. That is what is important.

Por favor, cara, aprende a pronunciar "country" direito. É o mesmo mico todo vídeo.

Welcome to the level playing field that is the EU, Germany own you now!🥲

@To.Si.Ma.

12 күн бұрын

Bullshit

@andrewtaylor6737

12 күн бұрын

@@To.Si.Ma. Yeh, it is Bullshit this EU!👍

@so_what_else_is_new

3 күн бұрын

Germany is going bankrupt right now because of USA/GB

@To.Si.Ma.

3 күн бұрын

@@so_what_else_is_new look in the statistics and combine state debts and money other countries owe Germany. In some years Geemany will reach overall debt by 20-40%. While USA, UK, Italy, France are way higher in the red digits. 70-120%. From all countries except Suisse, Norway and maybe Luxemburg Germany has besides Austria, Netherlands, Denmark the best stats.