Lisbon - Europe´s coolest city?

[Neuling]

This year the Rock in Rio music festival will return to Lisbon, that is pretty big for those who like concert marathons

[Bamford]

I have always liked Lisbon, it is a beautiful city in a beautiful natural setting

[Lusitano_]

Originally Posted by Hermosaa

like the Semana Santa in Spain that is really very big and streets are all closed, it would be good if Lisbon would have something like it too since it's also a Catholic country... Also the throwing of the bulls on the streets like what Montijo and Alcochete have.
They could also spread the carnival every February to Lisbon and make it very big.

Yes there are fiestas in the summer but the fiestas are a little small except for the Sto. Antonio fiesta every June.

Small? Of course if you compare an event of a 5 Million population city vs a 0.8 M things probably will look different. Carnival we dont have much of a tradition here... that's Brazil.

You have lots of fiestas you just need to know where to go ... just in the outskirts you have lots of bulls being released during the fiestas like "Barrete Verde" where they fill the streets with sand around the streets and its 24/7 where the music is nonstop.

I speak for myself, I have a house in the outskirts and whenever I'm there it's a pain to sleep because the freakin' speakers scattered all around are turned on with music and everyone partying until 5-6 am... and then by 8 am everyone is already grabbing bulls by the horns and stuff ...

And there's also other types of festivities of course... from concerts, sports initiatives for families, etc ... And as I like to say portuguese people don't need a special occasion to party

Bairro Alto, Cais Sodre every single Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday is always filled with people.

Or the markets every Tuesday and Saturdays, the "Farturas" and "Bifanas" scattered around which seem so simple but are like the best meal ever, sailing events, workshops on the streets...

If you know where to look the info there's plenty around

EDIT: And you give an example of Semana Santa, but that's big and only what a week as well? We go 1 full month :P

My american friends came during June and they were amazed at the craziness and the wooden stands in "Alfama" that residents just turn them into "restaurants" if you can call them that... most of them said we were crazy.

The night of St Antonio is the worst. I took 3 hours to just walk up one street in bairro alto lol

[donaldshimoda]

Originally Posted by Catbelle

It is in fact a really cool city, welcoming, warm and not expensive I personally like it a lot, it has a romantic touch as well... I worked there and I have really good memories. Moisaics in pavements, tiles in walls, the river, fado, gastronomy... it's awesome!

100% with you on this...what a great city Lisbon!!!

[Neuling]

A couple of days they said on the evening news that according to a famous travel magazine Lisbon's Rua Augusta is one of the 31 streets around the globe one should walk down in life.

(The street along the Douro river walk in Porto, forgot the name, was the second Portuguese street on that list. 6% of the winning streets in such a small country, not bad )

[Tigrinho]

I'm glad to see that my homeland becomes popular and tourism is increasing

[rosieruby]

Lisbon a historical city and a very fantastic place to visit. It is a city with more visitors throughout the year and it’s architecturally beautiful, The city was always full of merchants from all over Europe, making it a cooking pot of races and cultures all bubbling together.

[homenj]

Which is cooler- to those who have been to both - Lisbon or Munich?