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For those who are interested in living in Portugal but don't want the big city life, could this smaller city work for you? Póvoa de Varzim might be known as a beach town or city in the north of Portugal but is there more than just the beach or are there so many tourists in the summer that it's not pleasant? With their small downtown and car culture, you might find this city gives you what you're looking for. It's connected to Porto by the metro but is a city of its own. Josh and Kalie from ExpatsEverywhere talk about cost of living, the people, food, and more. Could you live in Póvoa de Varzim?
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@desanipt 3 месяца назад

I'm from there, and the thing is Póvoa de Varzim is the closest nice beach place for a lot of northern Portugal. There are TONS of people from Guimarães, Fafe and even Braga that own appartements here and only come in the summer and people who rent places for the summer months only. And this is what explains the prices, really. The population here doubles or more during summer I'd say. Or at least it feels like so. As for the weather I'd add that it is pretty windy here, all year round (even during summer). Like the place is known for being windy and I can confirm And I'd say we don't expect foreign tourists to really come here a lot, or at least we're not so used to it. Hence why I imagine local people being curious about it. I worked at a beach bar during one summer and most of the tourists we'd get, would be people doing the Caminho de Santiago by the coast

@RockerLed 6 месяцев назад

Expat in Póvoa here as of November 23. Summed up well! Am enjoying my time here so far 👍

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing! Email us if you'd like to share your experience on Póvoa de Varzim. (info@expatseverywhere.com) - Josh & Kalie

@TheOcidente 6 месяцев назад

Love Póvoa de Varzim ❤

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

Do you live there by chance? - Josh & Kalie

@TheOcidente 6 месяцев назад

@@ExpatsEverywhere Yes, I live! If you need information just say

@terrisokolow7796 6 месяцев назад

May be a place for retirees! Slower pace.

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

Could well be! :-) - Josh & Kalie

@lga908 6 месяцев назад

Been there in August, great place for visit but seems a bit too crowded (of course in summer only). Thanks for the nice intro and vid!

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! - Josh & Kalie

@Mr1vision1 6 месяцев назад

We love seeing this family explore and grow. Best of luck to y’all.

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

Aww, thank you very much. We do love exploring. - Josh & Kalie

@2clarityin30 6 месяцев назад

Thank you. I haven't been to Povoa de Varzim yet. I am also looking forward to your video on Vila do Conde.

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching. It'll likely be available in March. - Josh & Kalie

@75jmd 6 месяцев назад

Thanks! Nicely done, I appreciate the information and thoughts of the place.

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for the channel support. We've got a few more of these lesser known places to cover this year. - Josh & Kalie

@ShanicornBeauty 5 месяцев назад

Been there in 2021 and again 2022. I miss Povoa

@ExpatsEverywhere 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing. - Josh & Kalie

@Mr.S65 6 месяцев назад

It’s a nice city but housing inventory is reduced and expensive.

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

For sure. It's weirdly expensive but we think it could be because of access to water. - Josh & Kalie

@lga908 6 месяцев назад

btw, if you guys happen to start another vid on Matosinhos, I have a vacant property or two currently in transition between rentals which you guys can visit if you want. Probably can give the audience a better idea of the lifestyle there. Keep it up!

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

Thank you very much! Will we see you at Fino Golf Club in Matosinhos tomorrow (Monday Feb 19th) 5:30 PM for the meetup? We could chat about it then. - Josh & Kalie

@lga908 6 месяцев назад

@@ExpatsEverywhere would love to come but I'm still in Hong Kong preparing to come next year for good. You have instagram dm? We can talk there, the user name is the same

@diwajkhanal112 6 месяцев назад

lived there for a year in 2018.. loved this place

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

Awesome! What did you love about it? Where are you now? - Josh & Kalie

@sportinguista09 6 месяцев назад

Long time watched, you just reviewed my city ❤️

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

Hope you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!! - Josh & Kalie

@stephenjarzombek2903 6 месяцев назад

LOL as I watched you strolling near the beach, I thought "Hmmmm....I wonder how they'd compare it to Matosinhos?" We only spent an afternoon walking around after we finished the tour of the Pinhais cannery, but with those newer/taller buildings near the beach and waterfront restaurants, with older neighborhoods not that far away, it seemed perhaps that Póvoa de Varzim would be an alternative that is cheaper, if the downtown Porto nightlife isn't important. Google Maps shows 28 minutes on the Metro from Bolhão to Matosinhos Sul versus 56 minutes from Bolhão to the end of the red line in Póvoa de Varzim. We live in metro Chicago, and even if we lived next door to a train station, it would take an hour or more to get downtown, and we're definitely still in the thick of suburbia. So an hour on the metro wouldn't bother me at all!

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing! We certainly prefer Matosinhos and seriously considered moving there back in the summer of 2021 when we got back to Porto after our 90 day Portugal tour. - Josh & Kalie

@angelathompson5520 6 месяцев назад

Please Kaylee and Josh, please take note of accents on the words. , especially if you do a while vídeo on Póvoa de Varzim. The accent is on the first ó in Póvoa - so it is pronounced the same as "po" in "pot" in English.

@TheSimArchitect 6 месяцев назад

I liked driving there but I had no idea it was this expensive to buy Real Estate there. Maybe going more towards Vianna do Castelo is cheaper.

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

Yes, Viana do Castelo is certainly better priced in our opinion. - Josh & Kalie

@anabellabella2266 6 месяцев назад

Nice video! Thanks a for posting!

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! - Josh & Kalie

@JeftaFastForward 6 месяцев назад

Can you guys do Famalicão? 👀

@youngspiritsinging 6 месяцев назад

I love a beach but I am already living in Denver Metro and it is all about cars to get anywhere so I am so over that.

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

We understand that! Thanks for sharing. - Josh & Kalie

@godajanowicz 6 месяцев назад

Please please please may I ask a question? We're hoping to move to Portugal (possibly Madeira or somewhere near Porto), but we have two cats! My husband says it will be absolutely impossible to find a rental property that allows pets, unless it's mega expensive or charge a lot on top for the pets. What is your experience if you have any or noticed anything? I'm desperately wanting to keep my cats 😭 (both have passports, vaccinations, were from EU). Thank you ❤

@isabellagresswell8333 6 месяцев назад

I came over with 2 dogs and a cat. It was no problem for us. It'll depend on each landlord. It might take a little longer to find a rental but it's definitely possible. In my experience, landlords have a greater aversion to dogs than cats. Also, our rental agent told us that legally landlords cannot reject pets in Portugal, but of course they can choose other tenants over you. Even still, I think you'll find something with a little patience. We didn't have to pay any extra fees. Good luck!

@alessandrosilva4441 6 месяцев назад

I like the city to visit, but too small to live in.

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

We totally understand that. - Josh & Kalie

@veronicadcf 6 месяцев назад

It is further away from Porto than Maia. Prettier, though …

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

:-) - Josh & Kalie

@GeraldFigal 6 месяцев назад

Póvoa de Varzim’s beachfront phalanx of bland high-rise development is disappointing. Not my vibe 😊.

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing, Gerald! - Josh & Kalie

@lacha608 6 месяцев назад

No for me. Seems very bland. Can't find the video you referred to at the end, but curious about that one.

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

Are you referring to the Matosinhos video? It should have popped up as this video was ending. You can always search our video library while on our channel. We love when people do that. - Josh & Kalie

@lacha608 6 месяцев назад

@@ExpatsEverywhere Thanks. I don't use autoplay (I think that's what it's called) which allows RU-vid to decide what plays next, if that's what you're referring to. But I notice some RU-vidrs point to an empty spot on the screen toward the end of their videos saying "click here next for such and such video" but there is no link there. I can't remember what happened when I wrote that comment now, but that may have been it, and then I do recall trying to searc your content with the city you had mentioned as a keyword and nothing came up. I'll try that search again and see if anything comes up. I may not have known how to spell the name correctly Hope you are all well

@lacha608 6 месяцев назад

@@ExpatsEverywhere I was able to pull up the video with the city name you just provided. I may have tried a search unsuccessfully earlier bc I didn't know the spelling of the city name. I can't remember now bc a bit of time has gone by, but I will check out the video. Thanks!

@ExpatsEverywhere 6 месяцев назад

@@lacha608 Hi, so yes, unless there a glitch in RU-vid, which there could be, what should happen when I pointed up is that a rectangle with the thumbnail of the Matosinhos video comes up for people to click on before the video ends. After a video ends, if you have autoplay turned on, it will roll into the next video that RU-vid recommends for you. 🙂 Here's the link to the Matosinhos video for you to check out again. ;-) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-U0nbLDqxxcc.html - Josh

@lacha608 6 месяцев назад

@@ExpatsEverywhere Thanks!

@edSabio572 6 месяцев назад

Boring😵‍💫

@DJBILINGUAL 6 месяцев назад

Is it? Where would you go?

@user-yr1tj9cm1w 6 месяцев назад

Povoa has a very northern portuguese almost working class vibe. It's also quite an ugly town aside from the beach. Not much going on also. For these reasons, povoa would never be a fit for most americans and other expats, they're too fancy pants and willing to pay dumb money to live in bonfim, foz etc