Erasmus Experience in Lisbon, Portugal by sarina

Why did you choose to go to Lisbon, Portugal?

One of the most important aspect in everyone's life which is human interested, is having security and peace of mind that in my idea you can find them in Portugal.
And above all, Portugal is more cheaper and economical among the other European countries.
Almost everything is good in here and one of the things that I’m interested is that, this countries is improving up.
There are so many fantastic companies that I really to work there.

How long is the scholarship? How much money do you receive to help you with living costs?

Nothing!
You have you work by yourself or have a complete account bank.

What is the student lifestyle like in Lisbon?

With student lifestyle in Lisbon I have found another person inside myself, by having different and exciting student life here; you will be changed into a unique personality.
You have a lot of options as student which you can use them with no stress.
Like transportation card and discount in some stores.
You can study in the best way ( even in beautiful and comfortable library) with other students and also you can have funny time after your university.
And another point is that you definitely have an academic assistant in your university who manage your course and you can feel free with expression your problem with him/her.

Would you recommend the city and the University of Lisbon to other students?

Lisbon-Nova university of Lisbon
Porto- university of Porto

What is the food like?

Portuguese people like seafood and pork with wine more, like many countries around the world.
But, that food really attracted me is chicken with rice that it is served with salad and fries.

Did it cost you to find your accommodation in Lisbon?

As technology there are in each country so you can search up about your accommodation on google in Portuguese or another sites from lowest price to most expensive price even you can find room with other student easily.

How much does it cost to live in Lisbon?

For a usual student life about 500-600 euros is enough to live in Lisbon comfortably.

Is the language easy to get to grips with? Are there language courses available at the University?

Universities have Portuguese course for their international student that is amazing but, as a good news Portugal’s government offers Portuguese courses in governmental organization for free.

What's the easiest or most economical way to travel to Lisbon from your city?

It depends on your location but, generally there are three ways of traveling.
By car, airplane and ship

Where would you recommend to go on a night out in Lisbon?

There are so many funny and amazing club nights( specially those clubs that there are in Avenue Infante Don Henrique, Lisbon), restaurants, cafe bars and .....all in Lisbon and out of Lisbon like Sintra and Cascais with good securities where you can have good time by yourself or with your friends.
But, generally for having funny times for a few days you can go to Porto, Algarve and North of Portugal.

And for eating? Can you recommend some good restaurants in Lisbon?

There are literally so many restaurant in every city because eating is one of the popular entertainment among all people so, the only thing that you can do, is searching up on google to offer you the best restaurant near you.

What good cultural sites are there to visit?

Portugal is one of the old country in the Earth where preserved its old history there are fantastic and old places to visit

Is there any other advice that you could give to students going to Lisbon in the future?

If your English is perfect and you would love to learn another language come in Lisbon to study in both language and improve your ability there for kind and sweetie people. There is very low probability you find fairly bad people here.
Come and achieve your goals in all respects.