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Erasmus Experience in Porto, Portugal by Francesca
Why did you choose to go to Porto, Portugal? Because I studied portuguese in my university How long is the scholarship? How much money do you receive to help you with living costs? I was there for almost 6 months (second semester) and I got €230 per month. What is the...
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![Brainer house]()
Brainer house
It's a pretty big house where about 20 students live, the rooms are really cheap but almost every night there is a party. If you're Erasmus you've probably been to at least one party at Brainer house. They usually have a theme and you can meet a lot of people there,...
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Bugo Art Burgers
It's a very busy and popular restaurant. The interior design is really modern and cool, they make all kinds of burgers in very alternative and creative ways. It's not too expensive but it's not the cheapest place to eat, the staff is very nice but I recommend booking...
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Sky Bar
It's a cool, chic, modern bar situated on a rooftop in the city center of Lisbon, it has a stunning view on the city. It's great to go to at night to have a cocktail and spend time with friends sitting at one of the many tables outside, or dance. You can also eat there...
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O Prego da Peixaria
It's a cool, modern, unique restaurant that looks really stylish and original, you can share a table with other people and the menu is also very particular. it's a "hamburgueria" but you don't eat just usual hamburgers, there are all kinds of burgers, fish burgers are...
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Livraria Lello
It's a very characteristic and unusual library, it's really beautiful and has a lot of variety of books. It heavily inspired the Harry Potter books and movies, and it's situated in the center of Porto, near Clerigòs and rua Galeria de Paris. You should definitely visit...
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![Decomur - Restauração, Lda.]()
Decomur - Restauração, Lda.
It's a casual place where you can eat on your lunch break or for dinner, it's open until midnight, it's not fancy, but the food is really good and at a really affordable price. You can't have really complex dishes but you can have typical foods like prego no prato,...
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Restaurante Romão, Porto
It's a restaurant where you can eat typical Portuguese dishes. The best one is the typical Bacalhau (in any way you want it, it's always good) and drink the wine of the house (vinho da casa). It's really cheap especially considering the quality of the food, and it's...
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Galeria de Paris
It's a really cool cafe/restaurant/club place situated in Rua Galerias de Paris, the furnishings are very original and kind of nostalgic, the food is good and inexpensive and on weekends at night it's a great place to have a drink (not expensive, a small beer bottle is...
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![Café Espaço 77]()
Café Espaço 77
It's a bar located in Travessa Cedofeita (cross street of rua Cedofeita) and it's always full of people at night especially during the weekend. You can spend the night there, have a drink, play video games or pool, you can eat a mixed lunch or pizza or anything for...
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Palacio de Cristal
It's one of those places where you have to show it instead of explaining it with words... It has an open air "museum" (museo romantico), a playground, a small lake, a big library and beautiful huge gardens that bring you to the most amazing view on the river Douro. It's...
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![Avenida dos Aliados]()
Avenida dos Aliados
It's in the center of the city of Porto (baixa); it's important culturally and historically so you must see it. It holds the main events, concerts, festivities and it's especially cool during holidays like Christmas, where they put a huge tree up in the centre of the...
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![Centro Comercial Bombarda]()
Centro Comercial Bombarda
It's not like other shopping centres; it's really small and it doesn't look like one. There are small shops where you can buy clothes or all sorts of other things, get a hair cut, and you can also go outside where there are tables and they sometimes sell fruit and...
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Adega Leonor
It's a very small bar but it's where you're going to spend every night if you're young and want to have fun and especially if you're on Erasmus. Beer is usually 1 € except for Wednesday when it's only 50 cents! Super Bock of course. You can also get inexpensive...
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![Ribeira]()
Ribeira
It's great during the day, it's great during sunset, it's great at night. The view on the river Douro and the D. Luís I bridge is stunning, it is very touristic but it has many good restaurants, and at night it's a good place for drinking and it's very cheap! There...
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MoreClub
Source It's a friendly club, they play good music most of the time and it has a great atmosphere. It has two floors and it looks quite cool. It's cheap to get inside (it's cheap to enter a lot of places in Porto). If you are an Erasmus student you can usually get in...
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![Moustache]()
Moustache
Here you can get any kind of drinks (alcoholic or not, cold or hot, etc.) or sweets (they have amazing muffins and cakes) meet with friends and relax or study thanks to the comfortable sofas and tables. they even have some magazines and books you can read on the...
