Moving To LGBT Lisbon? Find the best gay neighbourhood to live in Freepik Editorial Team 1 July 2022 15:00Lisbon continues to be one of the most gay-friendly countries in the world has long been the preferred place to live for the LGBTI+ community making it one of the best gay neighbourhoods in Lisbon and there are other places that stand out on the map of the most sought-after inclusive neighbourhoods to buy or rent a house in Greater Lisbon The Avenida Almirante Reis area is one of them while attention is also focused on the South Bank And if you're planning to move to LGBT-friendly Lisbon how much does it cost to buy or rent a house in the best gay neighbourhoods continues to be an inclusive area par excellence because "many of the main and most iconic businesses" frequented by the community are still located in this area The consultant highlights the centrality of the neighbourhood multiculturalism and proximity to areas such as Chiado "as a result of growing real estate speculation that has caused prices in this area to become unaffordable at least for the national LGBTI+ community," he points out Data from idealista/data shows that the Misericórdia parish remains one of the most expensive in Lisbon to live in despite a cooling of prices in the market between 2020 and 2021 Property prices in Misericórdia: unit price in euros/m2 and price in euros idealista/data"In the last year this is a parish that has registered a strong demand from the market Note that only between 2020 and 2021 did this indicator fall only in the last year there was a drop in volume with -40% in the purchase and sale market and 80% in the rental market" according to the analysis of the specialists at idealista/data Rental prices in Misericórdia: unit price in euros/m2/month and price in euros idealista/dataSanto António, gay friendly but one of the most expensive in LisbonAnalysing the most inclusive areas, and given the geographical proximity to the parish of Misericórdia, João Passos also highlights the parish of Santo António which is also one of the most expensive to buy or rent prices have increased in the last four years prices for the buying and selling market have increased around 12% Property prices in Santo António: unit price in euros/m2 and price in euros idealista/data"The demand relative to this parish shows a generally increasing trend of the indicator with relevance for the period between 2020 and 2021 in the purchase and sale market (+130%) and for the period between 2022 and 2021 in the rental market (+358%) Also in this parish of Lisbon there has been in the last year a fall in the volume of supply -25% in the purchase and sale market and -59% in the rental market" indicate from the data specialists at idealista prices on the buying and selling market are observing an upward trend The only exception was in the period between 2020 and 2021 in which the unit price practically remained stable and the overall price fell by 9% Property prices in Arroios: unit price in euros/m2 and price in euros idealista/data"In the rental market we verify that only in the last year did prices increase we can see that the parish is very dynamic in the buying and selling market only in the last year has there been a notable growth of over 300% in both markets there was a drop in the last year -37% in the buying and selling market and -59% in the renting market" indicates the analysis of the specialists of idealista/data Rental prices in Arroios: unit price in euros/m2/month and price in euros idealista/dataThe behaviour in the parish of Penha de França was similar in terms of prices idealista/data points out "a clear cooling down in the period between 2020 and 2021 the data shows a positive variation of this indicator over the last four years in the buying and selling market the record in recent years has been of a fall Last year, João Passos had already identified Lisbon's South Bank (Margem Sul) as a destination of special interest for the LGBTI+ community, and the trend continues. At a short distance from Lisbon, Almada and Caparica are emerging areas characterised by their proximity to beaches "The dream of having a house in the country or on the beach is increasingly becoming a reality motivated by the search for a certain return to origins and a more sustainable lifestyle supported by the new possibilities of remote work," explains the real estate consultant UnsplashIn the Trafaria and Caparica area for example the trend in market prices has been upwards in recent years and despite some cooling off between 2020 and 2021 there has also been a rise in prices in recent years in practically all areas Property prices Trafaria and Caparica: unit price in euros/m2 and price in euros idealista/data"The apparent slight drop in unit price of -7% and in global price of -12% verified in the last year for the total residential market was due to negative price variations verified in the typology T0 for which the sample is not representative These numbers highlight the importance of a detailed analysis of the available market information especially in the rental market where supply is scarce" Rental prices in Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal and Cacilhas: unit price in euros/m2/month and price in euros idealista/dataJoão Passos believes that the appetite for all these gay-friendly areas in Lisbon remains and even believes that it has a tendency to increase, "whether in the more urban centres, for a more national and younger community, or near the beaches, for a more international and adult segment, in a retirement or investment perspective," he concludes.   Carnation Revolution: Portugal's Freedom Day On 25th April Portugal underwent a fundamental transformation known as the Carnation Revolution This pivotal event marked the end of the Estado Novo dictatorship and the start of Portugal's path to democracy The day is celebrated annually as Freedom Day to honour this peaceful transition and the newfound era of freedom and democracy It’s doubtful that upon hearing the name Gerson Leal Rodrigues Correia people would define which national team he represents at once It’s quite obvious that Dynamo newcomer is from Portugal Gerson was born in Portuguese town of Pragal But his football career started in the French club FC Metz but didn’t make a single appearance for the team France and Luxembourg are neighboring countries so they have close relationship including sports famous defender Jeff Strasser also started his career in Metz and in 2009-11 Luxembourg legend Mario Mutsh also featured for this club After football academy young players need game practice and Rodrigues who didn’t have guaranteed place in Metz first team Then there was loan move to Racing Union and a period in one of local top clubs CS Fola Esch Rodrigues was the first team regular and scored In 2016/17 season he scored 9 goals in 21 matches for Fola Humble SC Telsar spotted newfound Luxembourger (in March Gerson made his debut for Luxembourg national team and in summer went to Netherlands) After 12 games and three goals for the club in winter of 2018 he joined FC Sheriff Tiraspol This club regularly performs in euro cups which probably was the major motivation for the player On July 10 2018 he made his debut in the Champions League qualifier against FC Torpedo Kutaisi He has 7 appearances on European arena to his name Having won the Moldovan league with Sheriff in January Gerson got interesting offer from Japanese side Jubilo Iwata There he became one of the leaders and scored 7 goals in 18 matches It’s doubtful Gerson knew a lot about Ukrainian football until the game against Ukraine national team In that match Rodrigues scored the decisive own goal in a stoppage time In the return match he thrilled our defenders and supporters He was one of the best performers on the field in both games Rodrigues is attacking right-footed able to perform in several positions although his major one is winger The railway operator is turning off the escalators in its stations at off-peak times to save energy Anyone arriving by train at Pragal station in Almada between 9.30 a.m on a weekday and the start of the afternoon rush hour you'll find the escalators closed with a railing that prevents anyone from climbing up or down manually (i.e The situation at Pragal is repeated at other stations where Fertagus operates exclusivelyIn other words where CP does not have an urban passenger service and where the management of the station has therefore been handed over by Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) to the operator of the Barraqueiro group the escalators at this station have been operating on weekdays during the morning (between 6.50am and 9.30am) afternoon (between 3.50pm and 7.40pm) and evening (between 9.40pm and 11pm) peak periods; on Saturdays they will only be activated between 9.40pm and 11pm Fertagus says that this equipment does not have start&stopIn other words they are escalators that don't turn off automatically when they are not being used by passengers These are escalators that can only operate at different frequencies at normal speed when people are using them and at a lower speed when they are not in use 2023″explains the company in a written response to LPP the plan "tried to find the best solutions" for each piece of equipment "In the event of a breakdown in the platform access ladders we have a redundancy plan that guarantees the activation of another escalator to access the same platform" during periods when the stairs may be turned off the guard or employee can activate the stairs when necessary all the stations have other forms of access a passenger may not always feel that it is worth bothering a guard or anyone else to activate an escalator for personal use because they have a little muscle discomfort (which they can handle) or because they are carrying a bulky object (which The use of an elevator may also not be perceived as justifiable by the passenger due to the effort involved or the limited capacity of the equipment but they are also a matter of comfort - something that those who use public transport also deserve The railway operator hopes that "the implementation of these measures will result in a significant reduction in energy consumption at Fertagus stations"but he doesn't know how much it is not yet possible to provide specific calculations on escalator consumption It will take more time for us to have a term of comparison with similar periods"he said in response to the question of whether he had any estimates O Energy Efficiency Plan 2022-2023 Fertagus' strategic focus is on energy and water efficiency as well as optimizing the use of available resources "The plan includes additional measures to those already implemented within the scope of its management system namely in terms of behaviors and recommendations and communication and awareness-raising," says the company The document "was drawn up with the contribution of all areas of the company with specific measures defined for each of them" and also aims to encourage the acceleration of the energy transition focusing increasingly on the production of renewable electricity for self-consumption Fertagus isn't the only one saving on energy consumption which manages the other train stations in the Lisbon metropolitan area has also implemented energy-saving measures including the automatic activation and deactivation of escalators depending on whether or not they are in use you can find stairs that appear to be switched off but activate when a passenger starts to climb or descend MB Way: 933 140 217 (indicar “LPP”) Ou clica aqui Podes escrever-nos para [email protected] O LPP / Lisbon For People é um jornal local dedicado à cidade e à área metropolitana de Lisboa editado de forma totalmente independente e sem fins lucrativos ' + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.webview_notification_text + ' " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title + " " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text + " making the card for the pass can take only a few minutes the Navegante card (ex-Lisboa Viva) implies the filling of paperwork and at least two trips to a counter with the time and queues that this implies This slowness in the process can be uninviting to the use of public transportation the entity responsible for the management of ticketing in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (AML) launched some automated kiosks to allow the issuing of cards on the spot These machines were placed in the Carris station in Arco do Cego in the Pragal train station and more recently in the Alameda metro station and have been a success among the many people who have become aware of their existence the evolution of the green and old VIVA Kiosks There are 18 of them and they started being placed this week in the 18 municipalities that make up AML - one for each municipality Places where people usually go were chosen Through the Navegante Points it is possible to issue a Navegante card on the spot, which can then be loaded with a Navegante pass at the same machine (alternatively, the pass can be loaded at any automatic machine at a river, train or subway station, at an ATM or at a terminal). in the new Pick Hub application) The key point of the new gadgets is really the issuing of the pass only the Citizen's Card is required - from which all the necessary information about the passenger is extracted including the passenger's photo - from which all the necessary information about the passenger is extracted and a bank card or cell phone with NFC to pay for the card (it costs 12 euros the amount corresponding to the urgent issue) The Navegante card (ex-Lisboa Viva) can be useful to charge the pass, but it has other uses - it can also be used to charge Zapping balance, for the post-paid mode called Viva Go or to use the EMEL's BiciParks O software was designed to shorten the time spent using the keyboard - for example some data is filled in automatically from the Citizen's Card information so that the user doesn't have to type everything in The height of the machine was designed to be as accessible as possible But the inclusion efforts were also made at the level of the colors used in the menus and buttons inside the software - The needs of people with any degree of color blindness have been safeguarded Ponto Navegante is a service with metropolitan coverage developed and offered by Transportes Metropolitanos de Lisboa (TML) and by the 18 municipalities of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (AML) TML is an AML body which succeeded OTLIS and which is more passenger-focused than the transport operating companies TML functions as the transportation authority and will be a single bus transportation brand that will replace the current ones in 15 municipalities (Lisbon Cascais and Barreiros will keep their companies because they are municipal companies - Carris One of its next steps will be to dematerialize the Navegante through a website (which will replace the VIVA Portal) a mobile application and also a backoffice to manage contacts with passengers and centralize relevant information about them plans to make available more than one Ponto Navegante per municipality as the cost of these machines is high and this project was only possible with European funding - as had happened with the VIVA Kiosks A deconstruction of these machines is being developed any parish will be able to issue Navegante cards with a computer and a printer In development is also an alarm system that allows to digitally obtain problems that are occurring on a machine in order to quickly deal with their resolution It would be interesting if the future transportation portal would make available a status of each machine With the arrival of the new Navegante Points the old VIVA Kiosks will be adapted to the new software and the new brand This is the case of the existing machine in the Alameda subway is already one of the new Pontos Navegante TML told us that the VIVA Kiosk at Arco do Cego has been removed and will not be replaced Podes escrever-nos para [email protected] Fertagus will gradually replace the validators in all stations and says that direct payment functionality with a contactless bank card should be available in November Fertagus is the first operator to make travel payments available directly with a bank card when new validators will be available in all stations it will be possible to pull the card over to one of these devices and make the trip without any pre-loading or previous configuration: just pull over and travel The project is pioneer in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area and was announced as part of the European Mobility Week involving as main partners the American payments company Mastercard and the Israeli digital bank Finaro Fertagus' occasional passengers will now be able to use their contactless payment card to travel on the trains without having to waste time buying a ticket at a ticket office or automatic machine Although this is a partnership between Fertagus the system will be valid for any bank card contactlesseven if it is from competitor VISA Passengers will have to select their destination at the validator and then swipe their card for payment; the trip will cost the same as a traditional ticket purchase Payment with contactless cards on Fertagus was tested this Thursday between Sete Rios (Lisbon) and Pragal (Almada) with implementation across the entire Fertagus network scheduled for November The adoption of contactless payments in public transports avoids the need for users to previously buy a ticket and is especially designed for occasional passengers those who do not have a "Navegante" pass because they only travel once in a while payment is made through the payment card contactlessdirectly in the validators Fertagus will renew the more than 200 validators in its stations to allow contactless payment but also other forms of payment in the future The new devices will be able to read QR codes (for pre-purchased tickets in digital format will have a touch screen that will simplify the zapping (currently passengers who have zapping have to go to a machine to select the destination before traveling even if they have a balance on their card) and will also have Bluetooth which will enable communication between the validators and a cell phone Fertagus intends to have one to two new validators in its stations for cards contactlesswhich will accept only that form of payment; the Navegante cards will have to be passed through the old validators will the new validators also accept the Navegante cards The substitution of the old validators by the new ones will be gradual which today has more than 90 thousand daily passengers expects a positive impact from this technological renovation has recorded three times as many trips since the launch of the solution contacless in September 2014 in which 19 million bank cards from over 100 different countries were used "Fertagus has been a pioneer in Portugal in several innovative projects such as the use of cell phones for travel and now the contacless bank cards"Clara Esquível "We want it to be easy for everyone to use the train even if it's their first time on this transport and the contacless bank cards allow that ease - not to mention the environmental gain that comes with saving paper tickets." Transportes Metropolitanos de Lisboa (TML) is also working to make payments available in 2023 contactless on the Carris Metropolitana network Podes escrever-nos para [email protected]