Moving To Braga Portugal vs Lisbon + Porto & Braga Romana Festival

[@josepinheiro7006]

é a minha cidade preferida do Norte de Portugal é Braga, adoro esta cidade desde os meus 4 anos sou apaixonado por Braga, a cidade mais antiga de Portugal.

[@lucianasimioni8255]

I am a Brazilian living in NYC, but moving to Braga in August. I may confess I am kind of nervous, but your video made me feel excited about it instead! Thank you and congrats for such an amazing work. I am glad I found you here!

[@RafaelDiFuria]

Thank you for your kind words ^_^ Glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful! But as a Brazilian, you may feel at home here, there's a very large brazilian community here in Braga :)

[@lucianasimioni8255]

@@RafaelDiFuria I’ve heard about it, but after 8 years in NYC, I know that moving to Braga will be a challenge; however, I am looking forward to it! See you in Braga! 🙌

[@JohnnyMag-pi]

Thank you for sharing your insights about Braga. It’s been on my mind after visiting Porto and Lisboa.

[@RafaelDiFuria]

Hey thanks for coming along to check out this episode! If there’s anything specific you’re wondering about braga always feel free to let me know, who knows it could become the inspiration for a future episode 😁

[@hiltoncriss]

Lovely video. Like all your videos when you’re out and about. Thank you!

[@RafaelDiFuria]

Thank you for the kind words, glad you enjoyed this one :)

[@gomey70]

I'll be there in October for a musical festival called Semibreve. Can't wait to check out the city.

[@RafaelDiFuria]

That’s awesome, I’ll have to look into it, can’t say I’ve heard of it, but there’s so much going on with music here I’m not surprised there’s a festival going on. Enjoy your time out here!

[@gabrielemcnicholl6174]

Great city walk! It was realy intresting 😊

[@RafaelDiFuria]

Hey there Gabriele, thanks for coming along on the adventure :)

[@R.P.Miller]

Another fun and informative video Rafi. Definitely agree that a smaller city can offer all you might need without the stress and craziness of a large city. Looks like Braga has a good mix of everything and glad to see you are enjoying it. Thanks for taking us around. We really love the "out and abouts."

[@itsmetaran]

My kind of city... I am loving your outdoor videos. Thanks!

[@CHess-fq7bt]

Thanks for another informative walking tour. I'm really enjoying learning more about Portugal. Hope to visit there one day. Also, hope you had a good birthday!

[@TazExprez]

Thanks a lot for making another outdoor video!

[@jeff75448]

Fantastic videos and insider’s perspective on Braga! Obrigado!

[@RafaelDiFuria]

Jeff thank you so much for your support! It's greatly appreciated :) If there's ever anything you want to know about Braga be sure to let me know :)

[@joe4me]

I love your considerations. Indeed, Braga is a great city to live in!

[@Haupialani]

Braga has a smaller crowd of people compared to throngs of tourists in Rome or Venice or Milan at the same time of year. It is just so crowded in those places that I can't enjoy myself when people are pushed up against me or bumping into me on a really busy street. I either have to go on a shoulder season or find a place out in the country to stay away from the crowds. (Or just go to Braga!) As for Braga, how big and/or crowded is the center of the city and the outskirts, compared to any of the cities in Italy? Would it even be as busy or less busy as Merano?

[@rebeccagutierrez1960]

Jappy belated birthday, Rafy. I wish for you a long prosperous life.

[@mandorlap8091]

Great video. Happy birthday !

[@carolc1543]

Great video. Braga looks beautiful. I’ll visit soon. I decided with euro value to dollar and I believe the area I chose will increase in value (researched and on the ground visits) , I am buying a place in Italy. You’re right, now is time to buy.

[@RafaelDiFuria]

Yeah especially with the current conversion rates it’s worthwhile considering, great point!

[@user-vx2wp1ez5s]

These walkabouts are great. Braga looks awesome in the sunshine.

[@revger]

Thanks for this video….thanks especially for talking about lgbtq couples in Braga. As part of a same-gender couple, this is always one thing I’m interested in. And happy birthday!

[@josepinheiro7006]

nós aqui no Norte somos Celtas foi onde Portugal se fundou, daí tu teres ouvido Música Celta étnica.

[@saragomes6242]

Parabéns, feliz aniversário

[@RafaelDiFuria]

Muito obrigadooo Sara ^_^

[@lucchese20]

Another great video about Braga. Love your walking about and comparisons with other PT cities. Braga is on our list so appreciate your comparisons immensely. 🙏🏻 Question: Like you, we prefer to NOT have a car immediately…maybe in the future. Until then, are there flat/walkable residential areas near the downtown pedestrian areas? Obrigado e Grazie. 👍🏻

[@RafaelDiFuria]

Glad you enjoyed it! Nothing here is totally flat, when I’m talking about flat here it’s less of an incline but you do find areas with less on an incline directly adjacent to the center of the city. But you also find some very steep hills close by as well. The problem is there are so few places here that are available that you kind of have to jump on what comes your way and fits into what you’re roughly looking for.

[@lucchese20]

@@RafaelDiFuria Understood. On our next trip to Braga (asap!) we'll try to make notes of side streets with hills. Cheers.

[@MiguelFlores-dw8hy]

Rafael, great video, thank you! what about the rain in Braga? I've heard is one of the cities with more rain in Portugal, is that true? Because I see your videos and looks beautiful!

[@ferrazcouto9885]

Penico de Portugal. The place with more rain. True

[@josepinheiro7006]

@@ferrazcouto9885 é só a melhor cidade do Norte de Portugal e uma das mais lindas de Portugal não percebes nada de cidades, só podes ser de Guimarães ou do Porto a inveja cega.

[@josepinheiro7006]

não digas disparates é uma das cidades mais limpas de Portugal.

[@josepinheiro7006]

@@ferrazcouto9885 o penico que está a falar é o Rio Este no centro da cidade é um rio que tem centenas de anos, não é de um dia para o outro que o problema se resolve a limpeza do rio mas todos os anos o Rio está sendo limpo e os esgotos daquelas casas junto ao rio está sendo ligados ao coletor de esgotos da cidade e não despejado no Rio Este como estavam as casas ligadas antigamente, demora tempo porque muitas das casas vivem pessôas com dificuldades económicas, muitas das casas são muito antigas, mas generalidade das casas estão ligadas ao coletor de esgotos da cidade e não ao Rio como estavam antigamente.

[@josepinheiro7006]

Braga no verão é sempre uma das cidades mais quentes de Portugal já era conhecida no tempo dos romanos rodeada pelos montes como uma cidade um braseiro de tão quente a cidade é.

[@iranman6356]

Hi, Can you please talk about apartment rental in Braga.

[@rickchandler2570]

We'll be there in November and am looking forward to checking out Braga. Anything in particular is a must see? We're only in Portugal for 2 weeks and my list of places to check out is WAY too long for that short of a trip...

[@latrelleflecha8175]

Thank you for this video! It looks beautiful. Do you mind sharing the route you took? Like the street names? Did you pretty much cover all of the historic centro area?

[@rover213]

cara...o tens de vir a Matosinhos antes de que acabe a festa

[@RafaelDiFuria]

Bro I would love to get out there!!!

[@kentwilliamalbin9236]

Parabéns a você!

[@RafaelDiFuria]

Muito obrigado Kent!!! Looking forward to seeing you out here one of these days!

[@josepinheiro7006]

a cidade de Braga foi uma das primeira cidades Cristãs da Europa.

[@morgan97475]

A Roman-themed festival in a Portuguese town that we are looking at......how very cool is that?

[@RafaelDiFuria]

And that’s not the only festival here! It feels like there’s almost always something going on here :)

[@cp1007s]

Hi Rafael, thanks for sharing this informative video! You said you experienced difficulty finding an apartment to rent in Braga. Where is this demand coming from? Is it because more and more Portuguese locals are moving to Braga and there aren't enough units? I heard that locals are being pushed out of Lisbon because of the increase in prices...perhaps the same is happening in Porto and they're moving to places like Braga instead?

[@ferrazcouto9885]

Braga is Catholic, they respect all bodies. Catholic customs make streets safer.

[@jorgecosta1388]

:) ..

[@RafaelDiFuria]

😁