'Spit on' ...OMG, is that an L.A. educator thing? Or did you mean Spot ON! Coming to Portugal. 🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂

If you like Portugal it should be for what is it and not simply from a tax perspective.

@@ruinunes8251 exactly. I went there with no expectations and was blown away by how much I enjoyed it. Porto was gorgeous, had great food, fun people, beautiful scenery, and all at a fair cost. I can't wait to go back and wish I could get a visa to stay longer.

Thanks for the recommendation!

So true

Same in Greece😢

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So strange you are saying this. Just give them an address and the package will arrive and in a couple of days from anywhere in Europe. You must live out in the boonies where the delivery trucks dont want to go.

@@antoniocruz8083 Unfortunately this is a problem in many areas of Portugal. I was having this issue in a large town. It can be dealt with, but expats should be prepared for this possibility and also the time it can take to track down a package.

@@jaanaprall9961 I can't see it only happening to foreigners and it has never happened to me or anyone I know and I've ordered hundreds of stuff online. Indeed, on the day of delivery they send a message or even call you if you're not home. You should find out what the reason is because online stores want successful deliveries and the distributers they work with must do a good job or they'll be changed.

Portugal started as a spanish wedding gift. Um condado de Castela filho

@@inesdinis4268 Galician wedding gift... Spain didn't exist as a nation yet. It was a set of kingdoms Castilla, Aragon, Navarra y Leon. Galicia eventually became part of the kingdom of leon.

​@@inesdinis4268Spain is not Castille

@@inesdinis4268 Spain only came to a de facto existence in 1516 after the death of Ferdinand of Aragon, but the Spanish Kingdom was never declared until 1713 when the Bourbons came to power or with the 1812 Cádiz Constitution. Portugal obtained independence from the Kingdom of Leon.

Brutal pessoal, obrigado

The few that remain there.... Around 30% of young people (including myself) had to leave the country due to the insane taxes and lack of opportunities. It's a great country for everyone else, but not for Portuguese. Enjoy it

​@@jpm545agreed

​@DennisBonich Maybe you've met people who are fed up with rude Danes...

@DennisBonich Or maybe you are too sensitive. You can be sure that it's much harder for a Portuguese to adapt in Denmark with cold and distant people, than the other way around.

@DennisBonich All the other tourists are wrong and you are the only one who's right. You see, many people confuse kindness with subservience, but soon learn that they misunderstood the Portuguese. Find another vacation spot, no one cares.

Only if you consider all public services should be "free" (aka paid by someone else) But you can still go live in Somalia if you don't like state taxation lol!

@@69Kevrod2012 WHAT are you talking about??? Nothing is for free! You have to pay for everything!!!!!! Now explain why you justify taxation which is nothing more than the money collected to the amount decided unilaterally, with rules determined unilaterally, and without any sort of contract to hold both parties in case of unfulfillment!? And explain how the service provider whose revenue is obtained outside supply/ demand/ price KNOWS how much of what is necessary and where to allocate it?? And also how does the service provider, who simply collects money that the payer cannot dare not to pay, actually know they are doing a good job with that capital, since the payer will have to pay anyway??? The state functions outside any contractual scope and totally outside the possibility of any economic calculous!! It just collects money that it has not earned!!! That "public service" for you!!!! Can you give an answer on how to perform the economic calculous and how to be a provider under such conditions??? If not ,YOU go to Somalia, my dear!!!

Is this true ?

@@cfatal3290 yep.

That’s why there are no couverts on the tables anymore.

Agreed 💯

Tax heaven in Portugal it's not a reality at the moment

@@_ladynadia yeah, and that's good.

Não, era Bacalhau à Lagareiro! Yahmy!

@@LFANS2001 yes, i saw that it was, just pointing out there are some similar ingredients to my favorite =) I have not tried the dish shown yet but will look for it if I am ever out eating. Obrigada ;p

People go to that place "where the waiters wear stupid warm uniforms" for the experience. Do you understand that? If you go on holidays, you most certainly paid over the odds for some drinks or meals in some places. And the locals in this places where you are on holidays were laughing their a*se out at you as well.

@@ruinunes8251 what experience lol, there is no experience, none what só ever.

and Azores

obrigadíssimo isabel!

Lisbon is older than San Marino. Take that you tiny land locked rock!

The oldest nation state in Europe is not San Marino but Portugal. San Marino only officially becomes a nation-state in 1243 to 1291, the Holy See only grants state status to San Marino in 1631 (which is what officially counts). The identity of this micro state dates back to 301, but not the proclamation as a nation-state. Now Portugal is officially a nation state, as declared in the Manifestis Probatum, the bull issued by Pope Alexander III, on May 23, 1179.

And Dave is wrong about robalo as well, because it's not caught in Portuguese waters. It's caught in the Western part of the Atlantic. Oops.

Robalo is the Portuguese name for seabass which is one of the most common caught fish off the coast of Portugal. You are confusing it with Snook (aka Robalo) a completely different fish. Oops.

@@dave_onearth in that case, I am wrong. Wikipedia makes it a bit confusing, and at one point I even stopped ordering it in local restaurants. In any case, now is sardinha season, sorry robalo! Best of luck to your channel, Dave.

It takes a real one to admit when they are wrong. Cheers to that 🍻

It was though. Any Portuguese that left for 5 years qualified for NHR. But I agree, Portugal should go full Balkan and do a flat 10% rate like Bulgaria for everyone

@@dave_onearth the lack of logic from the government is beyond ridiculous... They don't decrease taxes, so people leave the country massively. Then, they notice that there is a lack of qualified people, so they offer the tax incentive for everyone who is out of the country because they need more qualified people. But don't fix the root of the problem, which is making people leave in the first place... I could qualify for that, but I'm not coming back any time soon, it's just the country where I was born and have family, but not where I want to build my family Nothing against you or anyone who takes advantage of the benefits, I also moved to a country with much better taxes (although they also apply to locals), but it's sad to see the double standards and lack of logic

@@dave_onearth bruh 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Can't wait to go there and pay tax there? Wtf? Try being a young 20's year old, trying to survive on the salaries and taxes there... Don't glorify taxes in Portugal, they are the reason 30% of young people leave the country, be more respectful please

The oldest nation state in Europe is not San Marino but Portugal. San Marino only officially becomes a nation-state in 1243 to 1291, the Holy See only grants state status to San Marino in 1631 (which is what officially counts). The identity of this micro state dates back to 301, but not the proclamation as a nation-state. Now Portugal is officially a nation state, as declared in the Manifestis Probatum, the bull issued by Pope Alexander III, on May 23, 1179.

@@rafaelabreu2873 that's not correct, read more about it.

@@paulocastrogarrido3499 ah great argument. If you want to read it easy without scientific papers, than you can go to the European commission website and read what they say.

@@rafaelabreu2873 the European Commission is a propaganda machine...

it depends what cheese and what bread we are talking about. Cheap cheese and papo seco for 2 euros, no thank you

I'm Portuguese too and I don't like to get things arriving to the table without me asking for it.

@@ruinunes8251 Just tell them to take them back. Simple.

@@jorgesimoes5706 Yes, that is what I do, if I don't ask, don't bring it to the table. It goes back and stays somewhere in the kitchen, bar, where ever the barman decides to leave it. Then goes back to the table again to the next customer. If the next customer doesn't want it, it goes back again, Freshness at its best. Hilarious.

What rubbish

@@anthonytabor4044Why ? You didn´t give me an argument

Oh yes - that full sovereignty has brought so many benefits. Whoopee!

@@kevinbath7625 I ´d rather be in Britain ´s position than in Portugal´s position ! In the long term it will much better for Britain. Unfotunately it not be for my country Portugal .

@@western1010 genuinely interested in your position here and thoughts around why you think Britain will be in a better position than Portugal. I'm tempted by a move (either whole or partly) away from Britain to Portugal.

Portugal is the oldest nation state in Europe and that's a fact. A certain population proto history doesn't determine what a nation state is, but the official birth of it's institutions. Now Portugal is recognized kingdom in Iberia since 1143 and then officially a nation state, as declared in the Manifestis Probatum, the bull issued by Pope Alexander III, on May 23, 1179.

@@rafaelabreu2873 Sorry to ruin your firm conviction but the oldest nation state in Europe and that's a fact is Greece (was an official country for the first time in 388 BC created precisely by the father of Alexander the great, King Philip called at that time the Hellenic League with capital Corinth)

@@ypruss nop, certainly not Greece, there's no source that appoints to Greece. Oldest city is in Greece, sure. But not a nation state. Greece official date, my friend, is 1830's. Respectfully there's no debate ground here for you. Next.

@@rafaelabreu2873 "...there's no source ..." Don't worry i've done all the homework for you so to have easy access to sources. That being said, it was certainly a nation state: In modern terms was more like a Constituent country (a type of country which serves as an administrative division like the United Kingdom with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland or the Kingdom of the Netherlands with Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten all in the Caribbean or the Kingdom of Denmark etc.) Was a League governed by the "Hegemon" (leader) and the "strategos autokrator" (in a military context), with a council (Synedrion), the judges (Dikastai) and with the delegates of the member-states (Synedroi) who were responsible for administering the common affairs of the League. They were summoned and presided over by a committee of presiding officers (Proedroi), chosen by lot in time of peace, and by the Hegemon in time of war. All that under the Treaty of the Common Peace (like a modern costitution) Here you find some sousces of what it was: Diodorus, Book 17.3[9] when Alexander the great become strategos autokrator of all Greeks with a resolution "..Then he called a meeting at Corinth of envoys and delegates, and when the usual representatives came, he spoke to them in moderate terms and had them pass a resolution appointing him general plenipotentiary of the Greeks and undertaking themselves to join in an expedition against Persia seeking satisfaction for the offences which the Persians had committed against Greece.​11 Successful in this, the king returned to Macedonia with his army..." Plutarch, Alexander [14.1] Diodorus Siculus, Book 16, 89.[3] etc.

@@yprussThis is the proof of… well, nothing! To explain to you what you just wrote: you wrote about how a conglomerate of ruling entities, inside a CIVILIZATION, ruled their city-states under one Ruler for a brief time. You didn't defend how it was a nation-state. You just talked about a dynamic, not about the continuous existence of one nation-state. First: You need to know what a nation-state is, and what criteria it needs to be fulfilled. Second: You need to understand the difference between a nation-state and a Civilization Third: If one day, for some miraculous reason, you prove that Greece is the oldest continuous nation-state in Europe, then you have to do it with a paper and have it peer-reviewed in the academy because at this point you are not arguing with me but with academics, because no one defends it. Ancient Greece consisted of a collection of city-states (Poleis: such as Athens, Sparta, Corinth, and Thebes) with independent governments, even during the rule of Alexander (more like the Iberian Union). Alexander the Great temporarily unified several Greek city-states under his rule, mainly through the League of Corinth (a military alliance). The Political unity (different from the military alliance) was superficial and temporary, without a unified and continuous central administration. After Alexander's death, his empire was divided among his generals (the Diadochis), leading to the fragmentation of the political unity he had established which did not form a unified and continuous nation-state. The modern concept of a Greek nation-state emerged only in the 19th century, with the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829) against the Ottoman Empire, resulting in the creation of the Kingdom of Greece in 1830. Portugal, on the other hand, has a linear political continuity as a nation-state. The founding of the Kingdom of Portugal is traditionally dated to 1139 when Afonso Henriques proclaimed himself king after the Battle of Ourique. This event was formalized in 1143 with the Treaty of Zamora, and independence was recognized by the Pope in 1179 with the manifestis probatum. If you told me that Greece is one of the oldest and most influential CIVILIZATIONS in the World, I would agree, but not the oldest nation-state in Europe. To shorten your search, if you don't want scientific articles: Go to the European Commission website and see what they write about Portugal.

I am Portuguese and 100% agree with everything in this video.

Depends how it's prepared, some restaurants just leave it in water for a day, tastes like the bloody dead sea

The salt "cooks" the cod. It gives it a specific consistency. For the portuguese tradicional dishes this is essential. Of course, they may not be to your taste and that is fine (more left for us). Cod is rarely found fresh in Portugal as it does not exist in our waters we do not miss it, and might even find it a bit of a waste if not salted and cooked our way. There are plenty of other species of fish we will only have fresh and some (few) species we will also eat from frozen By the way...there are very few nations in the world that can teach us anything on eating fish.

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It's a matter of taste, any Portuguese would probably hate the cod you like.

@@Quidproquo1143 Precisely. Spot on comment.