Lisbon has the strongest, most established nomad community of any city in this guide — and its main chat runs on Slack, not WhatsApp, which trips people up if they only search for the latter.
Slack
Lisbon Digital Nomads runs its community chat on Slack — join at lisbondigitalnomads.org/slack, the official, current channel (not a scraped or stale link). Their Meetup page is the strongest, most active entry point in this entire guide across either country — 25,563 members, weekly Thursday meetups, 4.6★ over 9,566 reviews.
The wider Lisbon scene
- Facebook: Lisbon Digital Nomads and Expats (~37,000, the biggest and most useful), Digital Nomads & Entrepreneurs in Portugal, Madeira & Azores
- Meetup: Lisbon Digital Nomads
- Coworking with real community: Second Home Lisboa, Heden (Santos), LACS (Anjos), Outsite Lisbon
- InterNations Lisbon: active, dedicated presence — check internations.org/lisbon-expats
Getting your admin sorted first? Start with the Portugal guide, or jump straight to AIMA or getting your NIF.