{"id":51662,"date":"2019-08-14T22:14:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T20:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/?p=51662"},"modified":"2021-07-28T05:18:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T03:18:57","slug":"5-reasons-to-intern-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/blog\/5-reasons-to-intern-in-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"5 reasons to intern in Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-51665\" src=\"https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lemur-483710-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"896\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lemur-483710-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lemur-483710-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lemur-483710-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I started searching for new internship destinations for our Worldwide Internship participants, I thought to myself, \u201cWhy not Portugal?\u201d I first visited in 2018 and learned that it is an AMAZING country. Since it\u2019s a place I\u2019d like to live, I thought it could be a great and hospitable destination for our internship participants. These are 5 reasons why I love Portugal <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(aka 5 reasons you should consider interning in Portugal):<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>It\u2019s cheap &amp; safe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: People consider the cost of living to be lower than most of the other countries in Europe in terms of grocery shopping, eating in restaurants, and rent prices. Also, it is considered one of the best countries for quality of life in the world, with climate, health care (#12 internationally as rated by the World Health Organization), and safety (#3 internationally as rated by the Global Peace Index) all ranked highly.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Its Location<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Portugal is very well-located, with great beaches and mountains all around the country. Not only that, but it\u2019s very well-connected with the other countries in Europe (flights and train tickets are cheap). Also, the location (surrounded by coastline) is a recipe for perfect weather year-round.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>The food<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: If you are doing an internship in the food and beverage or culinary area, you will enjoy the food more than anywhere else &#8211; they have the best seafood of Europe. You can find \u201cbacalao\u201d (codfish) everywhere and cooked in different ways. Most of the dishes are based on meat, fish, or eggs. Traditional Portuguese desserts are usually sweet, and based around different combinations of egg, sugar, and cinnamon.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>The people<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Portuguese are known as the sweetest and most hospitable people; they are always open to help you. You will be warmly received by the locals and after 2 days, everything is hugs and kisses!<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>The language<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: You might think, \u201cBut Portuguese is only spoken in Portugal and Brazil!\u201d Nevertheless, it\u2019s the world\u2019s sixth most spoken language (it\u2019s also spoken in some African, Asian, and small-island nations).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-51663 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/claudio-schwarz-purzlbaum-K3XGEoZgA0s-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/claudio-schwarz-purzlbaum-K3XGEoZgA0s-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/claudio-schwarz-purzlbaum-K3XGEoZgA0s-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/claudio-schwarz-purzlbaum-K3XGEoZgA0s-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am 100% sure you won\u2019t regret deciding to do an internship in Portugal. I hope you fall in love with this country just as I did!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row bg_check=&#8221;row-background-dark&#8221; el_class=&#8221;program-cta&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1543707418470{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 18px !important;padding-bottom: 18px !important;background-color: #f6b917 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;fadeInLeft&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1547578393415{padding-right: 24px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center; padding: 0 5px; font-weight: 300;\">Vacancies are limited<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center; padding: 0 5px;\"><a class=\"wwi-button-2\" href=\"https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/apply-now\/\">Book a Call<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I started searching for new internship destinations for our Worldwide Internship participants, I thought to myself, \u201cWhy not Portugal?\u201d I first visited in 2018 and learned that it is an AMAZING country. Since it\u2019s a place I\u2019d like to live in, I thought it could be a great and hospitable destination for our internship participants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":51663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-for-college-students-looking-for-an-internship-abroad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51662"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52891,"href":"https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51662\/revisions\/52891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldwideinternships.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}