Historically, one of the first digital nomads was Steve Roberts, who in 1983 rode on a computerized recumbent bicycle and was featured in the Popular Computing magazine. Digital nomads over time gained more ability to live that lifestyle. Such advancements include Wi-Fi Internet and Internet-enabled laptops. The digital nomad lifestyle is rapidly growing in popularity since 2014, when websites ranking cities by cost of living, weather and internet speed to help nomads choose where to live !!
For sure !! all starts with an online business and after that you just have to book your trips.
You can find thousands of testimonials, for example this interview to the founder of project "Nomadismo Digital Portugal" , and articles on newspapers about the topic, such as "Nomadismo digital: trabalhar a viajar", from Noticias Magazine.
Currently Lisbon is one of the more attractive cities for digital nomdas - thanks to the sun, beach and mountain surrondings, culture and amazing views of the city itself !!
If you plan to become a digital nomad in Lisbon we recommend you few co-working spaces in city center: you will have a lot of fun in ResVés , Ávila Spaces , or Pow-Cowork !! Also, you can get good tips in this great website specially developed to help digital nomads finding a house for short-medium term rentals: NOMADX.
Codded by Lara Duarte . She Codes . January 2020