Free things to do in Lisbon this week
Free tours, board-game nights, Portuguese–English chats and the weekly nomad meetup.
Updated Friday 30 October · 5 events in the next 7 days
Tomorrow
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10:00Free walking tour of LisbonGo together
A free, tip-based walk from Praça do Comércio up to Bairro Alto with a local guide
Praça do Comércio · by SANDEMANs ↗ · tip-based
Sunday 1 November
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10:00Meditation in the ParkGo together
A free outdoor meditation session followed by an optional chat
Parque Eduardo VII · by Lisbon Meditation Circle ↗
Tuesday 3 November
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19:00Tuesday English-Portuguese ChatGo together
A free in-person English/Portuguese conversation meetup with drinks required
A Merendeira · by English–Portuguese Conversation Lisbon ↗
Wednesday 4 November
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10:00Free walking tour of LisbonGo together
A free, tip-based walk from Praça do Comércio up to Bairro Alto with a local guide
Praça do Comércio · by SANDEMANs ↗ · tip-based
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19:00Board Games NightGo together
A weekly board-games night open to beginners and regulars
Aconchego House · by Aconchego House ↗
Coming up later
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Fri 6 Nov, 18:30Language Exchange & Board GamesGo together
A relaxed language-exchange evening with board games and conversation
Bendito Pão de Queijo · by Lisbon Language Exchange and Board Games Group ↗
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Sat 7 Nov, 10:00Free walking tour of LisbonGo together
A free, tip-based walk from Praça do Comércio up to Bairro Alto with a local guide
Praça do Comércio · by SANDEMANs ↗ · tip-based
Also Wed 11 Nov, Sat 14 Nov, Wed 18 Nov, Sat 21 Nov
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Mon 9 Nov, 16:00Walkabout Lisbon Web SummitGo together
A free monthly walk followed by an optional drink and conversation
Praça da Figueira · by Open Coffee Lisbon ↗
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Tue 10 Nov, 19:00Tuesday English-Portuguese ChatGo together
A free in-person English/Portuguese conversation meetup with drinks required
A Merendeira · by English–Portuguese Conversation Lisbon ↗
Also Tue 17 Nov, Tue 24 Nov
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Wed 11 Nov, 19:00Board Games NightGo together
A weekly board-games night open to beginners and regulars
Aconchego House · by Aconchego House ↗
Also Wed 18 Nov, Wed 25 Nov
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Thu 12 Nov, 19:30Weekly Lisbon Digital Nomads MeetupGo together
A casual weekly social for drinks and conversation
Lisbon · by Lisbon Digital Nomads ↗
Also Thu 19 Nov, Thu 26 Nov
Don’t want to go alone?
Tap Go together on any event and it opens in Hellohood, a free app for going to things with people nearby. You see who else is going, say hi in the chat before, and meet at the door instead of walking in alone. There’s also a city chat for Lisbon.
Lisbon for free
Lisbon has become a city of newcomers: remote workers, students, people who came for a summer and stayed. That makes the free social scene unusually open. Weekly meetups have regulars, but they are used to new faces every time.
The free walking tour through Baixa, Chiado and Alfama is the classic first day out. It’s tip-based and gives you the hills, the history and the places worth coming back to. In the evenings there are board-game nights in hostels and cafés, and English–Portuguese conversation evenings where you learn more “obrigado/obrigada” etiquette in an hour than in a week of apps. The digital-nomad meetups are free to join and the easiest way to meet people if you work from a laptop.
Good to know in Lisbon
- The miradouros (viewpoints) are free and make a good place to meet before an event. Graça and Senhora do Monte are less crowded than Santa Luzia.
- Lisbon is hilly and the cobbles are slippery when wet. Wear shoes with grip for walking tours.
- Many evening meetups start late, around 19:30–20:00, and go on past dinner time.
- Free tours are tip-based: guides earn from tips, so pay what the tour was worth to you.