Village Underground Lisbon

Alternative Lisbon

Nuno from Lisbon

""Village Underground" Lisbon is a creative incubator space, a co-working community & an events destination. I just love the progressive vibe of the place."

Village Underground aka VU was born in London more than 10 years ago. Since 2014 they're at CARRIS (Lisbon's Public Transports Company) Headquarters as a creative incubator space, a co-working community and a creative events destination. Mariana Silva brought the concept here and with the joint efforts of the Town Hall and CARRIS, this cultural hub was born.

VU is part of Transeurope Halles, a European network comprising more than 50 independent cultural spaces. The Village Underground concept incorporates two distinct spaces: a working area for the creative community and a multicultural space. The place is next door to LX Factory but can be easily missed, but for a reference, they're next door to LX Factory which means they're literally under the bridge.

Inside, there's two deactivated buses on top of big maritime steel containers and a cool coffee shop. There are also exhibitions, theatre and live music and the goal is to be a showroom of culture and a meeting point of artists and creative people.

I love the whole place and it has a great progressive vibe! Hopefully, they're here to stay and promote new events and ideas. Check their cool coffee shop with a view, grab a sandwich and a coffee and start writing!

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Lisbon Spotter Nuno

About me My name’s Nuno and I was born and raised in Lisbon. I studied Tourism and worked for the Estoril Coast Tourism Board for 5 long years. Soon I started travelling a lot, learning different languages - from Russian to Mandarin - and getting to know different countries and cultures. You can tell I fought on both sides of the war. Now I write for several blogs and I'm a tour guide at Get Lost Go Local and We Hate Tourism Tours. I like driving my noisy old Renault 4l with her tired engine with thousand kilometers in the narrow streets of Lisbon. I'm also a mu...

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