Remote working has become part of everyday life during the coronavirus pandemic. The Portuguese island of Madeira has been luring digital nomads with its COVID-safe workspaces and fast WiFi sun, sea and sand included.
Madeira, voted Europe’s best island destination at the World Travel Awards in 2020, is the most sought-after place to go this summer. Flight bookings shot up by 625% last Friday, according to Skyscanner, while lastminute.com also noted a 1,131% increase in searches for this “pearl of the Atlantic” in the days following the announcement of England’s travel green list. This is largely because the island is one of few traditional British beach.
Remote work made digital nomads possible. The pandemic made them essential Connie Lin
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Game of Thrones. Hailing from Finland, Japan, and the United States, the travelers were among 10 winners of a newly unveiled, first-ever digital nomad residency contest, for which the prize was a month-long stay in the so-called “Pearl of the Adriatic,” with complimentary meals and lodging. The residents ate, drank, networked, and day-tripped to the cliffs of Konavle home of 2020’s most beautiful beach in Europe and the island of Mljet, which is shrouded in dense forest that featur
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Mairead Finlay moved to the Portuguese island of Madeira to be part of a digital nomad village.
The project offers a free co-work space to mostly freelance creatives to lure talent to the island.
After two months, Finlay and her partner are setting up a company and looking for a property there.
I ve been a digital nomad who s lived all over Europe for three years, but not once had I considered living on an island, let alone in a small village.
Now, I m living in Europe s first village for digital nomads on the Portuguese island of Madeira, thanks to an initiative set up by the regional government and Startup Madeira to lure tech and creative talent to the island. The experience has been so good that my partner and I are taking a step back from the nomadic life to set up a company here.
President to visit Madeira
The head of the Government of Madeira has confirmed that the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, will visit the autonomous region on Sunday, 2 May, adding that the executive will take advantage of the visit to address pending issues . Yes, it is confirmed. The President, as I understand it, is going to the Azores on Saturday, and will come here on Sunday, said Miguel Albuquerque.
The president of the PSD/CDS-PP coalition regional government was speaking on the sidelines of a visit to a company in the parish of Canhas, municipality of Ponta do Sol, in western Madeira.