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The Citizens' Shops provide a one-stop service for many administrative tasks: connecting and disconnecting services, car registration and driving licences, residency, taxation, health services and more. All offices have some English-speaking staff.

The clocks change twice a year moving from winter (standard) time to summer time and back. Find out when, and how Portugal's time relates to the rest of the world.

Emergency services: the numbers to call for Fire, Police and Ambulance in the Algarve region. Also drug help, poisons and emergency doctors and hospitals.

Information directly from the European Union on the practical aspects of moving to and living in Portugal: residency, finding a home, a school and a job, Portuguese social security and more.

The place for you to exchange views, share useful information on parenting, schooling and kid's fun for families in the Algarve region.

Information on groups, social clubs and links for gay men and women in the Algarve.

Information on what to do when moving from Portugal; including notifying schools and residency officials, closing bank accounts, ending contracts for utilities and insurance, exporting cars and moving pets.

How to use Portugal's sophisticated network of ATMs where you can not only withdraw cash but also pay utility bills and buy mobile phone credit.

Contact information for the national and local administrative offices of Portugal including the provinces of Grande Lisboa and the Setubal Peninsula. The place to go for residency papers, vehicle registration papers and driving licences.

Information on voting in Portugal. This page tells you how.

AngloINFO Algarve's comprehensive English-language guide to What's On throughout the Algarve region with events, music, sport and more…