Lisbon, Portugal

A Streetcar (-filled City) Named Lisboa

author: colavitos ghost : Lisbon, Portugal
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author: cool-tsk : Lisbon, Portugal
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A Streetcar (-filled City) Named Lisboa

author: colavitos ghost : Lisbon, Portugal

One of Lisbon's most enchanting aspects (and it has many!) are its lovely streetcars, which have been rattling through it's windy hills since the 19th century. The originals--imported from the US, and called, appropriately, "americanos"--are now protected in Lisbon's Public Transport Museum; however, those still in use retain a very distinctive old-world charm. Here are a few pictures of these wonderful machines: One of the "elevators" at rest. These types of trams (there are 2 or 3, I think) spend the whole day moving in a straight line: Up. Down. Repeat. Another "elevator", at the height of it's...