discover the world. subscribe to the documentary on you tube. to. lisbon has become a must see tourist destination for city's annual 4500000 visitors now outstrip its population by around 9 to one international investors are pumping billions of euros into real estate the city is one big building site this woman is trying to keep one component of her city from being destroyed in the process it's historic shops as large as they are lisbon's heart and soul there it's a living memory. i shop at the same place as my grandmother did for the same thing

that's can wrap soap tailor made gloves dolls and iron door knobs. says elmira massaging. sophia temporarily doesn't bump into many locals when she's out running errands but she does see hordes of tourists. she was born and bred in lisbon today the 52 year old works as a historian for the city council she loves her hometown and her job has deepened that connection. games a few onesie. this is

a good example of what's happening all around the city including in the old town a quarter of. the entire apartment block has been turned into a hotel or hostel it's. safe spaces and a traditional shop on the ground floor is closing down. the adults from cairo is known for its traditional stores. sophia says that many commercial tenants except compensation to move out because the only other alternative is to face eviction in 2015 the lisbon city council set up a scheme to at least save establishment that belonged to the city's cultural heritage once they're classified as a shop with history they're protected from the victualling for at least 5 years the stores have to be at least 25 years old and have to meet a number of criteria. today she's visiting a store whose leaseholders have asked for her help. so she is team includes

art historians honor by yetta and lucille. they're visiting their drug. in the old town quarter by shop. i'm simply a temp at all from the city council from the shops with history program we'd like to go over a few things with you we need a lot of information for the application fees you are the manager is not me and tony if you're out and you press us go riposte so it's my store thank you for school mentors we need documents lease agreements old photos anything related to the pharmacy's history. of the study. also this is the entry in the property register from january 893 take a minute. to get there we had the original arches restored if this used to be an avatar according to what we've been told. this is the most obvious. which.

we have also uncovered the original flaw i will show my next on work dealing with my personality is why aren't all the shelves the same. those over there have no doors you. shall simply go see what is you know this is where the counter used to be that's why the floor is so worn here. over there was the store room. and the shelves were different objects and events do you have old objects in the store. you feel to be of feel good. that is you. are. really feeling stands. companies it will remain. in the sand we charge according to what it.

was it how it's. gone and that to take a photo with the we have a lot of old customers who still want to buy things by weight and volume of fish we use let's push some of been getting the same bottles refilled for 20 years or more . oh they are any products made here in lisbon. not only as a lisbon based company. but. it appears much like it was me. 2 all over the algorithm but. i'm not saying. it is the all of these rainbow knits i made in germany.

i can't hear a thing. that nothing is that mighty glad is so simple to one particular story to fit into we also have and sorry to portugal's famous polishing wax and of course our a silver cane or. this mill takes me back to my childhood we used to wear esper drills that matched our uniforms and we'd skate around in the freshly waxed floors but it's a lovely smell if you know that if i say there are smells that stay with us our whole lives it's as a lot these shops catapult us back into the past the smells and images. of. for decades rents were frozen the building is rundown and the apartments empty

almost every day investors turn up at the door the owners sense they could make a killing. a simple meal is what it's always that hanging over us like a cloud of fear the building will be sold and everything will change that will have to leave all this behind but it hasn't happened yet as i now. if the pharmacy is recognised as a shop with history it could be a lifesaver but that has yet to be determined. next door there is a haberdashery. so if you tell them about the scheme you. want but. this here is our website address where you can fill out the application. and i will take care of the rest. of my money i don't claim to be a father he hasn't got any by the highly doubt that. sophie is trying to save as much as possible from the wrecking ball the influx of tourists

has led to an influx of investors business is booming for the likes of air b.n. b. . how did it come to this in 2012 in the midst of the economic crisis portugal began to issue what are known as golden bees are as anyone who invested at least 350000 euros was given a visa and tax breaks in return more than 4600000000 euros of foreign capital flowed into the country portugal has issued some 7600 golden visas mainly to chinese or brazilian investors. like sweden i can't read what it says it's not in portuguese english french or any other european language i can't read what kind of construction project it is it wasn't the only thing that i can understand is the address the name of the manager am i the real estate agency me and golden visa yet it equaled in these

at. the language on the side. is vietnamese some investors have made millions buying and selling properties without investing a cent in restoration millions that don't necessarily stay in portugal critics suspect money laundering. what does that mean for the portuguese people and 2018 alone average property prices in lisbon rose by 23.5 percent to $3010.00 euro as per square meter. by contrast the average monthly wage rose by 3.7 percent to 888 euros. it's not just old shops that are falling victim to property speculation in lisbon more and more locals are being forced to move out of their city because they can't

afford the rents in just 3 years the number of holiday apartments for tourist says risen by 1080 percent. here tourists encounter other tourists in the ice thing hopeless there's no laundry hanging out of the windows to dry there's no activity here any more welcome to the city soul isn't what it was the sounds of day to day life are gone the residents chatting to one another outside the door you know every day there are fewer and fewer locals. shop with history status to not dissuade all property owners from trying to get small traditional businesses evicted like in the traditional booksellers street daughter crim in the affluent yaddo district. on toyota and studied with sophie

attempt at a dislike to me for mine. for me and my aging father it's very troubling that our business that has been in the family for 3 generations is in danger a good long established relationship with our landlord has been destroyed because of greed and speculation suddenly he wanted 20 times more run from us that's the kind of money you might pay in the center of paris or london. into this room he was asking for $14000.00 euros rent each month. from the same could to his new daughters the same to me and so that's i mean it was about this one time says he still i can tell you just. keep a close eye on cases like this. and. they're very vigilant making sure that i am no longer spoken to our. the district is particularly historically significant home to palaces and other buildings

constructed after the earthquake of $755.00. you don't support them yet large 18th century town houses are being split up into cubby holes for tourists the interiors of palaces and apartments are being destroyed in the process. but to squeeze it it's our job to find a balance oh let's been shouldn't start to feel like an artificial city. you see that starting to see that you see. that there's been definitely needed modernizing but you can't just bulldoze everything down shops workshops everything traditional in the lives of the residents themselves that's much worse than running businesses if we hadn't been designated a shop with history we no longer be here. but can the program actually protect these stores. even lisbon city council succumbed to temptation and sold some of the family silver the palace where the department of

culture was housed. so for your temper under colleagues have had to move office now they work in an attic space surrounded by air b.n. b. apartments and building sites. and he linen hanging over the balcony railings is white monochrome rather than a colorful mix. profit or protection it's a contradiction that's impossible to reconcile sophia temperature prefers not to come and. she lives with her family 20 kilometers north of lisbon on the banks of the tigris river.

in their daughter beatrice love the peace and quiet here the beauty of the river. they can still afford this luxury but they have to commute into the city every day to work. from. sophia's team is very committed to saving the old shops also in districts of the city built in the 20th century like have any to do it all. company or is it tea and coffee shop established in 1952 the store owners have applied to be recognised as a shop with history. in the hope of getting a 25000 euro grant. the council scheme gives them money on

a needs basis. most likely it is intelligently create plans according to the customer's wishes. we always grind the beans in front of them. and that's a benefit of shops like these one of the. things. we have 15 different plans. as you called this is where we keep track of the customers names and their favorite plans. this custom is called fair he wrote down. amount of beans to use from angola from the cape bad islands and from sound term and. he came up with it himself he passed away but his wife still comes and orders her late husband special gland. to . follow road orders both sales assistant and co owner. many old shops here only survive because staff members have

a financial stake in them. thank you for coming in this year we're open for the holidays. but it must be a yes we will need. to go to how does the grinder work. combat this machine has grinding stones to stones on top of one another says yes like a grain male. points are given for tradition. makes and what's this a quarter door or more is the author. of the book this is this is a real museum weighs a stone covered with metal for the grinder. but he said the paper bag on it that needs a nap space for exactly 250 grams because you don't have to weigh the coffee.

business is new besides i think that i speak for all of us when i say that this shop has everything required to be recognized as a shop with history. in lisbon city hall it's make or break time for the coffee store and the pharmacy so for your temperature i was on her way to the meeting. her boss. is always present when decisions are. so for your attempt at 0 and on a bi year i describe what's special about these shops. was ok good luck to you sociologist is there to give an independent assessment. if you.

come to the last of the many calls for both shops get the ok from the lisbon city hall now they face one last hurdle. approval from a citizens' commission which also includes architects and town planners to me. it's a battle between the old and the new. battle to save lisbon from degenerating into a mere amusement park. over

140 stores have been designated historic shops up to not. many lines my ear. one of them is the haberdashery usual its name says it all portugal's most famous fashion designers. rates the shop pottery he's even sewn for the likes of madonna. my mother was a dressmaker herself and she used to bring me here as a small child and set me down on the calendar i loved being surrounded by all these things i knew what i wanted to do from the early age so i always have

a very strong aesthetic sense. and a fantastic world of portuguese sardines couldn't be more different the shop is a symbol of the new lisbon. tradition doesn't have an easy time of it says so for you temporal as day this used to be a jewelry shop a few days ago it looked exactly as it did when we found it and gave it historic shop status intact with the facade in its original state now it's a souvenir store. a few little comfort that means it's critical issues that will simulate the centuries old jewelry shop now has a completely different function that is that all believe everything was in its original state. that the counter the tables the decorations

it. was doing to you it i mean you put it it was so beautiful. when these it's frustrating to see something like that now you. have a feast of something you get with this what this is because. it's very difficult to do anything about it shop owners can do what they like with the property they can decide to go into a different business. and in this case the jeweler was also the owner of the store apparently someone offered to pay $8000.00. rose a month in rent and he didn't hesitate for long it's not clear how the souvenir shop intends to cover the rent. and what's worse another landlord who wants to get rid of his tenants has brought a test case against lisbon city council. he's challenging the legality of the scheme. so for your prayer after years the entire project is at

risk. of boarding calls and the case has been brought before the constitutional court which is being asked to consider whether the law is in keeping with the constitution. defending the program and keeping the shops with history status could prove very complicated. you move. severe complera wants to pass her love for these old stories on to her daughter before it's too late. they're going to the doll hospital a tiny shop in the heart of lisbon. it was established in 1830 i'm sure that. you. can still cry.

if. we charge $41.00 euro is to remove the stuffing and make a new body the inpatient treatment lasts $46.00 weeks. you might be familiar with. the city historian under daughter or received by the dollar hospital's director money away in a courtroom yet up every person to mark the distance after the great lisbon earthquake people use what was left to rebuild the city. this building was constructed on the ruins of the royal hospital. the entrance was there it was shocking still says was who didn't want to almost all just let the tiles there date from the 18th century they survived the earthquake he says and we're just here seem to come from the hospital chapel which i like to say our hospital was built on top of another one female. you know.

we leave the consulting room and head for the operating rooms on the 1st floor. says i'll show you the room where the really old dolls are restored and repaired by . the still. $1000.00 the surgeon's room something that indigenous yes the most important specialist most of the specialists and everything. as to why we have to clean and remove what others have done and then we glue everything otherwise the doll will have scars. even if the dollar isn't as perfect as a birth we have dolls here that are 200 years old. but it will be our walk with the prompt it is arkell and there are people who donate their hair and we use that to make wigs for the dolls. there are pieces missing from this doll we will have to do some plastic surgery at hearing to the high standards

of restoration awarded to all our former miss morton mish c.v. crystal ball. i have to find the right blue. here. and there will be received. a lot of legs and torsos have been donated. and. we. usually.

have been listening to the. classics other patients just need small parts. because they. can become through everywhere i look i see something new and different i can't stop taking pictures i think i'll come back with friends to show them i discover even more. closely because if you could have different calibers from my life you can see oh how beautiful. my buddies from brazil about ya know we fixed her up and made new clothes based on the original. start we also found all the original necklaces she's made of fabric. right yes the body is made of fabric we copied the clothes based on the original. clue what's wrong with this one. i think this is an english doll from the 1940 s. she has to be restored and she'll be given

a new torso that. could prove what's inside. that she's draw she can even still cry. mean that off which because these dolls come from poor families they're made of newspapers here you can still read the new series in a museum the readers. the families parents and children were newspaper sellers or paper collectors pavel could tell they made a mixture of paper and cobblers glue and then molded it to look like german dolls washed that's a better way to see me use mall there are money to go next there sat dolls that tell us a lot about people who didn't have very happy lives was the symmetry of it will be this solution even if the men aren't fully home of reading please lying is simply because he will come spring out if they know that look there's a piece of spanish newspaper here in the army can even see the date we'll all 951 see when to you zip code.

over the years people from all over the world have gifted dolls to the museum located next to the hospital it used to be a primary school. there are $3500.00 in the museum's collection. they too are part of misprints cultural heritage.

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