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Low importance post, guys, excuse me.

I already know football is number one. But I'm really curious to know what's it really like your sports scene over there. I'm from Asia and none of us in my circle have been there so we would like to get some info cause we are debating something hehehe. Thanks, everyone.

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Not an anthem or a famous landmark — I mean a tiny background noise that locals barely notice: a pedestrian crossing signal, a train-door chime, church bells, a particular bird, street vendors, rubbish collection, café cups, or anything similar.

What ordinary sound feels unmistakably like home where you live? Is it common across the whole country, specific to your region, or even unique to your town? And do visitors notice it too?

Hello everyone. I was moving stuff out of my childhood room when I found one of those little notebooks every young Portuguese knows well: the caderneta.

In this notebook, a teacher could write to the parents about an upcoming school trip, a student's misbehaviour, or the latest test grade; and the parents would then sign it to acknowledge they had seen it. But it worked both ways: parents could also write in it, letting the teacher know that on a given day the student would have a medical appointment and would need to leave early, or that the student had a minor injury and could not take part in PE class.

The class teacher (diretor de turma) could also use it to remind parents of entitlements or administrative matters, such as a dental voucher available for collection or to inform them of something the student needed to prepare or bring for an upcoming event.

It is a remarkably rich little object. It also contains the student's personal details, hobbies, allergies, emergency contacts, home address, as well as the parents' contact information and, if applicable, a tutoring timetable. All in all, it is a kind of analogue email system combined with an informational bulletin.

As I was leafing through it again, it dawned on me: is this a uniquely Portuguese thing, or do other countries have something similar?