34°C. You hang a shirt by the window and, before you can take a sip of water, it’s already dry. Dry, yes. But with wrinkles that look like a topographic map of the Serra da Estrela. Welcome to Lisbon in oven mode.
The intense heat gripping the city — with temperatures around 34°C and zero raindrops — has a side effect nobody tells you about: ultra-fast drying of laundry. And no, it’s not a blessing. It’s a trap.
As I write this, searches for “self-service laundry...