Lisbon Sunset Tram Poster

A vintage travel poster frames Lisbon as a hillside city of terracotta and pastel facades under a radiating sunset. Bold navy type spells LISBOA across a coral-to-teal sky; smaller lettering names Portugal and invites visitors to the City of Seven Hills. At center, tram 28—cream and mustard, numbered 28—climbs cobbled tracks past pink and white townhouses with wrought-iron balconies and flower boxes. Two silhouetted figures walk the sidewalk; overhead wires and a streetlamp complete the street scene. Composition leads the eye from the near tram along a curving wall toward clustered red roofs, then out to the Tagus and the 25 de Abril Bridge. A large yellow sunburst dominates the sky, its rays cutting through the type and echoing the tram’s hue. Lighting is theatrical and graphic: flat color fields, hard shadows, and a screen-print grain that recalls mid-century lithography. The palette is tightly controlled—coral, salmon, mustard, teal, and cream—with navy for structure and type. Mood is nostalgic and inviting rather than documentary: an idealized 1930s–50s tourist vision of Lisbon’s hills, trams, and river light. Style references WPA and European railway posters, with simplified architecture, decorative sun rays, and a footer crediting Campos Eléctricos de Lisboa, est. 1934. The result is both souvenir and advertisement, celebrating the city’s topography and its iconic yellow electricos.