Collectible Sardine Tin (Vintage Year Series)

The most giftable food souvenir in Portugal — a birth-year sardine tin from a 1942 cannery house.

Price: 15 EUR (Individual premium tin (skinless & boneless sardines €15; year-numbered 'Sardinhas do Tempo' birth-year tins similar range) at Comur stores/online)

Where to buy: Comur's carnival-like stores (Lisbon Rossio & Belém, Porto, Aveiro HQ) — pick the tin printed with your birth year

Price checked 2026-07-03

• Theatrical 'Fantastic World of the Portuguese Sardine' stores sell year-tins from 1916 onward — the year is the wrapper, the fish inside is current production
• It's the priciest conservas brand in Portugal; you pay for the gift-box spectacle — Pinhais/Nuri beats it on pure fish value
• Sealed tins clear US customs fine; just declare food