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The 11th edition of "Festa do Outono" is back, this last weekend of September in Serralves, Porto, starting at 10am, on 28th September, in the rural area and featuring circa 20 workshops and activities for all generations and with no need of prior registration. This year, the novelty is the recently inaugurated 'treetop walk'. All events are entrance free.

The "Porto Legends - The Underground Experience" is a unique video mapping event at world level, whose goal is to make Porto and Northern region legends known. Jeremy Irons and Pedro Abrunhosas explain everything. The event officially kicks off on 26 September.

The Scott Kelby Annual Worldwide Photo walk is traditionally held on the first Saturday of October. Get your stuff together and be at Jardins Nova Sintra, at 4pm. Porto will once again join the photographic journey, within the "Porto Can't Miss It" initiative, guided by travel photographer José Manuel Santos.

The third Saturday of the month is time for "Bolhão em Festa" initiative, starting at 3pm at Bolhão Temporary Market, featuring a musical workshop by ACE- Bolhão Theatre. Entrance is free, as usual.

This year's Festa da Francesinha is back in Porto, from 26 September to 6 October, at D. João I Square. Monday to Friday, entrance is free, from 12 o'clock till 5pm. Outside these hours, entrance costs three euros and it includes one beer.

Porto Fashion Week's Night Out is the biggest shopping event in the Invicta and it happens on Friday 27th September between 6.30pm and 11.30pm. Pick yourself up a bargain or two at the circa 50 shops that are part of the trendiest Friday of them all.

Porto is a city that hosts elite companies: Talkdesk, the technological centre of excellence in Porto, is included in the best private cloud companies in the world list, by Forbes.

Saturday is a must-go day to the Bolhão Temporary Market (BTM) as Chef Daniele Tarantino, of the "A Despensa" restaurant, will give plenty of cues to cooking delicious delicacies from his distinctive menu, with flavours from Italy, Spain and Portugal. The table is set up at 11am at BTM.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the City of Porto's Long-Term Foreign- and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'BBB' with a Positive Outlook. Fitch Ratings marks up Porto's financial requirements in two levels. The International Fitch Agency rates the municipality lead by Mayor Rui Moreira with a good budgetary performance, this being one of the reasons why Porto is upgraded from "BB+" to "BBB".

There are strong emotions ahead as Coliseu Porto Ageas will host the event to mark the launch of "Harry Potter magical places", the newest book by British renowned writer J. K. Rowling, on 13 September! But beware as magic starts on 11 September!