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Nick Murphy FKA Chet Faker, is back in Portugal with his new project; "Run Fast Sleep Naked", released on 26 April. The singer, musician and producer will perform at Coliseu Porto Ageas on 2 October, at 9pm, where fans will have the opportunity to enjoy the new songs of this album, as well as hear old hits.

The "Planeta Água" ["Planet Water", free translation] is the key issue of the Aquaporto 2019 Festival sixth edition, from 11th to 13th October, at the City Park. This event is held on an annual basis and the programme includes science, entertainment and culture to the City Park this October.

Casa da Música is to present the fabulous genre with the jazz autum time concert by the trio ELAS E O JAZZ , which will take to the stage on 2nd October, at Sala Suggia, at 9.30pm.

In 2100 the world may have lost half of its languages: out of the 7000 languages spoken, it is estimated that nearly 50% doesn't survive till the turn of the century". So as to create the performance "A menor língua do Mundo",["The world's smallest language", free translation], Alex Cassal and Paula Diogo's team travelled to different regions to try to understand the memory and the practice of these languages, by talking to various artists and peoples.

Daniela Braga, founder and CEO of DefinedCrowd, startup incubated at UPTEC - Science and Technology Park in Porto, won the João Vasconcelos Award - Entrepreneur of the year 2019.

Visitors are offered the chance to visit all the municipal museums, in the scope of the guided tour to get to know their way around the place, from Tuesday to Sunday. Entrance costs 2.20 euros from Tuesday to Friday, and on Saturdays and Sundays museums are entrance free. Tours are delivered in Portuguese, English and French. Have you ever visited The House of the Prince?

"This year FIMP reaches an important hallmark: it celebrates its 30th edition. A festival devoted to puppets and animated form. FIMP's relationship with the city and its institutions is, thus, invaluable", stated Mayor Rui Moreira during the 2019 FIMP edition official presentation. Check out the programme.

Laudamotion officials have announced that the airline will add new routes to Porto, namely the Porto- Vienna (Austria), as of 31st October 2019 and Porto-Stuttgart, the following year, 31st October 2020.

Film director Bong Joon-ho comes out with his newest universal acclaimed film: "Parasite", which premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2019, winning the Palme d'Or, and thus becoming the first Korean film to receive the award and the first film to win with a unanimous vote since 2013's Blue Is the Warmest Colour.

The penultimate session of the municipal initiative "Evening with Bats", takes place on 27 September at the City Park, at 7pm. Find out why bats are, for instance, the only mammals capable of flying like birds.