Society
Banksy will be in Porto from 19 January till 31 March
For the first time in Portugal, and hosted by the city of Porto, Banksy's work will be on show at Porto Customs, from 19 January till 31 March.
Do visit the Flea Market and give yourself an insightful journey to this wonderful bazaar
The first Flea Market Porto 2019 is scheduled for Saturday, 12 January at the Silo Auto Parking area, in Porto. Vendors set shop from 1 pm till 6 pm.
AIIA Porto Municipal Programme promotes urban arts by involving youth into cultural projects
Porto City Hall has promoted a cultural initiative within the municipality with the goal of enhancing youth development regarding urban art. The event brought together 15 teenagers of the Cerco neighbourhood, at the Vale de Campanhã and at the Ribeira da Granja, in Lordelo.
Porto Airport reached all-time high numbers with a total of 11,939 million passenger movements in commercial flights in 2018
For the first time, Porto Airport reached the 11,939 million passenger mark for the year 2018, which is an increase of 10.7% compared to 2017.
Two spectacular days to celebrate Rivoli's 87th anniversary on 19 and 20 January
A free show that involves 100 inhabitants of Porto and reveals the city's demographic data are the motto to celebrating the 87th anniversary of Theatre Rivoli, on 19 and 20 January. This show was jointly produced by the Swiss-German Collective Rimini Protokoll.
Startup incubated at UPTEC authors rehabilitation project included in the 100 best houses in the world in 2018
Casa Heróis de África, the rehabilitation project by CREA, an architect studio in Porto, was selected by ArchDaily to enter the top 100 best houses in the world in 2018. CREA architect studios was incubated in UPTEC, in 2013 by André Camelo and Miguel Ribeiro, graduates from the Faculty of Architecture of the UP and Tânia Fernandes, Porto Business School alumna.
Researchers of Porto University publish their work at Biological Reviews
The prestigious international magazine in the field of biological sciences, "Biological Reviews" has published an article on the work developed by the international team led by CIBIO-InBIO researchers, Sérgio Ávila, Carlos Melo, Ricardo Cordeiro and Lara Baptista, to convey the new information on biological research, namely climate change impact in marine biodiversity.
Do you want to see how wolves howl?
The Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (FBAUP) organised an exhibition of illustrations dedicated to the wolf, themed "Covil" [lair]. About 53 illustrations inspired on the wolf are on show at the Gallery of the Museum of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, from 7 to 11 January.
The first Portuguese female astronaut is from Porto
Ana Pires, student at the Engineering School of the Porto Polytechnic Institute and researcher at INESC TEC is the first Portuguese woman to be granted the NASA's Astronaut-Scientist Diploma.
Preschoolers celebrate Epiphany carol singing at Porto City Hall
This morning, a group of 145 children was welcomed at Porto Council Chambers to wish the Mayor of Porto and the Councillors, as well as the city, a fortunate 2019 by singing the "Janeiras".