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More and more American citizens are visiting Portugal on account of enotourism, and the city of Porto is a mandatory stop in connection with the Douro Region World Heritage, and the Vinho Verde Region.

Eight artists await the audience. They are at a maze. The members of the audience enter the installation in small groups and walk the eight scenarios. The goal is to listen to the stories the refugees from Syria, Eritrea or even from Europe. This performative installation, by Brett Bailey, is titled "Sanctuary" and it will be on show at the Palácio dos Correios (next to the City Hall), on the 3rd floor, from 2 to 7 July.

The 2018-2019 cultural season of Porto Municipal Theatre is aimed at attracting more people than ever and the main denominator is a rich and vibrant programming. Rui Moreira, Mayor of Porto and in charge of the Culture Department of Porto City Hall unfolds the main highlights regarding the artistic performances: more than 63 events and new artistic discoveries. The kick off moment of the new cultural season happens on 6 September.

António Sousa Pereira took office as the new Rector of the University of Porto and made it his primary commitment to fight chronic underfinancing. "The permanent state of uncertainty regarding financing undermines any chances of planning and implementing long term strategies", the new Rector declared, quoted by Lusa.

It is estimated that in some cities in the world, almost one third of traffic relates to people trying to find a parking space. This is one of the issues that will be on the table for debate in the first edition of the MOB Lab Congress, to be held in Porto, at the Foundation Dr. António Cupertino de Miranda, on 4 July. This event is jointly organised by Porto City Hall and IFE by Abilways.

The next PubhD Porto, an informal event aimed at disseminating science, will take place at the Pinguim Bar, on 28 June, starting at 9.30 pm. Experts on Chemistry, Engineering and Educational Sciences will gather to discuss numerous issues such as school failure and the role of the teachers in the inclusion of children and young people in residential care, the catalysing phenomena in metals such as gold and the implication of such phenomena in biosensor production. Another topic on the table i...

"A chegada do sol" ["The coming of the Sun", free translation] is the topic for a different outing, on July 1st at House-Museum Marta Ortigão Sampaio (CMMOS), now that summer is officially in town.

If you spend some time exploring the city's green spaces you can see yourself in front of one of the city's top spot garden, the S. Lázaro Garden. Every year, through São João, the flowerbeds enveloping the pond and the garden of S. Lázaro are decorated with flowers and new plants. Pelargoniums and basil pots create the best urban scenario, lending the spot the best scent and colour for this summer.

Porto received two Honourable Mentions at the Access Culture Prize 2018, whose fundamental goal is to promote access - physical, social and intellectual - to culture venues and to the cultural offer.

The Consortium UNorte.pt, comprised by the Universities of Minho and Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, has launched a digital platform to bring closer companies and the academia. This project, titled Balcão UNorte.pt, aggregates and combines information on the universities' skills, services and technologies with the Research, Development and Innovation challenges facing both national and international companies.