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There is no better time to (re)discover how Sea Life helps protect marine animals and plants
Sea Life Porto is perhaps one of the best choices for an outing that is especially relevant when one wants to encounter awesome friends as the Humboldt penguins, Mariza the Turtle, Valentina the Skate and many more, all the while learning how to help protect marine plants and animals.
Start making plans: WOMEX's incredible journey leads to Porto in October 2021
Porto will play host to WOMEX Festival in October 2021, the World Music Expo, one of the most relevant music support and development projects in the global music scene that will make its absolute debut in Portugal, in the city of Porto and it will gather thousands of music lovers and music makers in the Invicta, from over 90 countries.
The Forum of the Future will not take place this year, but there will be a book edition to mark the occasion
There will be a book edition to mark the 7th edition of the Forum of the Future, which was cancelled due to coronavirus concerns. The event is slated for November since inception, in 2014.
The long running performance to unveil Anton Chekhov's works by Porto Municipal Theatre and São João Theatre
The marathon show themed "A Vida Vai Engolir-vos" at the Teatro Municipal do Porto (TMP), which means something like "Life Will Swallow You Up", brings back the long theatrical performance to the stages of Rivoli and São João Theatre, on 17th, 18th and 19th September. This performance summons some of the most relevant plays by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov: The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard. The performance, which lasts 10 hours, will be staged by Tónan...
UN highlight Porto as a reference city for innovative measures against Covid-19
Fixed tariffs for water, sanitation and urban waste for non-household customers have been exempted in the city of Porto, as approved by Porto City Hall last April. This was pointed as an example by the United Nations (UN), as an innovative measure against Covid-19, in the framework of a policy brief recommended to cities the world over.
Porto heritage tramway celebrates 150 years
The tramway in Porto celebrates 150 years and it stands as a testimony of the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit of the Invicta. Also, it is 125 years that the first electrified lines started to operate in Porto, the first in the Iberian Peninsula, in the moment when the car that can be visited at the Tramway Museum in Porto, went up the Restauração Street in Porto, on 12th September 1895.
You know it is the right outing when it spells free outdoor cinema
Enjoy movies of every kind for every taste and age, from 31st July till 29th August, at the Sports Centre Monte Aventino. This 21st cinema cycle features ten films for ten nights, every Friday and Saturday, starting at 10pm.
Wonders in the Suburbs, a film by Jeanne Balibar on screen at Teatro Campo Alegre
This is the first long film by Jeanne Balibar, famous French actress and singer. The chosen genre is comedy and the movie"Wonders in the Suburbs" is underpinned with a curious plot as Balibar features politicians as a very enlightened group, rather than vicious and cynical. Sessions at the cine studio of Campo Alegre at 6.30pm.
Peugeot Citroën buys auto parts recycling startup from Porto
The PSA Group, which will soon become the fourth world's largest car manufacturing company announced the purchase of a Porto based startup in the area of auto parts recycling. The company "Amanhã Portugal", alongside its e-commerce platform and B-Parts.com was acquired by the French PSA Group.
The Miró Collection that lays in Porto is classified as public interest work
The Miró collection, transferred to Porto by the Portuguese Government, for a 25 year period, was officially designated public interest collection today, in the National Official Journal, in a decree signed by the Assistant Secretary of State for Cultural Heritage, Ângela Ferreira.