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Enjoy workshops, concerts and documentaries at Bombarda Arts Quarter
The most artistic of all quarters in Porto, Bombarda invites to concerts, workshops and documentaries, starting at 4pm and extending till 8pm, complying with all health measures in place.
Serralves hosts a new edition of "Jazz in the Park"
July is just around the corner, and with it the new edition of "Jazz in the Park", on 4th, 11th and 18th July, at the Tennis Court of the Serralves Park. This year's edition brings three concerts and a programme "entirely delivered by Portuguese musicians".
Definitely, the Garden of Marquês is a new must-visit garden in Porto
The Garden of Marquês is greener and now has camellia's flowerbeds. The plot has been expanded, following the plantation of those iconic flowers, making this a new must-visit garden at the Invicta.
The artwork by Buñuel at Campo Alegre
This weekend, take time to enjoy another great film by iconic director Luís Buñuel. The film on show is "The Diary of a Chambermaid", adapted by the homonymous novel by Octave Mirbeau and the first directed with the participation of French producer Serge Silberman. "The Diary of a Chambermaid" is on show at Campo Alegre as of Sunday, at 3.30pm, at 6.30pm and at 9.30pm.
Porto did what needed to be done and led by example
This year, the century-old tradition of São João street parades did not take place as the Municipality of Porto cancelled official festivities due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, the Municipality urged people to take the party home. And Porto did what needed to be done, it celebrated in private.
Find new ways to celebrate São João amid the pandemic
This year, amid a pandemic, don't take the party to the streets, avoid crowds and find new meanings for the word celebration. The usual parades, crowds and parties have to be scheduled for 2021. Still, everyone can have their own celebration; to brighten moods all night long, Rádio Festival ensures a special broadcasting that will go from the early morning of the 23rd June till the first light of day of the 24th June. The broadcast kicks-off at 8am and will be playing for 18 hours straight.
Customs Railway Branch will be reactivated
About 30 years ago, the Customs Railway Branch in Porto was deactivated. It will be turned into an eco-track in a foreseeable future. The Municipal Executive unanimously approved this immediate solution, while a public discussion to debate the two possible definitive solutions to the railway branch is being prepared.
Pandemic puts a halt to São João official celebrations in Porto and public transport is cut down to minimum service
Celebrations of São João have been called off in Porto due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic; as such, Porto City Hall put in place several measures to prevent the gathering and moving around of people in Porto.
Children up to 18 years old ride free on transit in Porto
The Municipal Executive unanimously adopted the extension of free ride transit, the existing "Porto.13-15" to children up to 18 years old that reside in Porto. The investment by the Municipality is budgeted at 1.2 million euros per year, and it represents an addition of 90 thousand euros per month regarding the first year of application of that measure. In return for this increase, Porto City Hall will only pay the rides actually taken by free transit users (aka Andante).
Porto Municipal strategy to tackle homelessness: more solidarity restaurants, more long-term housing and more rehabilitation programmes
The Municipal Executive has approved, this morning, the Municipal Strategy for Homeless people 2020-2023, during a private meeting. Long-term housing, an increase in the number of available beds at the Temporary Reception Shelter Joaquim Urbano, the opening of two additional solidarity restaurants, namely in Boavista and downtown, as well as the strengthening of capacity building and social and professional integration programmes are amongst the priorities.