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The Poveiros Square presents the shortest performance of the I Porto International Circus Festival. The Toron Blues Company features "Rouge", a 15 minute act, short but intense, created and performed by Clémentine Lamouret and Elsa Caillat. The streets will also be enlivened by the Portuguese Company Marimbondo, the only one to perform a "Show in motion". For around 30 minutes, the "Banda Rumtatá" will deliver joy and high spirits to passers-by, featuring circus music, dixieland, juggling,...

Since time immemorial, animals that are part of our world have captured our imagination, and have influenced several art forms. This influence is particularly true of contemporary jewellery, jewellery inspired by animals that has helped reshape the art of Portuguese jewellers. The range is limitless, from gold, to silver and to precious gems, Portuguese jeweller Luíz Ferreira has created art pieces inspired in the animal kingdom who travelled the world. And still do!

Urban Market bids farewell to summer with a picnic on 14, 15 and 16 September at Praça das Cardosas and on 20 and 21 September at Garden Infante Dom Henrique. Portugal Lovers invites for some of summer's best days, as blossoming season is coming to a close. This event is entrance free, and operating hours are from 11 am to 7 pm. This initiative is supported by Porto City Hall and Porto Lazer.

Porto plays host to the Smart Capital event, promoted by the International Venture Club (IVC) jointly with Porto City Hall. The aim of this initiative is to gather business innovators, managers of investment funds and independent investors for doing business.

Jewellery exudes significance and elegance, be it the pieces that average people can afford to the extravagant collections that only the elite few can aspire to. Collectiva, an independent platform of author jewellery, has summoned designers from all over the world to a unique show of contemporary jewellery in Porto.

The twelfth edition of Porto Half Marathon is one of the races to look forward this year in Porto. The starting pistol will be on 16th September, at 10 am. This sports event should bring together 12 to 13 thousand participants, from 40 different nationalities.

Porto Customs Congress centre plays host to the 2nd Annual Edition of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) Forum, on 13th September. This event is supported by Porto City Hall, organised by NGI (Next Generation Internet), and promoted by The European Commission. The main topics on the agenda are the trust factor on the Internet, social artificial intelligence, Internet software, decentralised data governance, block chain and network infrastructure.

Coliseu Porto Ageas New Season features a uniquely diverse programme spanning International Circus Festival, a Fall Concert by Mário Laginha on the piano and Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, the opera La Traviata, the traditional Christmas Circus, contemporary performances, ballets and concerts.

The Crime of Monsieur Lange (Le Crime de Monsieur Lange) is a 1936 film directed by Jean Renoir portraying an idyllic picture of a socialist France. It is about a publish house that becomes a cooperative.

Every Thursday evening, the Romantic Museum opens doors "After Hours", offering visitors tours to various museum facilities, over a six-month period, displaying period art & furnishings, along with gardens offering scenic river views.