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Did you know that the smallest street in the Invicta is named “Afonso Martins Alho”? The street is only 30 metres long and it is entrenched between Rua das Flores and Rua de Mouzinho da Silveira.

Porto Design Bienalle 2021, which celebrates France as the guest country, redesigns design, extending it beyond the material components. These concepts are replicated in the programme “Autrevoix”, which is broadcasted daily at the Rádio Estação devoted to contemplate the other. As such, “Autrevoix” is an experimental programme with different French contributions.

Porto Municipal Gallery inaugurates the exhibition themed Wall גדר جدار, by Inés Moldavsky, curated by Guilherme Blanc.

Abyssal, UPTEC startup and U. Porto’s spin-off was acquired by Ocean Infinity, a multinational company with specialist expertise in marine robotics.

As regards EU Funding, the Municipality of Porto is at the top of the Commission's agenda as regards attractiveness. Since the Community framework kicked off, in 2014, circa 1.4 billion euros of the Portugal 2020 were allocated to the city of Porto to deliver strategic works, both to support companies and training. This data was provided by the “Mais Transparência” portal.

Private car parks in Porto also offer one hour free parking to traditional trade customers. The Parking lots of Praça D. João I, Carlos Alberto, Praça de Lisboa, Infante D. Henrique, Gomes Teixeira, Palácio da Justiça and the Praça Adelino Amaro da Costa associated with the initiative by Porto City Hall that aims to boost traditional trade in the Invicta during the easing of lockdown.

This June, the initiative “Sábados a Contar” is back to the Almeida Garrett Municipal Library (BMAG). Reading sessions are aimed at children aged 3 and 6 and take place at the Sala de Leitura Infantojuvenil, aka Youth Literature Reading Room at the BMAG, for the “Hora do Conto” (“Tale Time”, free translation] that precedes the usual workshop on the book of the day.

Students of the University of Porto have developed five out of the ten products that made it to the Ecotrophelia 2021 Prize finalists. This award aims at distinguishing and promoting the most eco-innovator food products by university students.

The beginning of May marked the comeback of the “Porto Saudável” initiative, and within 48 hours, all 220 applications made available until July were already completed. The high degree of interest from the public led Runporto, the event organiser, jointly with the Municipality of Porto, to open another 20 applications for each Sunday (10 more each group).

KastroKriola, written by the Cabo Verdean playwright Caplan Neves, is the remake of the work “Castro”, short for “Tragédia muy sentida e Elegante de Dona Inês de Castro”, by António Ferreira, written in 1587. Caplan Neves presents the text in creole from Cabo Verde, and tries to unveil how a classical text will symbolically resonate in today’s Cabo Verde.