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Concert halls feature a new timetable, as of 4th November, to enable the audience to accommodate the civic duty to refrain from circulating in public spaces in the city and to be able to attend performances.

The "Green Flag" award is granted, again, to three green spaces in Porto, by the NGO Keep Britain Tidy. The City Park, the Jardim do Passeio Alegre and the Porto Botanical Garden, under the tutelage of the Municipality of Porto, now bear, as in 2019, the international mark of quality.

The bicycle path between the university poles of Campo Alegre and Asprela concluded on 2nd November, with the implementation of the cycle track between Rua de Teodoro de Sousa Maldonado and Rua do Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida. Also, on 2nd November, the Rua de Monsanto street (close by the Jardim da Arca D'Água), which is included in the cycle track, alters its traffic flow.

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the oldest film society in the country, Porto Cineclube launches the book "75 anos: Cineclube do Porto", a commemorative edition that includes articles by eminent persons and researchers from the field of cinema, about the inception of this film society in Porto, the artistic milieu in the city regarding its connection with the Cineclube do Porto and its acquis.

As of today, there is a second drive-thru Covid-19 testing centre in Porto, namely in the parish of Campanhã. This new equipment was set up in the parking lot of S. Roque, a space provide by the City Hall. This screening centre is run as the one set up at the Queimódromo (operated by Unilabs), since the beginning of the pandemic, the first of its kind to be set up in the country, and people don't need to exit their vehicles to get tested. Also, the centre is open to the entire population, but...

Porto Municipal Theatre - Campo Alegre features a programme of four short films by Gabriel Abrantes, namely Freud Und Friends (2015), A Brief History of Princess X (2016), Os Humores Artificiais (2016), Les Extraordinaires Mésaventures de la Jeune Fille de Pierre (2018).

The fifth AtlaS.WH - World Heritage Sites in the Atlantic Area - runs on a virtual format from 3 to 4 November. Porto is the leading city of the partnership that features Bordeaux, Edinburg, Florence and Santiago de Compostela, as well. This event is themed "World Heritage: 2 words about sustainability" and it includes five conferences, open to the general public, which will be streamed digitally.

The supreme Tourism Oscars, aka World Travel Awards 2020 state that Portugal is the Best European Destination for the 4th year running and Porto is the World's Leading City Break Destination 2020.

Why not travel to Scotland and discover some of the bands that have made an impression on Indie British Rock? This travel is one to make with your senses, namely while cocooning at home, as there are restrictions of movement between municipalities until next Tuesday, 3rd November. This is a great idea to start your weekend, as individual responsibility can have a great impact on the collective fight to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. Take time to enjoy the Scottish album that was...

The Zero Waste project won first prize in the category "Support to ecological market development and resources efficiency", under the European Enterprise Promotion Awards, promoted by the European Commission. This initiative, is organised in partnership with LIPOR, inter-municipal network management, upgrading and treatment of urban waste, of which Porto is part of, and the main objective is to recover circa 350 tons of food.