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Concerts and fireworks mark the celebration of Freedom Day in Porto

Concerts, displays of fireworks and revolution-décor at Avenida dos Aliados in the city of Porto to celebrate Freedom day, on April 25. The musician from Porto, Bezegol kicks-off the 44th Anniversary Programme of the Carnation Revolution in Porto, scheduled to start at 10 pm. The fireworks will be set alight at midnight.

Porto Maastricht friendly football match in Ramalde

Veteran players of a football team from Maastricht in The Netherlands visited Porto this past weekend. The main goal of the visit was to get to know the city and play a match against a local team as well. Porto City Hall prevailed 6-0 at home. Despite this score, the Dutch team affirmed "This year we came to Porto and played a match against a city team of Porto. It was a good match especially from the Porto team".

Porto Extreme XL on 12 May in Porto with the best all-round riders

The Porto Extreme XL is one of the most thrilling Enduro races and this year's edition brings together the best riders from 22 different nationalities, on May 12. This calendar race in the city of Porto has already 240 registered riders and the key moment will kick off at Ribeira do Porto.

Porto Street Stage 2018: a thriller race downtown Porto on 18 May

The Porto Street Stage with a two kilometres journey is a stage of the world championship Rally de Portugal. It takes place on 18th May in downtown Porto.

Future of Computing Conference in Porto, from 25 to 29 June unveils the world fifty years from now

The Future of Computing Conference, the largest of its type ever to be hosted in Portugal will run from 25 to 29 June at the Faculty of Fine Arts in UP - University of Porto. Quantum computing, neuromorphic computing, Photonics, chemistry and biological computing are key issues in the debate.

Porto develops project to tackle senior social isolation in municipal housing districts

"Porto. Importa-se" [Porto Cares, free translation] is a project to tackle senior's loneliness and social isolation in Porto housing districts. The social municipal policies are based on the extensive knowledge of the present-day reality of seniors, namely the housing sector, as pinpointed by Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira.

Anton Webern's music performed at Casa da Música

The Thematic Cycle Music & revolution is back to Casa da Música and invites to a total immersion on the aesthetic work of Anton Webern, featuring four concerts on 20, 21, 22 and 29 April that cover different periods of his creative activity.

Photo Ark's last lectures take place at the Biodiversity Gallery on 21 and 22 April

The exhibition "Photo Ark by Joel Sartore", sponsored by National Geographic, is on display at the Biodiversity Gallery - Living Science Centre till 29 April 2018. The two last lectures on biodiversity take place on April 21 and 22 at 6 pm.

Porto explains how technology and innovation work during the Start&Scale 2018

It is the run up to the Start&Scale 2018, from 5 to 11 May. Over seven days, Porto plays host to a tailor-made programme including entrepreneurship, innovation and technology as the main promotion tools of the city.

Porto hosts International Green Infrastructure Conference on May 24 and 25

Urban planners, landscape architects, geologists, agronomists and other professionals and policy makers from different nationalities will gather in the city of Porto to discuss Green Infrastructure, at Almeida Garrett public library, on May 24th and 25th.