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One of the biggest world experts in analytics and brand consulting will invest five million dollars (more than 4.3 million euros) in Porto. Kantar’s goal is to create a regional skills centre that, until the end of 2022, will employ about two hundred people.

The immersive experience “Magical Garden”, seen in Jardim Botânico do Porto, was extended until October 31.

Fundação de Serralves opened Joan Miró’s exhibition : Signs and Symbols, on Friday`s evening, at the renewed Casa de Serralves, whose renovation works, conducted by Álvaro Siza Vieira, were funded by Porto council.

Porto will be present, for the second time, in the real estate investment fair Expo Real, in Munich, Germany, from 11 – 13 October.

More than 260 artists worldwide, 520 record labels and distributers, four hundred government and educational institutions, 800 agents, more than 610 managers and 300 producers, and nearly 1250 companies from more than 50 countries, are going to be in Porto for WOMEX – Worldwide Music Expo 2021. The biggest music industry event will take place on 27 -31 October and the tickets for the concerts are already available.

Porto appears in second place on the ranking of the best cities in Europe 2021, a voting carried out by the readers of the respected magazine Condé Nast Traveler. It’s the only Portuguese city in the top 10.

Today, 6th August, there is a trilling nocturnal adventure at the Parque Oriental. There is the opportunity to get to know more about bats and how these mammals live. This initiative marks the 30th anniversary of the years of the Agreement for the Conservation of Bats in Europe, under the Bonn Convention.

The “Serralves em Luz” project to refresh and recharge body and soul, which started on 29 July and will go on until 17 October. The dream of an “ambitious visual and sensory experiment that transports the visitor to different perceptions between the real and the imaginary” is a dream come true with the 24 installations that illuminate the three kilometres in Serralves.

A new job seeker mobile app was developed by researchers at the Systems and Computer Engineering Institute of Porto (INESC Porto). It is called ‘Life Skills VR - Life Skills for Employment in COVID-19 Era through VR Innovation and it could be a swift tool to help mitigate the unemployment rates due to the ongoing pandemic. The project takes on a consortium format that includes countries such as the United Kingdom, Greece, Italy and Malta.

A team of PhD students of FEUP and researchers of INESC TEC reached second podium position at the World Data League (WDL) Final.