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Porto has been awarded its second star by the Michelin Guide
The restaurant Antiqvvm, in Porto, has been awarded a star by Michelin, that selects the best establishments in the world.
Hard Rock Cafe fully functioning in Porto city centre
Porto already has a Hard Rock Cafe which opened for business last Sunday in Porto city centre, more precisely in Rua do Almada, 120, reviving a nineteenth century landmark building. The Rock Shop, where the famous T-shirts are sold, has been in operation since September.
Portugal at the Error festival in Slovakia with Oupa! Cerco Project
The Oupa! Cerco will represent Portugal at the Error festival in Bratislava, Slovakia, where members of the project from Porto will present the initiative and give a concert. Gisela Borges, project coordinator, explained that "the festival has been taking place for 10 years and it is a retrospective of social work using art as a tool."
Two natural ice rinks for Christmas in Porto
The city will have two active natural ice rinks: from December 1 to January 8, one in Mouzinho de Albuquerque Square (aka Rotunda da Boavista) and another in Praça da Batalha. As has been the tradition in recent years at Christmas in Porto, children and grown-ups will be able to cheer up, snow playing and risking a pirouette in the ice rinks.
Porto is the second European city with more favourable price ratio
Porto is one of the best European cities to live and work, second only to Tartu, Estonia. The city of Porto is singled out as 70% cheaper to live in than New York City, according to The Independent, online British newspaper and Business Insider, news site founded in 2009 in New York.
"Eyes wide open! 100 years of Leica photography" at Porto Municipal Gallery
"Eyes wide open! 100 years of Leica photography" is the next exhibition to be featured at the Municipal Gallery of Porto from November 30, 2016 to February 5, 2017.
Municipal Assembly proposal to temporary transfer sellers of the market of Bolhão accepted without any negative votes
The location of the Bolhão Temporary Market in La Vie Shopping Center, a few meters from the market that will be restored, was approved on Monday, November 21, in the Municipal Assembly, without any negative vote.
Aer Lingus introduces Porto-Dublin starting March 2017
Aer Lingus has announced a new route from Dublin to Porto starting March 2017. Aer Lingus is the national air carrier of Ireland. Its headquarters are at Dublin Airport, Ireland.
Glockenwise is the next event of the cultural programme "Cultura em Expansão"
The Pasteleira - Previdência / Torres quarter is the venue for the next "Cultura em Expansão" cultural programme, with a concert scheduled for November 26, Saturday, by Glockenwise, together with the Bonjóia Youth Orchestra. Glockenwise set out to revisit and reinvent Heat's songs from their third album of originals, with instrumental arrangements, in a concert integrated in the cycle "To each one its Music", that showcase renowed national musicians in a scenography created by artists from...
Seventh edition of Porta-Jazz Festival returns to the Rivoli stage on December 7 and 8
The Porta Jazz Festival, one of the highlights of the city's jazz program, returns to Porto on 7 and 8 December for its seventh edition. The program includes 11 concerts at the Teatro Rivoli, involving about 60 musicians, 20 of which are foreign. This year there will also be a parallel program (+ Bonus!), With several workshops and concerts: