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Roadshow Xacobeo celebrates the Holy Year Compostela in Porto
This year, the historic celebration of the voyage of the Apostle Santiago’s body from Israel to Galicia, Spain will be extended for two years, and Porto will be one of the last landing points during the Iacobus Maris regatta, which features 3400 nautical miles and sailboats. The regatta is due to arrive to the Invicta on 17 July 2022, but in the meantime, the Roadshow Xacobeo 21-22 can be visited at the Praça de Parada Leitão, in Porto, from 25 June, until 27 June, between 10 am and 6 pm.
Estádio de Praia hosts Porto Beach Rugby this Saturday
The municipal company Ágora set up the Beach Stadium, nearby the Edifício Transparente, one year after the last competition. The site will be the stage of a vast set of sports events, namely handball, football, foot volley and beach tennis, until the end of August. This weekend kicks off with another edition of Porto Beach Rugby.
Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia launch International public tender for the design and construction of the Bridge D. António Francisco dos Santos over the river Douro
The international public tender for “the design and construction of the D. António Francisco dos Santos Bridge and Accessibilities” was launched today, 25 June, with the publication of this announcement in the Official Journal of the European Union (JOUE) and in the Official Gazette (DR).
Municipal Assembly members visited the Ramal da Alfândega
The Ramal da Alfândega, the Customs Railway Branch in Porto that has been deactivated for circa thirty years now. The members of the Municipal Assembly visited the site a few days ago and assessed the qualities of the land that may accommodate two possible definitive solutions: an eco-track, encompassing both a pedestrian and a bike path, on weekends, or a fast connection commuter transport, between Campanhã and Customs, which will feature an electrical transportation system, on working days.
Retrieved plastic is turned into reusable masks
The initiative promoted by the Water pavilion raises awareness on the importance of rivers and creeks in an urban setting and is held in the framework of the Valorisation Plan and the Rehabilitation of the Waterlines of the Municipality of Porto.
A mural painting that was creatively shaped to celebrate São João
There is a special mural painting that is the apt description of what celebrating São João means: the sentiment that, no matter what, the celebration is also an inner “thing”. And yet, there it is, this imagined São João, authored by illustrator and visual artist Mariana Malhão, located at the Passeios das Fontainhas, in the Duque de Loulé viaduct’s retaining wall. Enjoy this exciting new point of view!
This story is about one of St John’s symbols: the basil Plant and how to extend the plants’ life cycle
One should not directly smell basil or it will dry out. This is what folk wisdom says; but, there are plenty other reasons for basil plants to dry out, according to the Environment Department Municipal team, who explains how things go regarding this traditional symbol of St John, in the latest episode of “Biodiversity at Home”. Check it out.
Metro do Porto and STCP (Bus) do not provide strengthening of operations in the eve of St John
The Metro do Porto will operate until 1 am on the eve of St John, from 23 to 24 June. This measure is taken to meet the constraints under the Covid-19 pandemic; as such, the company announced that the operations will be the same as any given Sunday.
The Museu da Farmácia commemorates St John
The Museu da Farmácia, aka Pharmacy Museum in Porto offers a St John special celebration activity. Learn more about saints!
Acknowledge the city’s cultural scene, on 26 June, with Ping!
The next Walk, in the scope of Ping! Incursion programme, the Exodus initiative with Vera Carmo, happens on 26 June, between 4 pm and 7 pm, and invites to acknowledge local art between Boavista and downtown, in Porto. The meeting point is the Maus Hábitos, at Rua de Passos Manuel, 178, 4º.