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Porto Sunday Sessions are back for the summer
Make time in your agenda for one of the most popular events in Porto: Sunday sessions in the City Park, starting July 16 and running until September 17. Relaxed afternoons, lots of music, chitchatting and socialising in a natural and green environment.
Urban Market celebrates its 5th anniversary with a Hard Club Special Edition
Urban Market and the people meet together for a 5th anniversary celebration party, in a special XL Hard Rock edition, from July 6 to 9. Access is free of charge between 11 am and 7 pm.
Open Call for Art with HAPPY TOGETHER programme
For the third year running, Mala Voadora and the Culture Department of Porto City Hall join for the implementation of the HAPPY TOGETHER programme, in the context of the Forum of the Future.
Debate on refugee crisis at Casa do Infante
"Refugee: Think, Decide, Act" was the topic of the debate on the refugee crisis held at Casa do Infante and organised by JPAB Law Firm. This event was sponsored by Porto City Hall, "a municipality that tends to discuss different ideas", said José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, lawyer and former Minister at the opening session in which Mayor Rui Moreira also took part.
Tónan Quito premieres "The Stage is the City" in Campanhã
The programme "Cultura em Expansão" [Expanding Culture] premieres Friday, July 7, at the Campanhã Parish Auditorium, a theatre experiment themed "The Stage is the City". This initiative features performing arts projects with amateur stage actors.
Photographic exhibition on war in Ukraine featured at Almeida Garrett Library
"PROMKA" is the name of the photographic exhibition from Ukrainian war reporter Lesko Kromplitz, whose world tour comprises, besides Ukraine, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, England and, since yesterday, the Municipal Library Almeida Garrett.
Porto was the first city to formulate policy pertaining tourist transport
Porto was the first city to formulate policy pertaining tourist transport, including touristic buses, tuk-tuks and other tourist related transport. Tourist transport is now banned from Bus lanes and housing districts. Also, the tourist transport sector has to meet stricter environmental standards.
Porto is the third best place to visit in 2017, says U.S. News Today
Porto is number three and the only Portuguese city in U.S. News "World's Best Places to Visit" Ranking 2017. U.S. News uses expert opinions, user votes and current trends to compile this list every year.
International Folk Festival gathers 250 participants in Porto
Porto hosts the International Folk festival from July 23 to 30. This event brings together Musical groups from eight countries, in a total of 250 participants. The musical groups will perform in Trindade Metro Station, in Quinta São Romão, Sé Social Centre and Gomes Teixeira Square.
Perfect and precise combination of factors led Vestas to invest in Porto
Porto means a lot to Vestas. Out of 99 cities Vestas, a multinational wind company, chose Porto to establish its new engineering centre. This investment in the northern region of Portugal places the country as a research and development hub, equally to Norway, UK, Germany, India and Denmark. The latter hosts Vestas's global headquarters.