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The annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony will be on December 1. The Xmas tree will remain lit until January 8 of next year, and will be lit everyday at 5:30 pm. The ceremony will take place in the Avenida dos Aliados, by the city's Christmas tree, in front of the City Hall.

The Green Project Awards ceremony will be for the first time hosted in the city of Porto. On January 23, in Serralves, the 9th edition winners of Green Project Awards will be presented, in a co-organized ceremony by Porto City Hall and Lipor.

The Kings of Spain will come to Portugal next week. The monarchs will be hosted by Portugal's President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. The visit begins Monday in Porto, with a solemn ceremony in the Town Hall and includes a lunch (Tuesday) with businessmen, offered by the mayor, Rui Moreira.

The Pavilhão da Água will undergo remodeling works begining next week to improve the building's infrastructure. The "new" Water Pavilion will have a completely renovated concept.

Is light able to transform space? To revive heritage? Can a granitic grey city celebrate its historic centre with light? After culture programmes Manobras and Locomotiva, Porto Historic Centre is once more the intervention and inspiration area for the Alumia programme promoted by Porto City Hall, to be developed from December 2016 and June 2017.

Porto Christmas Tree will be lit for the first time on Thursday, December 1, at Aliados, in front of the City Hall building at 5 pm. The city will also be twinkling with Christmas lights lining through the streets.

Next Saturday, November 26, Mariana Vergueiro will be the guest of the Porta-Jazz weekly concert, starting at 7:00 pm. at the Association of Jazz Musicians of Porto, located on the fourth floor of the building A Lutuosa de Portugal (number 168 of Avenida dos Aliados). This event is supported by the City Hall of Porto.

On November 25, Porto will host the International Job Fair, an international event targeted at Erasmus students and endorsed by the Porto City Hall, at the Hard Club Café. The event is organized by Talent Portugal in partnership with Erasmus Student Network Porto and takes place between 10 am and 8 pm.

The Municipal Theatre of Porto premieres the choreography "Ah/Ha", by the Belgian choreographer Lisbeth Gruwez. The laughing body is the core of this Voetvolk production where five bodies meet at a locale without a name. They slowly clash one another and coalesce in one of the most expressive manifestations of humankind: laughter. The result is an encounter that becomes a dangerous feast of shared ecstacy.

The 5th Ibero-American Design Biennial (BID), held this week in Madrid, has awarded the Porto's City Identity and Branding Proposal, Porto., designed by local firm White Studio, with special prizes Diseño Y Ciudad / Ayuntamiento de Madrid e Diseño para (por y con) la Cultura.