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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.

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.

"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.

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.

"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, 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 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.

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.

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.

The SPES Foundation (SPES meaning Hope, Esperança in Portuguese) has invited three Protestant churches to the closing session of the Conference Cycle devoted to the 500 years of the Protestant reform.