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The Municipality’s strategy to qualify the tourism offer now gains a strong ally, with the international accommodation platform Airbnb joining the Confiança/Trust Porto programme.

The charms of Porto were discovered by the French newspaper Le Monde, that dedicated a report to the Invicta in which some of the city’s icons are highlighted.

The famous British chef was filming in the Invicta and dinned at the restaurant O Rápido, next to S. Bento station.

This Saturday, the entertainment programme “Jardim da Água” returns, with proposals for the whole family, to Parque das Águas, where you can find rare plants, old fountains, ancient city fountains and the best of Urban art.

Scheduled for the 26th, 27th and 28th of May at Alfândega do Porto, the JN North Festival, formerly the North Music Festival, features Tricky, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Waterboys and Ornatos Violeta. A total of 14 new names have been announced to join the previously confirmed ones, in a line-up that is being revealed.

Urban art is the centre of all attention of the new promotional video of Porto, which illustrates the diversity of the works that decorate the city streets and give it such unique and differentiating characteristics, besides valuing the work and creativity of its authors.

Douro’s waterway (VND) received 279.151 passengers in 2021, a 23,34% recovery compared to 2020, a year with sharp falls due to Covid-19, according to the Administration of the Ports of Douro, Leixões and Viana do Castelo (APDL).

EasyJet announced on Thursday that it will invest in Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport, with more planes, the creation of three new routes and the recovery of two others. This investment will boost capacity by 350 thousand seats and create 70 direct jobs.

The 18th edition of Wine Essence, considered the “major wine experience in Portugal”, returns to Stock Exchange Palace between the 31st of March and the 3rd of April.

What German Finoa offers is a safe way of storing (custody) cryptocurrencies for institutions. In 2022, technology and product operations will be carried out from the offices the company is about to open in the city of Porto. For this mission, two dozen people will be hired.