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Boost your body and activate wellness with #Treinaemcasa
Boost your body and activate wellness with the online programme #Treinaemcasa. This 20-minute class will help you energise your day with guidelines to avoid personal injuries. The sessions take to the online platform and are free of charge.
STCP (BUS) adjusts service offer on weekends
STCP bus fleet in Porto will adjust its service offer on weekends, as has happened on business days, to accommodate the measures taken under the renovation of the State of Emergency. The “Contingency Timetable” enters into force on 27th February, and will remain in place as long as the restriction measures of this second confinement are in force, namely the ban on movement in public areas and roads, and between districts, after 5 pm.
Porto Design Biennale 2021 announces Open Call winners
Porto Design Biennale (PDB) revealed the eight projects that were shortlisted in the framework of the Open Call for the parallel programming. Such projects will be part of the satellite programmes, scheduled to happen in June and in July 2021. The call summoned designers, artists, architects, activists, researchers, and other cultural agents to come forward with design themes projects in the framework of the programme "Satélites".
University of Porto launches Creativity Talks series
The Creative Talks series kicked off yesterday, on 25th February and will extend for the coming months. The Talks are organised by FEUP, in partnership with FBAUP, FPCEUP, FLUP, UPTEC, and Casa Comum/Reitoria. The goal is to debate the multidisciplinary creative process.
Take inspiration from tulip joyful colourways onto gardens and squares all across the city
The city of Porto is bursting with colour, an announcement that spring is on the way. Gardens, squares and flowerbeds scattered all across town deliver a masterclass in magicked backdrop to one of the most resilient cities ever: the Invicta.
LIPOR reused 14 thousand tons of material goods in 2020
LIPOR and associated municipalities, including Porto City Hall, were able to reuse 13.719 tons of material goods. This sustainable process was equivalent to saving 700 thousand euros in waste residue treatment and also saved 2.872 tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
The tech boom continues to reshape the city: another company is to hire in Porto
The SaltPay Group acquired 90% of the payment solution national company's capital Pagaqui, and it will invest 40 million euros in a new technological centre in Porto. There is a team of 40 people working remotely, owing to the pandemic, but another 140 people are to be hired till the end of 2021. It will depend on the end of the lockdown. Still, the target is to hire up until 550 collaborators in two years’ time.
Historic locomotives will be “back on track” and then displayed to the community
Steam trains that were stored in the Port of Leixões will undergo restoration mends in the train maintenance facility of Comboios de Portugal (CP), located in the train station of Contumil, in Porto. This fascinating railroad heritage will be displayed to the community.
Ones to watch: online performances by Porto Municipal Theatre and São João National Theatre
On 25 February, Porto Municipal Theatre (TMP) takes to the online stage the performance “F...”, by the Estrutura company. The São João National Theatre (TNSJ) features, as well, two performances online, which will be delivered these coming days.
Are you passionate about the way the world moves? Critical TechWorks is hiring 400 engineers in Porto
Critical TechWorks company, a joint venture by BMW and Portuguese company Critical Software, is hiring. Over 400 job opportunities, especially C++ engineers. Less than three years ago, trend setter and world class automobile engineering, aka BMW has chosen Porto to reach its next milestone: building the car of the future, jointly with Critical Software, by developing and producing a pioneer software that will be used in the BMW automobile fleet.