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The ice skating rinks will open at 6 pm. The rinks are located at D. João I Square and at the Boavista Roundabout, where the Fantasy Square will bring a fairy-tale quality to Porto in this holiday season. The time of year to be merry is just around the corner. If tradition is your thing, ice-skating is a must-do. What could be more fun than gliding like swans on ice?

INFARMED (Portuguese Authority of Medicines and Health Products), will be relocated to Porto as of January 2019. After disappointing news regarding EMA - Amsterdam was the chosen city to host the European Medicines Agency- the "good news" is that the Portuguese Government decided to transfer Infarmed's Head Office to the city of Porto.

The exhibition "Caspar Walter Rauh and the Fantastic Realism", devoted to the German graphic artist, illustrator and painter, shall end Saturday November 22. The display, the first organised in the Iberian Peninsula, is on show at the Palacete dos Viscondes de Balsemão.

Safety is the cornerstone of Porto, "it is embedded in the governance of the city", wherefore it has a "significant impact" on the municipal budget for next year. This information was shared by Mayor Rui Moreira, early this morning, at the time of the presentation of 60 new agents of the Porto Municipal Police (PM) at the Town Hall.

The Planetarium in Porto features a gathering on photography 21 November, under the theme " Astrophotography: exploring the universe". The social gathering starts at 6.50 pm, preceded by the fulldome video projection of the film "Luzes na Escuridão" [Lights in the Dark], narrated in Portuguese.

The Casa da Música, in Porto, shall devote the year 2018 to Austria. This country had already been the theme for 2010. Next year, the venue will programme the symphonies by Anton Bruckner and the Concertos for Violin by Mozart. The residential composer will be Austrian composer Georg Friederich Haas, "one of the finest nowadays", whose work will be subject to a review background, starting January.

The new exhibition organised at the Vertical Gallery Silo Auto is already in place. The show was inaugurated 17 November and extends over the seven floors of the Gallery. The collective show is titled "Rhythm of Distances: Propositions for the Repetition", and comprises works by seven artists.

The 4th edition of Porto/Post/Doc runs from 27 November to 3 December at Rivoli Theatre and Passos Manuel Cinema. The festival offers the best in contemporary films, which translates in an eclectic mix of events, featuring 12 films that make up an international competition, ranging from documentary to drama works.

Representatives of events agencies all around the world were present at the Rivoli Theatre. This was the highlight of this festival that chose Porto as a host city of its 12nd edition, the first with a global context.

The exhibition showcases the faces of Portuguese citizens over 100 years of age. The display is featured at the Bolhão Metro Station and comprises 20 portrait photos. The exhibit is on show until 23 November.