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Data from Porto's Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan reveals that pedestrian accidents in the city caused 13 deaths and 24 serious injuries between 2019 and 2023. These incidents were primarily concentrated in high-traffic areas, including the city center, Boavista, and the seafront.
The Bessa Stadium in Porto, home to the Boavista football club, will go to auction after April 27 with a starting price of 38 million euros. The sale follows insolvency proceedings for the club, with the stadium and an adjacent complex available for purchase either separately or as a combined asset. The facility has been closed since May 2025 due to safety restrictions imposed by the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Protecção Civil or ANEPC).
A district emergency plan (Plano Distrital de Emergência) is a local civil-protection document that sets roles, resources and actions a district will use to prevent and respond to major incidents like floods, storms or wildfires. Municipal and district civil protection authorities prepare and can activate the plan with support from the national emergency agency (Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil), ordering evacuations, opening shelters, closing roads and coordinating rescue teams. Those in affected districts should follow local instructions, sign up for official alerts and know their nearest shelter and evacuation routes during heavy rain.
The Brasília shopping centre is celebrating its 50th anniversary with three days of festivities. Located at the Boavista Roundabout in Porto, it is seeking to attract new customers and businesses after years of decline. Fifty years ago, there were even excursion groups of shoppers.
Creditors of Boavista Football Club approved the sale of the Bessa Stadium and its sports complex for 33 million euros, after rejecting the recovery plan proposed by the club's board on Wednesday. Through the auction house Leilosoc, the winning bid was submitted by Frozenspark, a Lisbon-based company that belongs to...
Boavista president, Rui Garrido Pereira, said today that he has secured the necessary funds for the recovery operation and is awaiting, with moderate optimism, an agreement with creditors aimed at the reopening of the iconic Portuguese football club.
The Spanish company Mó Global Eyewear, responsible for the Mó brand sold in Multiópticas stores in Spain, is preparing to launch the brand in Portugal with the opening of its first store in Boavista, Porto, reports El Economista. The company will inaugurate its first location in the country by the end of the year.
A week ago, the insolvency administrator announced that Boavista would cease operations by the end of July, but the 'Save Boavista' movement has raised around 80,000 euros in recent days.
The goal is to prevent real estate speculation. The local authority is setting up an “extraordinary support programme” for around 1,500 athletes from the club, which was forced to cease operations following insolvency proceedings.
Citizen groups are contesting the construction of several buildings located on Avenida da Boavista
The Israeli group Youropa will inaugurate a new office this Friday in Porto, in the Boavista area, which it presents as a reinforcement of the company's strategic commitment to the real estate market in the north of the country. Currently, the company has five of its own developments under construction or delivery, with a total sales value of 80 million.
Porto City Council has partially suspended work on the controversial Emporium Park development, currently under construction near the City Park on Avenida da Boavista. The council has ordered the demolition of the excess structure after detecting a construction deviation of 80 centimetres above the maximum authorised height for the building, which has sparked public outcry.
Porto City Council stated today that it will not participate in the auction of the Bessa Stadium, holding Boavista's governing bodies responsible for the “structural resolution” of the crisis, despite public pressure for municipal intervention.
The musician from Porto shared an appeal on Facebook: due to the 'total chaos on the road', he lost track of the 'very kind and cordial' couple whose car he hit this Tuesday on Avenida da Boavista, in Porto, and now needs to find them to provide the necessary information to his insurance company.
Metro do Porto is extending the experimental phase of the operation by three weeks. There are 6,000 passengers per day and three recorded incidents related to 'irregular manoeuvres' by other vehicles.
Renovated rooms, a spa that explores another dimension, and a restaurant aiming to blend the city with its guests. In Boavista, a business hotel adapts to a time where nothing is just that anymore.
The victim was transported to Santo António Hospital.
The transport authority for the region says this represents “a reinforcement of services, with more efficient, comfortable and sustainable journeys.” Of the seven, the first to start will be route 9511 (Espinho — Boavista).
