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The auditorium is owned by the Sintra City Council and has been rented to teatromosca, which has been developing regular activity there for six years.
The municipal markets of Olhão are finalists in the 'New Wonders of Portugal' competition, with the final results set to be announced tomorrow.
Second-hand booksellers are disappearing and, naturally, they are only interested in books that have some resale value.
This is how we should keep with us forever the impeccable places that, at a slow pace, we visited one day.
Tiago Macena, an oenologist, consultant, and wine producer in the Dão region, has become the first Portuguese 'Master of Wine', a level reached by very few. The news caught him 'in the eye of the storm', managing the earliest grape harvest ever.
Siza, Vhils, Zulmiro de Carvalho, Valter Hugo Mãe, and Fátima Carvalho are some of the “workers” of the new installation at the restaurant in downtown Porto. Architect Luís Pedro Silva was the “contractor”.
The space dedicated to preserving the city's visual memory reopens this Friday following the completion of renovation works. It was inaugurated last autumn but was not yet finished.
The SÁBADO Traveler magazine launches a new project titled “Portugal that Counts”.
The 'master of churros', as he is known, says that without churros we take away 'a piece of the fair's soul'. The Oliveira family has been selling them for 82 years and guarantees that the recipe remains 'exactly the same'.
A guide to finding the traditional Portuguese culinary experience of eating sardines grilled and served on clay roof tiles.
The Chambel family has been bringing eels to the São Mateus Fair since 1942, a tradition spanning four generations. Paulo Chambel, now running the restaurant, admits: 'I only eat them during this season, they taste different.'
An overview of the project Cristais da Noite, detailing its transition from visual effects work to live performances across Portugal.
Mining culture and identity will be in the spotlight between September 4th and 6th in Castro Verde. With visits to the mines, Alentejo singing, food stalls and wine tastings, the Castro Mineiro Festival is an invitation to discover the region.
All of this took place recently on the esplanada of one of my favourite local cafés – Típico da Serra, known also in national folklore as O Rei do Bacalhau The post The olive oil that choked (and educated) me. Just as it should. appeared first on Portugal Resident.
In this fascinating Resident podcast episode, world traveller and former music executive Clive Gardiner shares how COVID-era changes led him and his wife Malika to choose Lagos in Portugal’s Algarve The post He worked with Dolly Parton, Westlife & Gabriel – Interview with Clive Gardiner appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Lagoa’s Interparish Open Day returns for its third edition on Saturday, September 12, bringing an afternoon and evening of live music, family activities, food and community events to the centre The post Lagoa Open Day returns with music, family fun and community spirit appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Youths from the town of Fundão have developed a mobile application designed to track and map traditional local festivals across Portugal.
Dates, directions, posters, rankings, and groups of friends. This free, interactive map includes everything that matters to a true party-goer.
The origin of the recipe dates back to the time when fishermen began to make use of the cuttlefish scraps left behind by dolphins. Learn the history and find out where to eat fried cuttlefish, an icon of Setúbal's gastronomy.
Two traditional sausages from Proença-a-Nova are celebrated at the Plangaio and Maranho Festival in Sobreira Formosa. The festival begins on the 18th, with musical entertainment starting at 7 pm.
After an open letter warned of the risk that the historic Carcavelos cinema might lose its purpose, the local authority guarantees that the venue will continue to show films. The deed has not yet been signed.
The Stone Soup Festival celebrates Almeirim's most iconic dish from 26 to 30 August. Served with caralhotas, a type of bread only made locally, legend has it that the recipe was born from a friar's cunning. Admission is free.
An open letter sent to the local authority expresses concern regarding the future of the historic cinema in Carcavelos, which closed in 2024. The municipality reportedly has plans beyond the cinema.
The game is promoted by the Viana do Castelo City Council through the Digital Commercial Neighbourhoods project, which aims to bring visitors and local businesses closer together. The mayor, Luís Nobre, stressed that the game shows that it is possible to plan for the future without losing one's identity.
An ancient religious tradition continues to bring the fishing community together in a Procession to the Sea ceremony in Viana do Castelo. The tradition takes on a new meaning in the face of the transformations that are changing fishing and the daily lives of those who depend on the ocean.
There is a museum in the civil parish of Pernes, in Santarém, dedicated to the Portuguese presence in the Orient.
