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This year, the circus magic takes place at Bolhão Market and Avenida da Liberdade from December 26 to 30. Porto's festive programme continues, with activities for all generations up to January 8.

Porto City Hall approves the draft contract for rehabilitation, re-qualification and operation of the Rosa Mota Pavilion to be concluded between the Municipality of Porto and the "Porto Cem por Cento Porto" consortium Tuesday, December 27.

Enjoy this holiday season with this photo gallery of this marvellous city.

Discover the charming Avenida dos Aliados, in Porto where great entertainment on New Year's Eve 2016 is provided by the selection of incredible performers.

Coordinated operation between the Porto City Hall, the police, Metro, STCP and city car parks, provides unprecedented integrated mobility solutions for the New Year 2016.

To celebrate the holidays in Porto, the Circus is one of Porto's biggest and best Christmas Party with a fusion of fun, excitement and thrills.

French airline Air France has this week announced a new route that will see it connect Porto to Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris with 3 flights a week, starting 26 March 2017. KLM also announced flights from Porto to Amsterdam, one of the routes dropped by TAP.

The international public tender for the "Restoration and Modernization of the Bolhão Market" with publication of the notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, is launched this Monday, December 19, 2017. The construction, repair and renewal work carried out are intended to last 720 days, taking place by mid-2017 and will cost 25 million euros.

Porto is the destination of choice for the turn of the year, beating Lisbon and Paris. According to the study prepared by the hotel search platform www.trivago.pt, Porto is the most popular destination for Portuguese to ring in the New Year, followed by Lisbon and London, and then Paris and Funchal.

Porto Innovation Hub goes outside this Thursday, December 15, at 10.00 pm, and the Research and Innovation Institute of the University of Porto (i3s) opens doors to those who want to have a look behind the scenes of i3s research work in three areas of health: Cancer, Interaction and Host Response, Neurobiology and Neurological Diseases.