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Urban Market bids farewell to summer with a picnic on 14, 15 and 16 September at Praça das Cardosas and on 20 and 21 September at Garden Infante Dom Henrique. Portugal Lovers invites for some of summer's best days, as blossoming season is coming to a close. This event is entrance free, and operating hours are from 11 am to 7 pm. This initiative is supported by Porto City Hall and Porto Lazer.

Porto plays host to the Smart Capital event, promoted by the International Venture Club (IVC) jointly with Porto City Hall. The aim of this initiative is to gather business innovators, managers of investment funds and independent investors for doing business.

Porto Customs Congress centre plays host to the 2nd Annual Edition of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) Forum, on 13th September. This event is supported by Porto City Hall, organised by NGI (Next Generation Internet), and promoted by The European Commission. The main topics on the agenda are the trust factor on the Internet, social artificial intelligence, Internet software, decentralised data governance, block chain and network infrastructure.

The Synchronicity's Open Call is looking for a European Project aimed at supporting the development of smart solutions/and or services to address urban development challenges. Porto City Hall provides founding worth three million euros to support the best proposals, which should be implemented in 2019. Applications are ongoing till 30th September.

About 30 Port and Douro Wine producers get together for a Sunset Party, on 8th September. This event is open to the entire city. The hot spot is the Garden of the Oliveiras (next to the Clérigos Tower), from 5 to 10 pm.

No, this isn't about Manet's painting nor Renoir's film, but rather the announcement of a perfect gathering for the entire family, at the gardens of Casa das Artes, on 8th September.

The first Saturday in September brings along street bustle and hustle in Porto Belo Market, one of the first street markets of Porto, established in Carlos Alberto Square. The market runs from 10 am till 7 pm.

This year, The Serralves Park is the host of Portuguese Makers Craft Week, an event crafted for those who look for a "hands-on experience", from 3 to 8 September.

The first Porto Busker Fest edition ended this past Sunday. For four weekends in August, 15 impromptu stages all around downtown Porto offered living statues shows, acrobatics, and comedy, captivating all kinds of passers-by. No doubt Porto was a busking hotspot this summer period. See you next year!

Crowds lined the streets this Sunday in Foz, in Porto, to honour St Bartholomew, the Patron Saint of great miracles and, as is tradition in the Foz do Douro, there was a costume parade entirely made of paper.