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The Municipality of Porto wishes everyone a Merry Christmas! May this holiday season be full of peace and joy!

The circus is in town to celebrate the season despite the unprecedented times, displaying unique acts and performers, because life is more fun when one goes to the circus, right? Coliseu Porto Ageas welcomes a season of circus entertainment with a unique crew of circus performers, most of them Portuguese speaking artists.

Running out of time to find that unique present? Worry not, as Porto Municipal Theatre has the perfect gift: the PRESENT, wrapped for you by Porto Municipal Theatre, which will delight everyone. Gifting culture is not only a new way of changing consumerism habits, but it is also a way of helping a sector in distress in these unprecedented times.

It is hard not to notice the label indicating that a shop or store offers direct discount of 2 euros per each 20-euro buy. This campaign was launched by Porto City Hall to help boost local retailers and traditional trade during this festive season, amid the ongoing pandemic. The label resembles Xmas decorations and marks the stores that have adhered to this municipal campaign by the Municipality of Porto, in partnership with the Association of Traders of Porto.

Take time to visit the exhibition themed “Que horas são que horas”, curated by José Maia, Paula Parente Pinto and Paulo Mendes. It opened on 17th December, and it pictures the role that a Municipal Gallery must play in the city. Mayor Rui Moreira already visited the exhibition, which inaugurated precisely two weeks after “Nets of Hyphae”. Both exhibits are on show at Porto Municipal Gallery until 14th February 2021.

Customers still have till the 23rd December to accept the challenge “Natal no Bolhão 2020” by the Mercado Temporário do Bolhão (MTB), ongoing on social media, and take the prize: a charming kit of Xmas goodies that includes lunch boxes, kitchen ware, shopping bags or recycling bins.

Circa 400 photovoltaic panels and over 3.300 LED bulbs have been installed at the FLUP’s building, making it now 88% more efficient than the benchmark, as it is rated as B level, since October last. In addition, more than 250 windows have been replaced, as well. This is an unprecedented initiative that provided FLUP’s building with the best energetic performance.

Porto City Hall decided to suspend, temporarily, the project regarding the city’s pedestrian areas, due to the mandatory curfew issued by the Government, which is in place on weekends as of 1pm.The municipal decision is in place until December ends and it was taken under the current constraints owing to the pandemic, to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in the community.

Take time, Sunday morning, and the days still left to Christmas and stroll around downtown Porto, where local shops and traditional trade offer the thing you are looking for, with added bonus – the registered stores offer a direct discount of 2 euros per each 20-euros buy. Shops have a label indicating that they have adhered to this municipal initiative. And the unique presents you will gift are wrapped in a charming customised recycled Porto. shopping bag.

The exhibition catalogue of the “Cultures and Geographies. Centenary of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto” display, organised by the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto was acknowledged “Best of the year”, by the Portuguese Association of Museology. This weekend, take time to see the exhibition at the MHNC-UP, at the Jardim da Cordoaria, from 10am till 1pm.