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Teatro Nacional São João reopens to the public on Friday

Next weekend Teatro Nacional São João will reopen, with a fresh face after rehabilitation and modernization works that have been underway for the past nine months.

Porto and the North of the country launch humorous campaign to attract business tourism to the region

The video will be promoted in international markets and intends to share the concept of “bleisure” - a word that joins business and leisure.

Short film shot in Porto wins an award in Canada

The film premiered in March in the Berlinale (Berlin’s cinema Festival) and is the result of a real encounter of the director, after moving to Porto.

Iconic Café Ceuta reopens to the public with all its original charm

From 8 am to midnight, the doors are once again open at the renovated Café Ceuta, located at number 26 of the street that gives it its name, located in the city center.

European study shows Porto’s strategical alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals

Porto is part of a six cities pilot group analysed in the “Building urban datasets for the SDGs. Six pilot European cities monitoring the 2030 Agenda” study.

Puppets are back on stage and will have a documentation centre

From Friday on FIMP - Festival Internacional de Marionetas do Porto (Puppets Porto International Festival) comes back for its 32nd Edition. 21 shows will be presented, with 38 presentations.

Porto’s Marathon is on the road again with a new route and features

Back on the road after a virtual format in 2020, due to the pandemic situation, Porto’s Marathon will have a new route for the 42 Km event.

Porto’s International Queer Film Festival introduces a new competitive section

Porto’s International Queer Film Festival is currently ongoing until next Saturday, October 16th.

Portugal Fashion new edition kicks off with an approach to Africa in the agenda

The 49th Portugal Fashion Edition started yeaterday in Porto. Until October the 16th, the national fashion promotional event comes back to presential fashion shows and brings along several news, being the most relevant the partnership with Afreximbank, an investment bank committed to the promotion of Africa’s cultural and creative economy.

Marketing’s Giant creates skills centre in Porto and is looking to hire 200 people

One of the biggest world experts in analytics and brand consulting will invest five million dollars (more than 4.3 million euros) in Porto. Kantar’s goal is to create a regional skills centre that, until the end of 2022, will employ about two hundred people.