About 40 years later, Coimbra recovers one of its most beautiful traditions: the Weddings of Queen Santa Isabel, Patroness of the City of Coimbra, returns to the city! The last Weddings of the Queen were celebrated in the early 1980s. Going back to the 1970s, Weddings were
Read more →Located near “Rua da Sofia”, the “Pátio da Inquisição” reveals, in its name, part of its history. But going back in time and starting from the beginning…it was there that in 1548, on the initiative of D. João III, the “Real Colégio das Artes e Humanidades” (Royal
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The “Traje Académico” (Graduate uniform), also known as “Capa and Batina“, stands for characteristics of academic life such as gathering, equality, respect and unity. “But what is its origin?” It was in the XVII century that the Academic Costume emerged and the influence of the Church in
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Aristides de Sousa Mendes was a Portuguese diplomat who, during the Second World War, saved around 30,000 lives from Nazi persecution. As Consul of Portugal in Bordeaux, in the year of the invasion of France by Nazi Germany – in 1940, Aristides de Sousa Mendes issued thousands
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The oldest document attesting to the presence of Jews on Portuguese territory is from Coimbra. This presence, having experienced peaceful times, also lived times of extreme intolerance and persecution. It is in the “Pátio da Inquisição”, in a building with more than 470 years of history, that
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Hotel Oslo is located in Coimbra and is proud to be part of the historic city center. Around the hotel, in the narrow streets and in the old alleys, on the stairs and in the squares, you will find cafés, pastry shops, shops and restaurants as charming
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The ancient “Alta de Coimbra” district is just a few minutes away from Hotel Oslo. After seeing one of the most representative images of the city from your room window, you should still see it, again before leaving for discovery, from our bar or from the hotel
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The already traditional Onion Fair (Feira das Cebolas) animates Coimbra every year for a week in August. The event is held in Praça do Comércio, where the sellers of onions of the city will gather and sell their articles, celebrating while working and calling Conimbricenses (people originaly from
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“Rasganço” is a curious tradition over 700 years old made by the finalist students of the University of Coimbra. It originated in “Farraparia”, which lasted until 1910, and was made at the Faculty of Law after the “Ponto” – announcement of the last day of classes –
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Gil Vicente Academic Theater, the only university theater building. The Gil Vicente Academic Theater, located in Praça da República, in the center of Coimbra, and belonging to the University of Coimbra, is one of the city’s landmarks and one of the places where locals and visitors know
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Hotel Oslo - Coimbra Av. Fernão de Magalhães, 25 3000-175 Coimbra, Portugal Tel. +351 239 829 071 (national landline call) 
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