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3rd July | 10 PM | Salão Brazil Castello Branco concert. 4th to 14th July | Several places Several events: Coimbra yearly celebrations. Until 14th July | Praça da Canção Popular fair. 14th July | 10:00 AM and 11:30 AM | Convento São Francisco Concert for babies.
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It was in 2009 that the “Colina de Camões” open-air amphitheater, in the beautiful “Quinta das Lágrimas” Gardens, hosted the first edition of the “Festival das Artes”: a summer festival focusing on classical music that became a national and international reference within the scope of outdoor summer
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Coimbra benefits, once again, with the initiative and entrepreneurial spirit of a young couple. Filipe and Rute open the doors of “Queijo – Cheese Restaurant”, number 92 on “Rua Direita”, and offer the city an innovative concept: a restaurant where the star of all the dishes is,
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7th June | 9:30 PM | Saint Francis Convent Sílvia Pérez Cruz Concert. 9th June | 10:00 AM and 11:30 AM | Saint Francis Convent Concert for babies. 14th June | 9:30 PM | Saint Francis Convent Capitão Fausto Concert. 14th June | 9:30 PM | Cantanhede
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The “Fantasma da Liberdade” (Phantom of Liberty) is the theme of the 5th edition of Anozero – Coimbra Biennial of Contemporary Arts, which began on April 6th and ends on June 30th. In the words of curators Ángel Calvo Ulloa and Marta Mestre, the theme of this
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Joana was born in Ponte de Sôr, Portalegre, on the South, but came to Coimbra to study and fell in love. Not only for the city but also for her husband, who came from Minho, on the North. They built a family here and when their children
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“TeeLegend for Geeks, Nerds & Jedis” is the most recent, and perhaps the coolest store on “Rua Visconde da Luz”. Behind the store are Sérgio and Ricardo, they are from Porto and friends for thirty years. The story of TeeLegend begins when Ricardo, a few years ago,
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Lucky Panther Parlor – Tattoo & Piercing opened its doors in November 2023, in “Praça do Comércio”. The studio is currently located at 35 Adelino da Veiga St. Bráulio, the owner of the Studio, was born in Coimbra and lived part of his childhood in “Baixa de Coimbra”.
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12th April | 9:30 PM | Saint Francis Convent Bem Gil & Moreno Veloso concert. 12th April | 10:00 PM | Salão Brazil NAPA concert. 20th April | 3:30 PM | Saint Francis Convent The beauty and the beast. 25th April | 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
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The “Cabinet of Curiosities – An Interpretation” of the University of Coimbra, located in the “Carlos Ribeiro” Room, at “Colégio de Jesus”, brings together more than four thousand pieces in an exhibition that aims to provoke sensations, in children and adults, and it does. In a “meticulously untidy” room,
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