Portugal Leads the World in Full Covid Vaccination Rate
Portugal has fully vaccinated 81.5% of its population, putting it ahead of every other country and territory except for Pitcairn Islands (population: 47), according to Our World in Data. Força
Dino Parque Lourinhã: An Unexpectedly Fun Thing I Might Do Again
This is the kind of theme park dinosaur lovers can really sink their teeth into.
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Momentous Eventus: Election Deflection Edition
“I don’t believe that a restaurant will survive well unless it is located in a tourist zone.”
Antonio Costa.
How Is This Still On the Market? Best Use of Space Edition
From the extraordinary to the surreal, you can find the place that’s just right for you here.
Portugal Leads the World in Full Covid Vaccination Rate
Portugal has fully vaccinated 81.5% of its population, putting it ahead of every other country and territory except for Pitcairn Islands (population: 47), according to Our World in Data. Força
Dino Parque Lourinhã: An Unexpectedly Fun Thing I Might Do Again
This is the kind of theme park dinosaur lovers can really sink their teeth into.
Momentous Eventus: Election Deflection Edition
“I don’t believe that a restaurant will survive well unless it is located in a tourist zone.”
Antonio Costa.
How Is This Still On the Market? Best Use of Space Edition
From the extraordinary to the surreal, you can find the place that’s just right for you here.
Portugal has already vaccinated “about 50,000 irregular immigrants” | Sapo
Two IS terrorist suspects arrested in Lisbon region | Euractiv
Record-breaker Cristiano Ronaldo’s late goals for Portugal break Ireland’s hearts | The Guardian
Portugal lifts COVID-19 travel ban on tourists from Brazil | Reuters
As it happens
Portugal Sees Tourism Revenue at Pre-Pandemic Level by 2023 | Bloomberg
Amarante wants to attract new residents, offers free accommodation for 1 month | Idealista (PT)
Portugal can afford to receive hundreds of Afghans – minister | Euractiv
Bordallo Pinheiro tries to stop millions in losses due to counterfeiting | Público (PT)
Featured Interviews
Digitizing Lisboa: A Q&A with Illustrator Gonçalo Viana
Gonçalo Viana’s illustrations bring to mind a simpler time when postcards were a thing, yet his subject matter is very much of the moment. And his clear, child-friendly technique means that his illustrations go perfectly with the articles he’s commissioned to illustrate — and, of course, children’s books.
Casting Off With the Artist Collective Guarda Rios on Portugal’s Rivers
Find out what four artists are doing on Portugal’s rivers, inspired in part by Huckleberry Finn and Kon-Tiki
Let’s Have a Word #2: Synik
Let’s Have a Word is David Soares‘s attempt to make the Lisbon scene spill the beans. Poet, hip-hop head, and spoken-word artist Gerald Mugwenhi, aka Synik, started scribbling rhymes in
Seventeen Restaurants Deep: A Q&A with Chef José Avillez
José Avillez isn’t slowing down his quest to maintain his reign as the king of cuisine in Lisbon (and Portugal). Here’s what we found out about what makes him tick.
Culture
Momentous Eventus: Summer’s Ghosts Edition
“We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer’s wreckage. We will welcome summer’s ghost.”
— Henry Rollins.
Momentous Eventus: Dog Day Afternoons Edition
Did you know that in Hellenistic astrology “the dog days” (named after Sirius, aka “The Dog Star”) were associated with drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck? Yep…
Momentous Eventus: The Heat is On Edition
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
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Momentous Eventus: Looking Up Edition
“The future is there… looking back at us. Trying to make sense of the fiction we will have become.”
William Gibson.
Momentous Eventus: Election Deflection Edition
“I don’t believe that a restaurant will survive well unless it is located in a tourist zone.”
Antonio Costa.
Quiosque de São Paulo
Travel back in time at Lisbon’s oldest privately-owned kiosk and titillate your palette with old school fare at old school prices.
Maduxa Pastanaga
A culinary trip around the world starting right here in Lisbon, led by chef Ana, who’s been everywhere, man
Featured Events in Lisbon
to Dec 31 | OUTDOOR MULTIMEDIA EXHIBIT | Dante Plus 700 | FREE
to Sept 27 | PAINTING EXHIBIT | Mário Dionísio – 50 anos de pintura | FREE
to Dec 12 | HORTICULTURAL EXHIBIT | Lisbon Gardens: From the Middle Ages to the 21st century | 3€
to Oct 10 | ART EXHIBIT | Waldemar d’Orey: Something is Missing | FREE
to Sept 18 | ARCHITECTURAL EXHIBIT | Patchwork: A Arquitectura de Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak | FREE
to Oct 17 | ART EXHIBIT | The Miracles of Santo António in Tiles | 3€
to Oct 23 | ART EXHIBIT | Clara Imbert: Circular Visions | FREE
From the Archive
Café do Rio
What’s On in Lisbon in April 2019
Preparing for Childbirth in Portugal
La Boulangerie
The Portuguese Climbing Guide: An Interview with the Author, Carlos Simes
A Medium in Lisboa: A Q&A With Brigitte Paulo
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