October 24, 2016 by Ellis Dixon
The Spooky Side of Portugal
Portugal is a country filled with magical wonders and feasts for the eyes, but some places can be borderline ghoulish, and others, downright chilling. Let us take you on a walk through some haunted areas and into some forgotten corners. How many can you identify out of these 24 spine-tingling spots?
Lisbon Agenda:
May
27
Mon
09:30
to Oct 31 | NATURE | Visits to t...
to Oct 31 | NATURE | Visits to t...
May 27 @ 09:30 – 17:00
Psst. Hey you. You like giraffes? Of course you do. Who doesn’t? The Badoca Safari Park down in Alentejo has giraffes. And a bunch of other cool animals. And guided tours and stuff. Basically, some[...]
10:00
to Jul 29 | ART EXHIBIT | M.C. E...
to Jul 29 | ART EXHIBIT | M.C. E...
May 27 @ 10:00 – 20:00
If you don’t know what an impossible cube is, you might just be a square. And if you think M.C. Escher has something to do with hip-hop… well, you’re right. This Dutch master of illusion[...]
10:00
to Jun 1 | ART EXHIBIT | Tatiana...
to Jun 1 | ART EXHIBIT | Tatiana...
May 27 @ 10:00 – 19:30
Tatiana Mercado is a local multimedia artist and filmmaker. She was born in Lisbon in 1981; she has Angolan roots, studied (and won a few awards) in London and Berlin, and now works and lives[...]
10:00
to Jun 10 | ART EXHIBIT | The Br...
to Jun 10 | ART EXHIBIT | The Br...
May 27 @ 10:00 – 18:00
You don’t need to be Emily Dickinson and/or a perpetrator of the zombie apocalypse to know that the brain is pretty cool. The Gulbenkian‘s new exhibition, Cérebro – mais vasto que o céu (“The Brain[...]
10:00
to May 27 | PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT ...
to May 27 | PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT ...
May 27 @ 10:00 – 19:00
“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” Banksy. You’ve probably heard of him. Maybe you can even name one of his pieces. Or at least describe one. Only time will tell whether what[...]
19:00
to Jul 22 | FILM FESTIVAL | Docl...
to Jul 22 | FILM FESTIVAL | Docl...
May 27 @ 19:00 – 23:00
What’s up, Doc? Doclisboa (or, “6.Doc”) is back in Lisbon with its 2019 edition. That’s what’s up. Doclisboa 2019 is coming in October, but here’s your chance to avoid the whole festival atmosphere and just[...]
21:00
to May 27 | LIVE MUSIC | Forró d...
to May 27 | LIVE MUSIC | Forró d...
May 27 @ 21:00 – May 28 @ 02:00
From Wikipedia: “Forró is a party originated in and typical of the northeastern region of Brazil… A theory on the origin of forró music is that it originated on farms and plantations, where farmers and[...]
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