Valladolid Municipality answers the need to clean the cleaners
Thanks to the construction of a specialized facility – the first of its kind in Spain
Spanien / Energieeffizienz / Entwicklung
Portugal / Porto / Soziale Stadt / Wohlfahrt und Gesundheit
Porto to implement supervised drug-use site
This might be Portugal’s first non-mobile structure to offer such services
Portugal / Porto / Kultur und Tourismus / Wachsende Stadt
New Mediator will balance out Porto's short-term rental market
The new office will have the task of reconciling the interests of the various actors in the short-term rental market of the city
Portugal / Porto / Entwicklung / Wachsende Stadt
Porto revises its development plan to make it more sustainable and inclusive
A more holistic approach to urban planning
Portugal / Porto / Kultur und Tourismus / Soziale Stadt
Porto takes science to the local bars
Part of a global initiative that seeks to reinvigorate interest in human rationality and achievement but in a fun way
Portugal / Spanien / Pontevedra / Porto / Mobilität / Politik und Reformen
Galicia and Porto railway link looks ever more likely
This became clear after a statement by Porto mayor
Portugal / Porto / Digitale Transformation / Smart City
Porto launches a multi-service card for residents
It combines the functions of three previous cards with digital services
Portugal / Porto / Digitale Transformation
Porto Municipality turns to digital recruitment
It is the first in Portugal to implement such platform and process
Portugal / Porto / Kultur und Tourismus / Öffentlicher Raum
Porto wants to save a former library building by providing an example
The idea is to give the space a new role and involve the public
Portugal / Porto / Wohlfahrt und Gesundheit
Porto adds workshops on mental health for municipal employees
Many of these people have been on the first lines of fighting the pandemic
Portugal / Porto / Wirtschaft und Finanzen / Wohlfahrt und Gesundheit
Porto subsidizes taxi rides to vaccination centres
The aim is two-fold: help taxi industry and speed up vaccinations
Portugal / Porto / Öffentlicher Raum
Porto adds handrails to some of its streets for better accessibility
This takes into account aging populations and historical steep streets
Portugal / Porto / Digitale Transformation / Wirtschaft und Finanzen
Drive towards visualization of the new economy in Porto
There is a platform that maps out the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the city
Portugal / Porto / Entwicklung / Mobilität
On the tracks to decarbonizing the first train in Portugal
The plan is to do this with the historical train that runs the Vouga line in summers
Estland / Berlin / Budapest / Krakow / Lisbon / Ljubljana / Madrid / Porto / Prague / Tallinn / Thessaloniki / Valletta / Vilnius / Digitale Transformation
Tallinn named best city in the world for digital nomads
Twelve EU destinations make the Top 50 list of must-go places for remote workers compiled by Big 7 Travel magazine
Portugal / Porto / Grüne Stadt
Porto trees get innovative care
Linden trees get inoculated with a special type of fungus
Porto / Kultur und Tourismus
Porto gets recognition for its tourism promotion efforts
A marvelous way to begin the new year
Porto / Kultur und Tourismus
Two artifacts from Porto remind us that heritage can be quirky, too
These Baroque Christmas nativity scenes have something unusual about them
Porto / Entwicklung / Wohlfahrt und Gesundheit
Porto’s authorities advise us not to think of pets as gifts
Spur-of the moment adoptions rise during this period so the Animal Centre will close until 4 January
Porto / Wohlfahrt und Gesundheit
Porto municipal workers’ Christmas gets a different treatment this year
An annual tradition is adapted to the new reality with beneficial results
Porto / Wirtschaft und Finanzen
Porto shops are waiting to find out which one of them has the best storefront
The Christmas Storefront Contest 2020 received almost 150 applications
Porto / Mobilität
Traffic lights court saga nearing its end in Porto
Meanwhile, spare parts are getting harder to find for the current devices
Braga / Pontevedra / Porto / Kultur und Tourismus / Politik und Reformen
Galicia supports Braga in its 2027 Capital of Culture bid
A fine example of solidarity within one of the Euroregions
Porto / Wohlfahrt und Gesundheit
Porto Municipality organizes a diabetes information webinar
This is part of activities this month linked to World Diabetes Day
Porto / Entwicklung
Porto urban event draws attention by presenting the new master plan for development
The VIII Week of Urban Rehabilitation will take place online
Porto / Energieeffizienz
The return of this profession might save Porto’s rivers
River guardians play an important environmental role
Porto / Energieeffizienz
4 000 000 kilometres: Porto marks an electric mobility milestone
The Municipality is glad to have taken this decision 3 years ago
Porto / Kultur und Tourismus
The Philosophical Eurovision comes to Porto
The show seeks to introduce critical thinking in entertainment
Funchal / Larissa / Porto / Rome / Mobilität
Island cities win big at this year’s CIVITAS Awards
Funchal and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria took the leading prizes
Matosinhos / Porto / Bildung und Sport
Porto & Matosinhos Wave Series show surfing can be for everyone
Children with special needs braved the waves during the Adaptive Surfing Meeting
Porto / Kultur und Tourismus
Tourism is not dead yet – Part 1
Porto is already looking towards the future with a new promotional strategy
Porto / Bildung und Sport
You still have a week left to learn how to skateboard
That is, if you are a resident of Porto
Braga / Lisbon / Porto / Sintra / Innovation und Forschung
Portuguese municipalities receive UN recognition for their responses to Covid-19
This is evident from a brief which praises efforts from cities around the world
Porto / Bildung und Sport
University of Porto maintains its global ranking for ten years in a row
In certain fields, the educational institution is among the top 100 in the world
Porto / Kultur und Tourismus / Politik und Reformen
Porto shows fraternal solidarity with isolated Aranda de Duero
The Spanish town will be under a 2-week lockdown due to Covid-19 resurgence
Porto / Entwicklung
Porto knows how to grow for the next decade
The Municipal Master Plan is designed to promote sustainable and even urbanization
Porto / Wirtschaft und Finanzen
Porto waives municipal tax for market sellers till the end of 2020
The measure aims to help struggling families who are the main merchants there
Porto / Energieeffizienz
Porto’s path towards cutting greenhouse gas emission
The city has been sustainably reducing its emissions for the past few years, reaching a milestone in 2017 and 2018
Porto / Mobilität
Porto launches electric scooter service
Over 2000 vehicles are being made available by local authorities
Porto / Wohlfahrt und Gesundheit
Porto extends efforts in pedestrianization
By expanding pedestrian-priority zones, the city ensures locals can keep their distance from each other
Porto / Wohlfahrt und Gesundheit
Porto allocates 4 million euros for social housing
The “Porto com Sentido” programme was adopted by the City Council earlier this week
Porto / Mobilität
Public transport family pass to be made available in Porto on 1 June
It will work in all 17 municipalities in the region and will cost 80 euros per month
Porto / Wohlfahrt und Gesundheit
Porto slashes costs of utilities in bid to support businesses
Some 60% of non-domestic customers will no longer have to pay for waste management, water supply and sanitation services during the crisis
Braga / Lisbon / Porto / Wohlfahrt und Gesundheit
Portuguese apartment owners provide lodgings to medical personnel
Locals in many cities across the country are allowing doctors to stay at their spare apartments
Porto / Innovation und Forschung / Wohlfahrt und Gesundheit
Porto opens first coronavirus drive-thru testing centre in Portugal
Eventually it will be able to perform a total of up to 700 tests per day
Amsterdam / Athens / Barcelona / Brussels / Helsinki / Krakow / London / Milan / Munich / Paris / Porto / Prague / Utrecht / Warsaw / Wien / Kultur und Tourismus
22 European cities call for reinforced EU regulation of vacation rental platforms
They have made three key demands
Porto / Mobilität
Porto to introduce upgrades to public transport services
New bus shelters and new technology will lead to increased satisfaction from citizens
Porto / Politik und Reformen
Major Mayors of Europe – Rui Rio
After spending 12 years as mayor of Porto, Rui Rio is now faced with a tumultuous task – keeping his party together in the face of adversity
Porto / Innovation und Forschung
Porto turns to young people for creative urban solutions
Hackathon Porto Circular will give young people the opportunity to shape the future of the city
Lisbon / Porto / Mobilität
Massive Lisbon Metro expansion scheduled for 2020
Work will begin in the second half of the year, following numerous delays
Porto / Roskilde / Energieeffizienz / Wirtschaft und Finanzen
New EU-funded project targets organic, construction and demolition waste
As part of CityLoops, seven European cities are testing solutions to achieve material circularity