Everything Cool in Portugal
UPDATE - Fantasporto 2011 Awards were given at a closing ceremony on 6 March. The winners are below in blue: --------------------------------------------------- Mutants, zombies, serial killers and monsters are coming to Porto. Oh, so are Academy-award winning actors and...
French artist Gil Wolman (1929-1995) was an enigmatic player in contemporary art in the last century. For the first time in Portugal, a retrospective of Wolman is presented by the Serralves Museum in Porto in Gil Wolman: I Am Immortal and Alive. The exhibition opens 29...
Our friends at Boca do Lobo are packing their bags and catching flights to Paris. Once again, their creativity has been recognized by the top echelon of furniture design. Three of their new production pieces have been chosen to represent the best design trends for 2011 at...
DOP is Chef Rui Paula’s acronym for Degustar e Ousar no Porto. It is his philosophy for preparation and presentation of his inspired cuisine. After achieving critical and popular success with his restaurant DOC in Folgosa, Paula returns to his hometown with a new venue to...
You’re hip and fashionable, and you’re looking for a place to hang with other hip and fashionable people on the weekend in Porto? You better get over to Act. In the trendy industrial warehouse district of the city, Act perpetually remains one of the cooler nightclubs...
This unassuming door on Rua do Padre Luis Cabral could be just another quaint home that defines the traditional heritage of Porto. Yet, step inside, and you find a modern new restaurant, steeped in the flavors of old Portugal but redefined in the ambiance and cuisine of owner...
