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French Cinema Festival

This month we want you to be part of the French Cinema Festival in Coimbra. The acclaimed event will pass through the city between October 22 and 26 with several projections and news from the world of French cinema. The inauguration takes place on the 22th, by

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Laboratorio Chimico

Once we’ve established that Coimbra is undoubtedly a city of the future, let’s go back to the past, almost to the origin of the city’s need to innovate. In the eighteenth century, one of the greatest Portuguese scientific centers was located in Coimbra: we are talking about

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Meet Coimbra, the tech-savvy city

Overall, Coimbra is a fantastic city: it has a great history, a wonderful center full of life and a spectacular university, one of the most respected in the country and abroad. However, Coimbra is also a famous center of technological development, home of great companies that conquer

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Magical Meetings

This month we suggest that you check the oldest magic festival that takes place in Portugal since 1992. The event Encontros Mágicos (Magical Meetings) will happen again from the 17th to the 22nd. There will be magic all over the streets of Coimbra, especially in the historical

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The Monumental Stairs

Monumental Stairs (Escadas Monumentais) is one of the most important monuments of Coimbra and one of the spots where students love to integrate the freshmen by doing the praxe (the initiation rituals freshmen are subjected to). Built during the twentieth century, in the 1950s, the staircase connects

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September, the month of student tradition

Although the number of young people who will join the University of Coimbra during this month is not known yet, one thing is for sure: after the freshmen will come the doctors and the praxe will follow these two groups wherever they go. September is the month

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Insider Tips – Go!walks

Coimbra has lots of lovely places to visit. The classification as a UNESCO World Heritage Site cannot go unnoticed and you should visit all the 29 included buildings. I recommend to all people who visit the city that they stay here as long as possible. The best

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Have a sweet time

One of GO!walks’ main missions is to show to the visitors the wonderful food produced in Coimbra and center of the country, in general. Although the delicacies of Coimbra’s district include several dishes more known, such as chanfana, the main stars of the region are the typical sweets

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Discover Coimbra with GO!walks

Are you coming to Coimbra and still doesn’t know how to visit the entire city without missing a beat? You have to look for GO!walks’ help! The initiative was created by Sara Cruz, who studied Tourism, Recreation and Heritage at the University of Coimbra, a course with

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Baixa not shopping

Baixa Not Shopping is a permanent photographic exhibition in an underground parking lot in Coimbra downtown by Paulo Abrantes. The photos, many of them representative of icons of the tradional commerce, represent details of a commercial heritage that is day by day either disappearing, being recycled or

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