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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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We proudly celebrate the inscription of Coimbra and the University of Coimbra into the restrict group of UNESCO World Heritage in Portugal. This has been a work of all. Contratulations Coimbra! University of Coimbra is now Heritage of Humanity The University of Coimbra and the historical center
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One of the great icons of the city’s culture is its song, the Fado. And the singer Luiz Goes, who died recently, with 79 years, was one of the great voices of Coimbra. Born in 1933, he graduated in Medicine at the University of Coimbra and worked
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