Archive for the Local shops and products Category

A must see for those who like chocolate. Recently opened at Quebra Costas, in downtown Coimbra, a beautifully decorated artisanal chocolate shop: “Chocolataria Equador”. This speciality shop is distinguished for being “independent of the massive worldwide chain of cocoa beans commercialization” because it works to “recover the

In “Baixa de Coimbra”. It was in 1982 that the brothers António and Miguel Faustino, passioned about sports wear, opened the first Sportino store, in Bombarral. In the last few years the business has expanded and today there are already 15 Sportino stores scattered across the country,

You must visit this store with more than 30 years of history. The story of this store is the story of José Pereira Braga, 95 beautiful years old, 70 of which as a merchant in “Baixa de Coimbra“. At 25 years old, he started working at the

An atelier where you find 100% original pieces. It was in 2018 that Márcia Santos jumped into her life’s dream of working as an illustrator, when she opened her own Atelier at the Stairs of the Quebra Costas, in the old uptown of Coimbra, with the name

A innovate space with several concepts – shops, services and leisure. Co.LAB – Coola Boola Company opened doors at the “Praça do Comércio” in the heart of downtown Coimbra, with the promise of stirring the city. They truly launched an innovative space, bringing together several concepts: shop,

The shop with more style of downtown. “Gang of four“, a multi-brand casual clothing store, is one of the most fashionable shops in downtown Coimbra. It began by opening in “Terreiro da Erva” in 2005, but soon the space became small and for the last nine years it has

A workshop open to the public in downtown Coimbra. Laurens De Geest, a Belgian sculptor, moved directly from Paris to Coimbra and so “Atelier 13” was born, on “Rua do Corvo” in downtown Coimbra. An “open atelier”, an open workshop where it is possible to see Laurens

A record store where pop/rock dominates but there are also fado, jazz, Brasil or África. It was in February 2017 that Rui Ferreira, with a 26 year carreer as a nurse, dived into a huge carreer change from nursing to owning a record store in downtown Coimbra.

A centenary shop in the heart of downtown. Chapelaria e Camisaria Salgueiro’s, with more than a century, is the oldest store in “Rua Ferreira Borges” and its registration dates from 1869. António Salgueiro is the current owner of this commercial space, having inherited the business from his