Tracking culture for Portugal — coverage from the newsroom in Lisbon.
Culture · TourismDiscover Serralves em Festa's 20th edition: 50 hours of free contemporary art, 650 international artists, and aerial acrobatics May 29-31. Plan your visit.
Sports · CultureFC Porto claims 31st league championship with Farioli's first trophy. Club honors Jorge Costa's memory on symbolic May 2 date. Portuguese football title race now tied.
Culture · National NewsAlice Brito's May 2026 novel exposes Estado Novo repression through women's stories in 1970s Lisbon. A coded warning becomes a powerful tool against political amnesia as far-right rhetoric resurfaces.
Culture · National NewsDiscover "Damas," the documentary uncovering Portuguese nurses who built a battlefield hospital in France during World War I. Premieres in Portugal today.
Culture · TourismCoimbra's Queima das Fitas runs May 22-30. Tickets €60-€65. MC Cabelinho, Orochi, trap nights + traditional fado ceremonies. Plan your visit.
Culture · National NewsTeresa Villaverde's 'Justa' about Pedrógão Grande's 2017 wildfire wins Beijing's top prize. Caldas teen Madalena Cunha earns best actress honor.
Culture · TourismSpanish star Pablo Alborán sang Portugal's revolutionary anthem "Grândola" at Lisbon's MEO Arena on April 25, marking the Carnation Revolution's 52nd anniversary celebration.
Culture · EconomyVinTV launches in Portugal with vintage 70s-90s programming on all major operators. Whigfield performs at Lisbon debut. What cord-cutters need to know.
Culture · National NewsVhils' 7-ton concrete portrait of Mário Soares unveiled in Amadora's Parque da Liberdade. Family and officials mark democratic legacy on April 25.