Weekly news, events, and expat life in Braga — Portugal's historic third city. City council updates, tech scene developments, university news, cultural events, and practical resources for Braga residents.
This week's Braga Brief: SC Braga signs Denmark international Jonas Wind and camps at England's St George's Park, City Hall weighs speed radars in a new road-safety plan, the district hits maximum wildfire danger, and a Minho festival summer rolls on.
The government has approved an €80 million bus rapid transit line to link Guimarães and Braga, reviving a Minho rapid-transit project that fell out of Portugal's EU recovery plan earlier this year. The first phase is due by the end of 2030.
A red-alert heatwave grips the Minho as Braga's health unit opens 35 extra beds and a Barcelos fire is contained; City Hall pulls every shared e-scooter off the streets; Vicens's Braga opens pré-época with a 1–0 win and draws Železničar Pančevo; and UMinho collects a summer of prizes.
São João bowed out with Braga's first-ever carbon-footprint study of the festival; Carlos Vicens opened SC Braga pré-época with four reinforcements; UMinho found a material that strips 83% of a drug from tap water; and INE ranked the Cávado among the country most developed regions.
SC Braga signs 24-year-old Brazilian forward Gabriel Silva from Santa Clara on a five-year deal through 2031 — €3.5 million fee, €40 million release clause, 20% sell-on for Santa Clara — with pre-season under Carlos Vicens opening 22 June.
Bom dia, Braga. The week of 13–19 June 2026 closed with the sócios of SC Braga forcing the Arsenalzinho into the fastest commercial U-turn in recent memory, Carlos Vicens counting down to the first whistle of pré-época on 22 June, and the centro...
Carlos Vicens, Pep Guardiola's adjunto at Manchester City, takes the SC Braga dugout on a three-year deal and is unveiled 16 June. The MetroBus Linha Vermelha is on countdown to a São João opening. UMinho hosts 265 researchers across 41 countries. IPMA pushes Braga to 39°C.
