Walking the Portuguese Camino to Santiago
Choose your Portuguese Camino route, get the pilgrim passport, collect the right stamps, find albergues, and claim your Compostela in Santiago.
Porto
News and developments from Porto, Portugal's second city.
Primark Books €45 Million Into Portugal for Four New Stores and 300 Jobs — Castelo Branco, Setúbal, Vila Nova de Gaia and a First Street-Level Store on Porto's Rua Santa Catarina
Primark Iberia commits €45M to Portugal for FY2026-27, opening in Castelo Branco, Setúbal, Vila Nova de Gaia and Porto — its first stand-alone street-level store in the country. 300 new jobs lift Portuguese headcount above 2,100; the Iberian envelope reaches €85M with €40M for Spain.
Cycling in Portugal
The EuroVelo 1 Atlantic coast route, the Algarve coastal cycle path, the rail trail network, bike share in Lisbon and Porto, and taking a bike on the train.
Porto's Assembleia Municipal Approves Free Public Transport for the City's 252,687 Residents — €20.5 Million-a-Year Cartão Porto Will Cover the Whole Andante Network From January 2027, With a Pedro Duarte Push to Pull the Start Forward to This Summer
Porto's Assembleia Municipal voted Monday night to make public transport free for the city's 252,687 residents — a €20.5 million-a-year Cartão Porto scheme covering the entire Andante network. Legal start: 1 January 2027. Câmara president Pedro Duarte is pushing for a summer 2026 rollout.
Ministério Público Charges Lar do Comércio in Matosinhos for the COVID-19 Deaths of 18 Residents — Six Years On, the Pandemic-Era Care-Home Accountability File Finally Reaches the Penal Code
Ministério Público charges Lar do Comércio in Matosinhos and its former leadership with propagation of contagious disease aggravated by the result — 18 deaths and 3 serious-injury counts from the April–May 2020 COVID outbreak that infected 109 of the lar's residents. Indictment filed 31 March 2026.
June Saints' Festivals in Portugal (Santos Populares)
Dates, local holidays, and what happens at Santo António in Lisbon, São João in Porto and Braga, and São Pedro, with tips for getting around.
The Porto Brief — Week of 3 May 2026: FC Porto Lifts the 31st, Queima das Fitas Opens on the Aliados, and the Câmara Embargoes Emporium Park
FC Porto seals its 31st title with a 1-0 over Alverca; the Aliados reception moves to 16 May. Queima das Fitas opens with the Monumental Serenata. The câmara embargoes Emporium Park for an 80 cm breach. Linha Rubi slips to 2028; Switch opens in Boavista.