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When the saints go marching in: Inside Lisbon’s night of sardines and spectacle
The Portuguese capital comes alive as it hosts an annual exuberant and colourful street party that combines a pagan past, divine inspiration and plenty of camp costumes. We join the festivities.
On Lisbon’s Rua Áurea, Portugal Jewels is reviving a fading retail tradition
On Lisbon's Golden Street, a family jewellery business is reviving a 200-year-old goldsmith's workshop and showing how the city's old commercial heart can adapt to survive.
An illustrated day in the life of a Lisbon ‘quiosque’
We celebrate the charming structures that dot Lisbon’s parks and praças. These monuments of art nouveau might be small but their impact often extends across the neighbourhood.
Lisbon’s abandoned commercial spaces are offering creative solutions to the housing crisis
In a city centre that’s short on space, architect José Guimarães is betting that the answer isn’t to build more but to revamp what already exists.
Lisbon’s Beato and Marvila neighbourhoods are finding new life as cultural hubs
After decades of neglect, Beato and Marvila have been reimagined with galleries, cafés and arts complexes that have revived the city’s manufacturing heartland.
Lisbon’s Gulbenkian Museum reopens after renovation, with its original vision restored
The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum’s architecture is almost as celebrated as the artworks held within. A recently completed major renovation has restored the museum to its original glory.
Good impressions: Lisbon’s O Momento combines print and craft in its stationery design space
Part shop, part shared working space, O Momento is a testament to the ageless power of print.
Muzeu Braga, Portugal’s newest art museum bridging art and critical thought
The museum’s inaugural exhibition brings together works by Alex Katz, Nan Goldin and Annie Leibovitz, alongside leading Portuguese artists such as Ângela Ferreira, Pedro Calapez and Ana Vidigal.
‘Expresso’ editor in chief João Vieira Pereira on how the Portuguese weekly remains a trusted democratic source in today’s polarised times
In this month’s Editor’s Chair, Pereira tells Monocle how the newspaper has solidified its identity in the digital age and why he still retains faith in the future of independent journalism.
How 1842 port house Niepoort made a successful pivot into table wine
Venerable port producer Niepoort has refused to rest on its laurels. Instead, it has continued to experiment, making successful forays into low-alcohol drinks, table wines and tea.
