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Vista aérea de Matosinhos, porto de Leixões e Leça da Palmeira, 1957.

Quartel de Santo Ovídio no, então, campo de Santo Ovídio (atual praça da República), c.1900.

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Um exemplo "perfeito" e chocante dos efeitos do turismo de massas ou, diria, o turismo como nova forma de colonialismo. Os benefícios deste tipo de turismo para a generalidade da população local são residuais enquanto que os impactos, por exemplo do ponto de vista ecológico, são terrivelmente pesados. Novos modelos de turismo são urgentemente necessários.

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A "perfect" shocking example of the effects of mass tourism or, I would say, tourism as a new form of colonialism. The benefits of this tourism for the vast majority of the population are really tiny while all the impacts, like on the ecological point of view, are terribly heavy. New models of tourism are urgently needed!!!

Endless beaches, majestic mountains and villages with multi-colored houses: Cape Verde has become one of the hottest new destinations for social media influencers. Here, tourists can enjoy a week at an all-inclusive resort for as little as €700, including travel.
But virtually none of this benefits the island. Indeed, a lack of opportunities, coupled with a severe drought, mean that some women have to resort to stealing sand from the sea floor in order to survive.
The islands are on the frontline of global warming. It has hardly rained in the past seven years. While tourists enjoy numerous huge swimming pools and are unaware of the crisis, families in Cape Verde are restricted to a few 25-liter containers of water per day. All food and supplies for the hotels are imported from wherever they can be sourced cheapest, providing no benefit to the local economy.
On many of the island’s beaches, the sand has completely disappeared. All that remains are shores strewn with pebbles. For years, the women of Ribeira da Barca have been stealing sand to sell to the construction industry. They collected all the sand that covered the beach long ago. Now they have to fetch it from the bottom of the sea. The sand thieves operate at low tide. These women carry no fewer than 50 kilograms of sand on their heads each trip. Most of them can’t swim so, every time they enter the sea, they are risking their lives. For this, they are paid approximately €10 a week.

Cape Verde: Island paradise with a dark side | DW Documentary Endless beaches, majestic mountains and villages with multi-colored houses: Cape Verde has become one of the hottest new destinations for social media influe...

SABIAS QUE? Ep.2: The christianization of ancient “Pagan” Cults - Sra da Hora e 7 Bicas

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This video was filmed at Parque das 7Bicas in Sra da Hora. Thousands of people pass so close this place everyday but do you know the stories, the secrets, of this place? And how important it is as an excellent example of the process of “christianization” of old ancient cults?
Find more about this in this vídeo by Pedro Jorge Pereira (PJP) from the Slow Motion Tours Project. A project of Ecossocial Education and Alternative Tourism.

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SABIAS QUE? Ep.2: The christianization of ancient “Pagan” Cults - Sra da Hora e 7 Bicas This video was filmed at Parque das 7Bicas in Sra da Hora. Thousands of people pass so close this place everyday but do you know the stories, the secrets, of...

Pelos Espaços Museológicos de Portugal: Museu Fábrica da História - Arroz / 2026-06-23

Sendo Portugal o país da Europa com maior consumo de arroz por habitante (é verdade!), não deixa de ser motivo de algum lamento que a produção nacional desse cereal tenha vindo a baixar acentuadamente ao longo das últimas décadas.
Não obstante, essa cultura e no fundo património não desapareceu, sendo por isso da maior importância dá-lo a conhecer, protegê-lo e se possível valorizá-lo nas suas múltiplas dimensões. Como por exemplo económica, cultural e ecológica.
Esses são, em larga medida, alguns dos propósitos do Museu-Fábrica do Arroz, localizado em Estarreja.
Este equipamento/espaço museológico aproveita no fundo as instalações de uma antiga fábrica de descasque desse cereal que se encontrava devoluta há já vário anos. Em boa hora a Câmara Municipal de Estarreja avançou para a recuperação do edifício e instalou este museu que é sem dúvida um equipamento de referência e, diria, um lugar de “visita obrigatória” na região. Para além do espaço museológico propriamente dito é importante salientar que o Museu é também um Polo Cultural já que dinamiza diversas actividades associadas à cultura do arroz como actividades em que os participantes podem participar nas diversas fases da cultura do mesmo.
O equipamento f**a muito próximo da Estação Ferroviária, pelo que uma ida de comboio a Estarreja para visitar o museu pode perfeitamente constituir um excelente programa de passeio. F**a sugestão.

Sobre o Museu Fábrica da História - Arroz
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O Museu Fábrica da História – Arroz em Estarreja é um museu recente dedicado à história do arroz na região.
Apesar de se estranhar a existência de arroz tão a norte, a verdade é que na sua história, Estarreja tem um longo historial de produção de arroz nas suas várias freguesias. Atualmente Estarreja é também a região mais a norte do país a produzir arroz.
Esta ligação do arroz à história do concelho originaram a construção deste espaço. O atual museu resultou assim da reabilitação de uma antiga Fábrica do Descasque de Arroz: “A Hidro-Electrica: Descasque de Arroz”. Localizada perto da Estação Ferroviária de Estarreja, a fábrica foi inicialmente criada em 1922 por Carlos Marques Rodrigues, tendo trabalhado durante várias décadas. Com uma paragem pelo meio, a fábrica encerrou definitivamente no final da década de 80.

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Main causes for such a tremendous housing crisis in Portugal: The poor or just not exhistent restrictions to air b&b apartments (ALojamento Local), the market mechanisms that promote housing as an investiment market (like for financial funds and rich investitors) and not as a fundamental constitutional right, and the very small offer of public housing (around 1%). It´s also important to say that there are about 730.000 houses in the all country!!! So tax mechanisms should penalize abandoned houses... to stimulate propoerty owners to put them in the renting market (or selling) instead of leaving it abandoned for speculative reasons.

Priced out of Lisbon: When a full-time job isn't enough | DW Reporter

Lisbon is considered a dream city; but when it comes to its housing market, many people who live and work here are fighting to survive.



Chapters:
00:00 Lisbon: A dream city with a dark side
01:15 Forced out of the city — life without affordable housing
02:52 Tourism and investors cause skyrocketing rents
03:41 Protesting the housing shortage
04:55 Luxury is booming: Who benefits from the property market?
06:24 Limited social housing: Political mistakes with a history
08:00 Residents voice their right to affordable housing
08:57 Life in a corrugated iron settlement
11:34 Hope for change: Who owns the city?

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Priced out of Lisbon: When a full-time job isn't enough | DW Reporter Lisbon is considered a dream city; but when it comes to its housing market, many people who live and work here are fighting to survive. ...