Oral History: Preserving Lisbon’s collective memory through Memórias de Lisboa
Lisbon City Council's Memórias de Lisboa (Memories of Lisbon) programme is a community-based cultural initiative dedicated to collecting, preserving and promoting the collective memory of Lisbon’s residents. More than.
Theatre District: How Lisbon is revitalising the 1920s Parque Mayer neighbourhood
Parque Mayer has a unique place in Lisbon’s cultural history, extending far beyond its function as a theatre and entertainment district. Created in 1922, it soon became known as.
Library Strategy: How Lisbon Library Network is strengthening libraries as a cultural and social ecosystem
The Lisbon Library Network functions as an integrated municipal system connecting libraries across the city’s neighbourhoods. The network’s Strategic Programme 2025–2035 ensures that this ecosystem continues to thrive, adapting.
From vandalism to legitimate art: Lisbon’s inspiring transformation
Urban Art Gallery aims to continue to expand street art’s reach throughout the city, giving street artists more spaces to work.
How Lisbon’s festival of politics bridges the gap between arts and politics
The Festival of Politics is a two day programme of debates, workshops, films, art, music and children’s activities, aimed at increasing political engagement, as well as encouraging social change.
TRENDS
City Growth
The eastern zone, an area of the city until recently considered peripheral, has seen increased growth due to public and private investment in new cultural and leisure.
INFRASTRUCTURE
HOLDING IMAGE
Creative Hub of Beato, a new workspace for creative and technology startups, has been built in eastern Lisbon, in a former army factory complex. It includes twenty buildings.
Lisbon
Encouraging the growth of art, technology, and other creative industries in Lisbon was a key part of Portugal’s response to the 2010 financial crisis, along with using culture to.
How a citizen-led project reconnects Lisbon’s elderly with their communities
Reducing isolation and loneliness among the elderly population whilst gathering the history and memories of the city's older generation.