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The Afurada Heritage Interpretive Center is a space designed to interpret, reflect and expose the environment and human activity in Afurada territory.

Casa da Música is a major concert hall space in Porto, Portugal. It was designed by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, and was built as part of Porto's project for European Culture Capital in 2001, although it was only finished in the first half of 2005, to immediately become an icon of the city. The Building engineers were Ove Arup - London together with Afassociados, Oporto. The windows, doors and the curved glass wall was made by Facal (www.facal.eu). Casa da Música was built just across from one of the main traffic centres of the city, Rotunda da Boavista. The …

This is one of the main buildings of the city and a place where the most important city’s cultural events take place. Here is sited the Companhia Nacional do Teatro São João.

The Serralves Foundation is a cultural institution of European scope, at the service of the national community, whose mission is to sensitize and create interest in contemporary art and the environment through the Museum of Contemporary Art, a multidisciplinary centre conceived by the architect Siza Vieira, the Park, natural heritage dedicated to environmental education and animation, and a centre for reflection and debate on contemporary society. A remarkable space for rotating and temporary exhibitions on Contemporary Art (Painting, Sculpture, etc.). There are also exhibitions in the old Chapel.

A antiga Tinturaria Francisco Mendes Alçada funciona desde 2006 como Galeria de Exposições de carácter temporário. Aqui são organizadas diversas mostras de artistas locais, nacionais e estrangeiros, com vista a dinamizar e a contribuir para a promoção e desenvolvimento cultural e artístico do concelho.

Ancient water mills that currently act as environmental education center. Here you can see an exhibit about the urban requalification program and Environmental Recovery.

A Cultural Centre located in a building at the Vila Flor Palace, with four meeting rooms of 55 seats each, an exhibitions area with 1000 m2, two theatre auditoriums for 1000 people, a restaurant, a cafe-concert and a parking lot for 250 vehicles.

Inaugurated in 1915 and planned by the architect João Moura Coutinho, this was the most important construction in Braga in the early 20th century. It is the biggest cultural space in town with a wide variety of offers.

Created in 2007, Casa da Arquitectura is a non-profit cultural entity that has been affirming itself in the field of content creation and programming for the national and international dissemination and affirmation of architecture in society. Its action involves not just architects but also individuals and entities from various cultural and social spheres who encourage and sponsor this mission, in the public interest of architecture.

An important element of the industrial archaeology, the Fábrica da Pólvora de Barcarena (Barcarena's Gunpowder Factory) has a high historic and cultural interest. Through the recovery of several buildings and equipments that testify to the making of gunpowder an interesting space of leisure and culture has been created.