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A visit to the back office of the National Archive of Torre do Tombo (ANTT) to discover how archival heritage is preserved and digitised. The activity takes place on 22 September 2026.

A 'Yellow September' initiative at the University of Lisbon inviting reflection on the value of life and suicide prevention. The event takes place on 22 September 2026.

A conversation with Os Garotin, moderated by Ivan Lima, at Fnac Chiado on 22 September 2026.

A reflection on laughter as an expression of humility and lucidity.

A temporary exhibition devoted to puppet makers in the 21st century, with general admission at €4.

Intensive rock n' roll course at Academia Danças do Mundo on September 22, 2026.

Ikebana workshop with Yuko Kase, learning the Japanese art of flower arrangement, including flowers and kenzan base.

On an isolated island, the arrival of a stranger unsettles a community's fragile balance and awakens a dormant volcano. Zinnie Harris's play, directed by João Meireles, runs at Teatro Paulo Claro from 17 September to 17 October.

The Puppet Museum presents its collection dedicated to puppets, with general admission at €5.

A 'Motivational Tracks' session at TTC@ULisboa, the University of Lisbon's Technology Transfer and Knowledge Valorisation Centre, dedicated to the path from master's level to PhD. The event takes place on 22 September 2026.

Pimenta Palace hosts the exhibition 'For Love of the City', celebrating 90 years of the Grupo Amigos de Lisboa, highlighting its history and contribution to the city. Tickets cost €5 and include access to the permanent exhibition.

The exhibition 'What Are Things For?' at MUDE re-reads the history of design and presents Portuguese design in context, questioning how and why products are designed, communicated, perceived and consumed. Tickets cost €13, with discounts for students, young people and seniors.

MUDE presents the most extensive exhibition devoted to Paulo de Cantos, featuring 31 of the 45 self-published books by this experimental graphic designer, teacher and editor. The show includes his 'two-faced' books and editorial objects that challenge linear reading.

Guided tour or audioguide exploring the history of beer, ending with a tasting of 3 Portuguese craft beers.

Audioguide visit exploring the history of beer over 7000 years, with a free craft beer for those over 18.

Free guided tour of the LISBON PROJECT Association at the Junta de Freguesia de Belém on 23 September 2026.

The Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity 2026 award ceremony will be broadcast live.

Screening of Martin Scorsese's classic 'Taxi Driver', starring Robert De Niro, as part of the director's retrospective.

The Affected Young Ladies, Molière's first major play, tells the story of two bourgeois girls who imitate aristocratic salons and are taught a lesson by their suitors, who dress their servants as noblemen to court them.

Based on Nan Shepherd's 'The Living Mountain', this show turns the mountain into a place you enter, not a summit to conquer. Written during World War II and rejected in 1940, Shepherd's manuscript comes to the stage as a meditation on the wild world.

One of Strindberg's fiercest plays, about a marital power struggle and doubt over paternity, directed by Gonçalo Waddington.

A Bridge, Two Banks takes place at CIUL, in Lisbon, on 23 September 2026.