{"id":3270,"date":"2016-08-08T21:04:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T21:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/38.242.230.232\/~portoalities\/?p=3270"},"modified":"2021-12-03T19:24:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T19:24:17","slug":"5-things-that-porto-and-london-have-in-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portoalities.com\/en\/5-things-that-porto-and-london-have-in-common\/","title":{"rendered":"5 things that Porto and London have in common"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When me and Clarissa, the amazing blogger at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dondeandoporai.com.br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dondeando Por A\u00ed<\/a>\u00a0met, it was love at first sight. We realised that we had to write together &#8211;\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/Brexit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Brexit<\/a>, or the-end-of-the-European-Union-as-we-knew-it, was the right excuse to do so.<br>We decided to turn Brexit into something positive, looking for links between the cities where we live &#8211; Porto and London -, therefore making our modest contribution to link two cultures that politics wants to separate. We hope you enjoy! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1 &#8211; Porto and London&nbsp;take advantage of&nbsp;Harry Potter&#8217;s fever<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Harry Potter became a global phenomenon that all cities where J. K. Rowling, the author of the books, lived, try somehow to market this, and Porto and London are no exception.<br>In Porto, there are legends and tours built around this topic, and even our dear <a href=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/was-lello-always-a-bookshop\/\">Lello bookstore<\/a> sporadically organizes Harry Potter events, when kids dress up as Hogwarts students (it is actually quite fun to watch!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/harry1-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/harry1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Foto do lan\u00e7amento mundial do novo livro da saga: Harry Potter &amp; The Cursed Child, na Livraria Lello. Foi uma loucura, com milhares de pessoas \u00e0 porta da Livraria!\" class=\"wp-image-3802\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Photo of the worldwide release of the book Harry Potter &amp; The Cursed Child in Lello Bookshop. It was crazy, with thousands of people waiting in line all night!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This connection of Harry Potter to Lello Bookshop is not entirely misplaced; J. K. Rowling was a confessed admirer of this bookstore, which was a possible inspiration for the Library Flourish &amp; Blotts, where Harry Potter bought\u00a0his books, or to Ollivander shop, where Harry bought his magic wand (yes, I also read them all). And only those who have never visited the Lello Bookshop can\u00a0doubt its influence in J. K. Rowling&#8217;s writing&#8230; the whole building breathes\u00a0history and magic! \ud83d\ude42<br>There is another story that may also be\u00a0true: the uniform of Hogwarts students was inspired by the Portuguese academic uniform, which slightly varies from city to city, but is basically a black suit and a wide cover in the same color.<a href=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/harry-final-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"778\" height=\"393\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3430\" src=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/harry-final-1.jpg\" alt=\"harry final\"><\/a>As for the myth that connects\u00a0the magical black art magician Salazar Slytherin to\u00a0the Portuguese dictator <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ant\u00f3nio_de_Oliveira_Salazar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ant\u00f3nio Salazar<\/a>&#8230; who can say at what point of maturation the book\u00a0Harry Potter and the Philosopher&#8217;s Stone was when J. K. Rowling left Porto? J. K. hoped to get out of here with a written book, and instead took a daughter, some hurt feelings and many ideas. And in Porto, we only have a fuzzy memory of her, when we see the long queue for Lello bookshop, or groups of students here and there \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2 &#8211; In Porto we have Port wine, in London they actually drink it!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Before writing about Port wine, let me be completely honest with you: in Porto we usually don&#8217;t drink Port wine! In fact, the British are the true connoisseurs of Port wine, and we owe them the development and worldwide fame of this wine that we all cherish so much.<br>Nonetheless, and contrary to popular belief, Port wine was <strong>not<\/strong> invented by British sailors that added cognac \/ brandy to Portuguese wine, so that it could endure the journey back home. Most likely, the wine was done in a rudimentary way similar to contemporary&nbsp;procedures, with the addition of brandy after a few days of grapes fermentation, the so-called &#8220;sweet wine&#8221; made by&#8230; Portuguese monks, to serve during the mess!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/liverpool-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/liverpool-1.jpg\" alt=\"Navio Mercian, da empresa Ellerman Papayanni Lines, de Liverpool, no rio Douro, c. 1957. Foto retirada do blog www.portoarc.blogspot.com\" class=\"wp-image-3433\"\/><\/a><figcaption><em>Mercian<\/em>, from the company Ellerman Papayanni Lines, of Liverpool, at Douro river, c. 1957. \u00a9 www.portoarc.blogspot.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the fifteenth to eighteen centuries many Englishmen settled down in the <a href=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/top-vineyards-in-douro-valley\/\">Douro Valley<\/a>, dedicating their lives to the production of Port wine, as evidenced by the names of the <a href=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/best-port-wine-lodges-porto\/\">best Port wine cellars<\/a>: Taylor&#8217;s, Kopke, Graham&#8217;s, Cockburn&#8217;s, Offley, Churchill&#8217;s &#8230; but we cannot neglect the important role of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sebasti\u00e3o_Jos\u00e9_de_Carvalho_e_Melo,_1st_Marquis_of_Pombal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marquis of Pombal<\/a>, the Portuguese statesman who ordered the demarcation of Douro Valley and the establishment of the &#8220;Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro&#8221;, a Ministry that\u00a0controlled the entire production process of this wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/x-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/x-1.jpg\" alt=\"x\" class=\"wp-image-3435\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Photo from the cellars &#8211; as you can see, most have English names! \u00a9 www.fotografoviajante.blogspot.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, both Portuguese and English contributed to the creation of one of the best wines in the world \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3 &#8211;&nbsp;We are crazy about football, too<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>No, I&#8217;m not going to badmouth the clubs of Lisbon&nbsp;:), as my goal is to focus only on the relationship that Porto has with its main football club: Futebol Clube do Porto (FCP).<br>This club, founded in 1893 (interestingly, by Ant\u00f3nio de Almeida, a Port wine merchant who discovered&nbsp;football in his frequent trips to England), has about 120,000 members who strongly support their&nbsp;club in national and international competitions. FCP has, of course, an unconditional cheerleader association called &#8220;Super Dragons&#8221;, one of the largest and worldwide recognised associations (its leader, Fernando Madureira, led the Portuguese claque in football games during UEFA Euro 2016, which WE WON!&nbsp;\ud83d\ude42<a href=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/fcp-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"778\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3437\" src=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/fcp-1.jpg\" alt=\"fcp\"><\/a>There is also a fun story to illustrate how Porto like its club: when FCP play against Benfica (the main team of Lisbon) and it wins, we go to Allies&#8217; Avenue to&nbsp;celebrate; when FCP loses, we still go to Allies&#8217; Avenue&#8230; to prevent Benfica&#8217;s fans to celebrate their victory there! \ud83d\ude42<br>As Portugal won the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uefa.com\/uefaeuro\/season=2016\/matches\/round=2000451\/match=2017907\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">UEFA Euro 2016<\/a>, here&#8217;s a picture that shows how intensely Porto lived every game of the National Team in our beloved Allies&#8217; Avenue! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/portouefa-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/portouefa-1.jpg\" alt=\"Foto retirada da p\u00e1gina de facebook da Porto Lazer\" class=\"wp-image-3439\"\/><\/a><figcaption>\u00a9 \u00c1gora Porto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4 &#8211;&nbsp;Porto and London have unsolved mysteries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In ancient cities like Porto and London, it is natural that numerous medieval mysteries remain unsolved, that historians strive to decipher. I am personally fascinated with Jewish history, as you might have noticed in my article about <a href=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/does-porto-have-a-synagogue\/\">the beautiful Synagogue of Porto.<\/a><br>For over\u00a0250 \u00a0years, the Portuguese Inquisition not only persecuted, tortured and killed hundreds of New Christians but also eliminated all the architectural and social traces of a broad fringe of society (Jews represent about 20% of Portuguese population in the fifteenth century). So it is a pleasant challenge to discover the Jewish remains\u00a0and shows it on my <a href=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/private-tours\/\">private tours<\/a>. And fortunately, I already had the pleasure\u00a0to do so with Clarissa! \ud83d\ude42<a href=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/doist1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"902\" height=\"750\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3419\" src=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/doist1-1.jpg\" alt=\"doist1\"><\/a>Our friendship was born in that moment, and it was also when\u00a0Clarissa told me about a fabulous night tour in London about Jack the Ripper, which defends the thesis that Jack belonged to the Jewish community. You can read all about this tour on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dondeandoporai.com.br\/tour-fotografico-e-que-vale-a-pena-do-jack-estripador\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an article that Clarissa wrote<\/a>, which I\u00a0will not miss next time I head to London \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5 &#8211;&nbsp;Both Porto and London are deeply connected to its ports<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Porto, a city born from a &#8220;primitive village&#8221; called <em>Calle<\/em>, was, during the Roman conquest of the city, renamed as <em>Portus Cale<\/em>, a possible allusion to &#8220;the port of Calle&#8221;. This already shows the importance of the Douro river to the formation of Porto, and how, until the mid-eighteenth century, the city had its commercial lung around&nbsp;that river. This is how the city saw the birth of the Customs, the Stock Exchange Palace, the English Feitoria and several factories and warehouses along the waterfront.<br>However, the Douro river was always been a particularly difficult river to navigate &#8211; full of hidden rocks and tormented by floods, it was prone to numerous shipwrecks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/vaporF-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/vaporF-1.jpg\" alt=\"Nestas imagens, de autoria desconhecida, pode ver-se o vapor \" class=\"wp-image-3441\"\/><\/a><figcaption>On these pictures, from unknown authors, you can see the boat &#8220;Porto&#8221; wracking. \u00a9 blog www.portoarc.blogspot.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Between the reluctance of the city&#8217;s bourgeoisie and the voices that called for the construction of a new port in Leix\u00f5es zone, a tragic accident took place, during the year of 1852: the famous boat &#8220;Porto&#8221; wrecked, taking with it the lives of 66 people against the rocks of Douro river (where is now the Castle of S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o da Foz). It is said that this tragedy was the tipping point so that in Porto de Leix\u00f5es, a safe harbour in Matosinhos, was inaugurated (1895).<br>In 2015 the new Cruise Terminal of Porto of Leix\u00f5es opened, which is nominated for the international award &#8216;AZAwards&#8217; Canadian contest that annually distinguishes the best projects of architectural design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/terminal-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/terminal-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fotos retiradas do website da APDL.\" class=\"wp-image-3444\"\/><\/a><figcaption>\u00a9 APDL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Save this article for later:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"487\" src=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/london-porto-similar-european-cities.jpg\" alt=\"london porto similar european cities\" class=\"wp-image-30369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/london-porto-similar-european-cities.jpg 325w, https:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/london-porto-similar-european-cities-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"487\" src=\"http:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/porto-london-similarities.jpg\" alt=\"porto London cities europe\" class=\"wp-image-30409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/porto-london-similarities.jpg 325w, https:\/\/portoalities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/porto-london-similarities-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When me and Clarissa, the amazing blogger at Dondeando Por A\u00ed\u00a0met, it was love at first sight. 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