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Nine days are devoted entirely to the culture and heritage of Lisbon. From this Saturday until April 2, in this edition, LisbonWeek proposes an unforgettable trip by Lumiar.

Much to discover in the oldest parish of Lisbon – 750 years. Cultural visits to palaces, farms and churches, an urban art circuit, cinema sessions, exhibitions, concerts and nature trails, etc.

Earth Hour 2017 will be marked at Parque Eduardo VII with a different concert: the candlelight (!).

The idea is part of the global initiative that proposes to turn out the lights for an hour, in a gesture of solidarity for our planet – the house where we live.

They are: Tiago Bettencourt, Tito Paris, Samuel Uria, Raquel Tavares, Matias Damásio, André Sardet, Enoque and January.

For a more sustainable world, revenue from ticket sales is in favor of NGOs for environmental protection.

Eduardo VII Park – Saturday at 8 pm

After the restructuring works, the new museum opens doors to the public with the simultaneous inauguration of three exhibitions. Utopia / Dystopia – Paradigm Shift is a tribute to the 500th anniversary of the publication of Thomas More Utopia and reflects our age, marked by the paradox of optimism and anxiety.

The work of the Mexican Héctor Zamora occupies the Oval Gallery with Order and Progress, a performance-installation with wrecks of traditional Portuguese fishing boats.

The third exhibition – What I Am – gives us the opportunity to get to know the pieces that make up the EDP Foundation Art collection.

– Utopia / Dystopia – Paradigm Shift – until August 24

– Héctor Zamora, Order and Progress – until April 24

– What I Am – until May 29

Art, like solidarity in a Contemporary Dance show that tells us the story of Nisreen, a Syrian refugee, in the eyes of a PAR volunteer, Rita Coelho, interpreted by the Dance Class of O Space. Today, 17th and 18th of March, at 9.30 pm, at the Auditorium of the Pedro Arrupe College, in Lisbon.

The life story of Nisreen, a native of Damascus, the capital of Syria, where he lived and studied engineering. During the bombing he realized that he had to leave. He passed a long and lonely journey through Turkey and a dangerous sea crossing until he reached Lesbos (Greece).

The Lisbon City Council has again applied for the European Mobility Week Award (EMWA).

The 2016 edition of SEM registered the largest ever participation with 2427 cities, 550 more than in the year 2015.

EMWA aims to reward municipalities that have developed the best practices for sustainable mobility, which have implemented one or more permanent measures that persist in the city, which contribute to the use of alternative modes of transport to the car.

The measures implemented, the intervention in the central axis of the city, Av. Da República and Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, the program a square in each neighborhood, the requalification of the riverfront (Cais do Sodré, Corpo Santo and Campo das Cebolas) , Exemplary measures have been taken by the European Commission. The award ceremony for the winning city will take place in Brussels on 20 March.