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Today's scribble

Tram no. 1 first climbed the Alfama hill on this day in 1911 - and hasn't stopped since.

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While you were sleeping

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The long read

After 41 years, the keeper of Cabo Torto lighthouse switches off his lamp

Álvaro Pinheiro has climbed the 114 steps every dusk since 1984. From August the light runs itself, and he is planting tomatoes. "The sea never once asked for an update," he says.

The Coastal Times · 6 min read · saved by 2,113 readers

WeatherCoimbra

31°H 33° · L 19°
clear, dry, tram-window weather

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LigaFull time

FC Ribeira2

Atlético Norte1

Gomes 12', Tavares 88' - the winner in the 88th, again.

Local

Council votes 7-2 to pedestrianise Rua Ferreira Borges by March

Diário da Baixa · 34 min ago

Countryside

Cork harvest lands three weeks early: "the trees kept their side of the deal"

O Montado · 2 h ago

Word of the day

saudade

noun · Portuguese · untranslatable

The ache of a good thing that isn't finished with you yet. Appears in 4,102 fado lyrics and at least one weather forecast.