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Student Graffiti
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    • arasnosliw
  • By arasnosliw on December 9, 2004
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    Walking through the University of Coimbra campus, you will encounter typical "student graffiti." I've noticed this at any Portuguese campus, and I find the petty crime rather entertaining. These graffiti works are far from pleasant looking; they are not the aesthetically pleasing works that one would hope. This student graffiti always has themes of revolution (against the institution and society), of racism, of lies, of yearnings for reform. Although sometimes a bit tactless, I find them interesting to read.

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    steep hills
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  • By arasnosliw on December 9, 2004
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    hilly Coimbra
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    The main entrance to Coimbra (Largo da Portagem) is situated at the bottom of a large hill. To reach the botanical gardens or the University, you have to hike up the steep hill. It's a bit of a workout, but it's good for you (as long as it's not 35 C outside and you feel like you're going to collapse from heat stroke)

    Wear sturdy walking shoes.

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    studentless streets
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  • By arasnosliw on December 9, 2004
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    • Coimbra lady knitting in the street - Coimbra
    Coimbra lady knitting in
    the street
    by arasnosliw
    I know I complained about the lack of people in Coimbra in August in my introduction, but I would like to modify that statement just a bit. Sure, the city dies down because a huge majority of the population (aka students) are on vacation. The streets are still full of locals, and I found these old-timers to be very intriguing. I encountered many old women who have lived in Coimbra their entire lives, and they were friendly and helpful. They were great conversationalists.

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    wander the streets
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  • By arasnosliw on December 9, 2004
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    • preparing to dive down some steps - Coimbra
    preparing to dive down some
    steps
    by arasnosliw
    Wander around the hilly streets of Coimbra. After hours of climbing up and down stairs you will be exhausted. There's many interesting shops lining the narrow stone streets. There's also plenty of opportunities to trip and fall down some of these treacherous stairs!

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    Rua Ferreira Borges
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  • By salinhopt on February 7, 2004
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    • Coimbra - Rua Ferreira Borges - Coimbra
    Coimbra - Rua Ferreira
    Borges
    by salinhopt
    Coimbra is famous above all for its ancient university: one of the world's first. Coimbra consists of an upper and lower town. The bridge, Ponte de Santa Clara, crosses the Mondego River and leads onto the main square, Largo da Portagem, at its north-east bank. From here the lower town spreads out principally along the busy and happening Rua Ferreira Borges to the next main square, Praca do Comercio.

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    Coimbra
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  • By ania70pl on December 3, 2002
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    by ania70pl
    Coimbra is said to be the oldest seat of learning in Portugal with an University founded on the 13th of August in 1290 by King Dinis. This makes it one of the oldest in the world. Six of Portugal’s Kings were born here and in 1139 until 1256 it was the chosen capital of the country.
    The original name in the Roman period was Aeminium, and it later developed under the influence of the greater nearby town of Conimbriga.

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    odd-shaped buildings
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  • By arasnosliw on December 9, 2004
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    funny shaped building
    by arasnosliw
    I appreciate the fact that this city has maken the most of its space. I love strange-shaped buildings. You know, triangle, obliques, etc. Coimbra is full of many buildings built to fit corners. Skinny, tall, square, small, Sara loves them all!

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    General Info
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    • Redang
  • Updated By Redang on April 8, 2009
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    • Tourism Office (Coimbra, Portugal) - Coimbra
    Tourism Office (Coimbra,
    Portugal)
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    Tourism Office
    Largo da Portagem

    - Tel.: (+351) 239 48 81 20
    - Fax: (+351) 239 48 81 39

    - Internet:
    www.turismo-centro.pt
    www.turismodecoimbra.pt
    www.cm-coimbra.pt
    www.visitportugal.com/NR/exeres/9CDE9524-8392-4ACA-89CF-CF904B8FE297,frameless.htm
    www.planetware.com/portugal/coimbra-p-coim-coim.htm

    - E mail: info@turismodecoimbra.pt

    There is another at the University (Praça da Porta Ferrea)

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    Leave the car parked!
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  • By rexvaughan on October 31, 2006
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    • Coimbr needs more of these - Coimbra
    Coimbr needs more of these
    by rexvaughan
    I could have put this as a warning but it is not dangerous. I do not recommend trying to drive in Coimbra. For one thing, the streets are narrow and twisty and very difficult to find your way around. For another the streets do not all have large lovely signs like the one in my photo. In fact, if you get away from the old center it appears that some have no signs at all. Even if they do, they are too small to read especially in a moving car and it is worse at night. To illustrate my point, one night we set out in the car as my wife had a broken toe and we weren't sure how far our chosen restaurant was. I got lost very quickly, then got in the wrong lane which put me on a freeway crossing the river out of town. Once across the river I took the first exit thinking I could find a way to reverse direction. For the next hour and a half we wandered the dark, narrow, hilly, twisting streets of suburban Coimbra before finding my way back to the hotel. We gave up the restaurant that night but I scouted it out the next day and we walked to it from our hotel - about a 10 minute stroll! The old city is really easy to navigate on foot and there are alternatives to climbing the steep hills but an automobile is not a good on

    Probably our most enjoyable evening was at the restaurant I mentioned above, the Diligencia with it wonderful Fado singers. On the streets and at the TI you will be given fliers concerning Fado at "a Capella" which is a 14th Century chapel that has been turned into a piano bar. We did not go here but a couple at our hotel said it was very good.

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    Self-guided Walking Tour of Coimbra
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  • By Redang on April 3, 2009
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    • Coimbra (Portugal) - Coimbra
    Coimbra (Portugal)
    by Redang
    Very useful link:
    - www.planetware.com/do-it-yourself-tour/coimbra-walking-tour-p-pcomwk.htm

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