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When walking around Almada we can always book the table with the best view of Lisbon.
Almada, Portugal
The view from the 25th of April bridge with a storm coming...
Rio tejo, Portugal
Highly unexplored, Angola's first biodiversity tally of the Kwanza River has so far found 50 fish species. Researchers from the National Fishing Research Institute and the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity say genetic testing may reveal new species.
Angola's currency, the kwanza, is named after the river.
Angola
Venice, Italy
Lisboa, Portugal
If you take a good look, you'll see there's always several layers in the sea.
Tavira, Portugal
Two men chat with the bosphorus as their background.
Istambul, Turkey
The vaporetto is a Venetian public waterbus.
Vaporettos serve locales within Venice, and travel between Venice and nearby islands, such as Murano, Burano, and Lido.
The name, vaporetto, could be translated as "little steamer", and refers to similarly purposed ships in the past that were run by steam. The natives call the vaporetto batèlo or vaporino.
Veneza, Italy
The National Day of Portugal celebrated annually on 10 June. It is one of the public holidays in Portugal and celebrated by Portuguese people throughout the world. It commemorates the death on 10 June 1580 of Luís de Camões, a poet and national literary icon.
Camões wrote Os Lusíadas (usually translated as The Lusíadas), Portugal's national epic poem celebrating Portuguese history and achievements. The poem focuses mainly on the 15th-century Portuguese explorations, which brought fame and fortune to the country. The poem, considered one of the finest and most important works in Portuguese literature, became a symbol for the great feats of the Portuguese Empire.
Camões was an adventurer who lost one eye fighting in Ceuta, wrote the poem while traveling, and survived a shipwreck in Cochinchina (a region of present-day Vietnam). According to popular folklore, Camões saved his epic poem by swimming with one arm while keeping the other arm above water. Since his date of birth is unknown, his date of death is celebrated as Portugal's National Day.
Ribeira do Porto.
Spread alongside the Douro river, Ribeira used to be a centre of intense commercial and manufacturing activity since the Middle Ages.
Also since that time the Ribeira was the site of many shops that sold fish, bread, meat and other goods.
The 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon has served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon.
It is often portrayed as a symbol of Europe's Age of Discoveries and as a metonym for Portugal or Lisbon, given its landmark status.
It has incorrectly been stated that the tower was built in the middle of the Tagus and now sits near the shore because the river was redirected after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. In fact, the tower was built on a small island in the Tagus river near the Lisbon shore.
Belém Tower, Lisbon
Rabelo is a traditional Portuguese cargo boat originally used to transport the barrels of Porto wine from the wine cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia to Porto. Nowadays, the boats are used as sightseeing cruises that sail down the Douro River and offer a different perspective of Porto.
Porto, Portugal
Sailing Kwanza river down
Kissama National Park, Angola
Time for a bath in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Hundreds of kayaks, each decked out with shimmering lights, sailed across the city’s waters 13 December to the joyous musical accompaniment of Christmas carols. At every stop, parade participants and crowds gathered at the water’s edge and sing to celebrate St Lucy’s Day.
Nyhavn, Copenhagen
A view of Porto and the Rabelo boats on the Douro river...
Hot or cold, with a sauna and a dive in the river you can have it all.
Copenhagen, Denmark