Rent4Days Travel Guide and Blog about Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon

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Welcome to our Rent4Days Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon Blog! On this page we will try to explain you the ins and outs and ever-changing faces of the beautiful cities of Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon. The right-hand side of this blog contains all different types of categories, such as cosy restaurants, nice bars, exciting events and some of the yet undiscovered treasures Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon have to offer you, making your stay with us even a bit more magical...

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Motelx 2010 – International Terror Cinema Festival A new Festival aimed at showing the best of terror cinema, in all its variants – from major productions to experimental cinema, from classical to new trends. www.motelx.org

Lisbon - What's happening in Lisbon at this moment?

MUDE – The Fashion and Design Museum – invites you to travel through time “on a scooter” – traversing 25 years of the history of this charming motorised vehicle, via this exhibition. “There she goes, beautiful and safe. Scooters from the João Seixas Collection”, is the title of this exhibition, thus paraphrasing the stanza by the poet, Luís Vaz de Camões, who described Leonor as she walked barefoot to the natural spring, beautiful, but not safe. The evolution in the design, silhouette, form, colours and materials of the various models now on display at MUDE, will simultaneously remind older generations and introduce younger generations to a collection of “vespas” that several decades ago raced through the streets of Lisbon, Portugal and the world. Altered and adapted between 1945 and 1970 – in tune with changing mentalities and socio-cultural contexts – visitors are certain to be surprised by many of the models on display, while some will have already driven identical models. Nowadays, with modern daring designs, many other scooters continue to circulate through the streets. Curiously, some call these models scooters, others call them vespas and others still call them lambrettas… Notwithstanding these different designations – which vary in function of the interlocutor – the charm of this machine appeals to all.

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The Twins The Berardo Collection Museum hosts for the first time in Portugal the graphic works by the Brazilians Otávio and Gustavo Pandolfo, identical twins, born  in 1974, and authors of graffiti art on walls in the four corners of the world. On the Museum’s level 0 the most important works by these artists are on display as well as some unique works produced in situ for this show in Lisboa. Known as “The Twins”, Otávio and Gustavo Pandolfo began their graffiti at the end of the 1980’s in the district of Cambuci (south of São Paulo), where they were born. Street art and creations designed for works and installations in galleries and museums are inspired from the brothers’ surreal universe. Until September 19, everyday 10am-7pm, Saturday 10pm, BerardoCollectionMuseum, Praça do Império (Jerónimos/Belém). Free entry.

Lisbon - What's happening in Lisbon at this moment?

On September 11th, 1714, Barcelona surrendered and fell to the Castilian army. Catalonia, which has been a sovereign nation up to that point, lost its national rights and liberties, with its own laws abolished and Catalan language and culture banned.

Every September 11th the Catalans want to remember what it was like not to be free, many of them continue to demonstrate in the streets to demand recognition of their national rights and liberties and a greater degree of self-government.

In 1979 the new Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia was approved, giving the country its own institutions and government.

The national day is an occasion for singing the Catalan National Anthem and for separatist demonstrations and meetings. Since the year 2000, around two hundred institutions from Catalan Civil society have staged an event that includes an exhibition of these organizations, the reading of a manifesto that has the support of all the organizations involved and finally a music concert to round off the celebration.

On September 11th there will be concerts, demonstrations and parades throughout Barcelona, you will see many Catalan flags on balconies all over the city an throughout the region. According to a legend, la Senyera (as the Catalan Flag is called) was first used during the 900’s. That makes it one of the oldest flags in Europe still in use.

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Warhol TV

Between 1979 and 1987, Andy Warhol (1928-1987) produced and directed TV productions such as soap operas like ‘Vivian’s Girls’, ‘Phoney’ and ‘Fight’, or his appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live’, that projected him into even greater fame. The exhibit hosted by the Berardo Collection Museum aims to show this less well known facet of the US artist. Until November 14, everyday, 10am – 7pm, Saturdays 10am – 10pm, Berardo Collection Museum, Praça do Império ( Jerónimos/Belém). Free entry. www.museuberardo.com

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LASERMAN

Among other offers, Casino de Lisboa you see a truly spectacular and original act, LASERMAN -  greatest new act in the world of lasers, it combines science and fiction. Laserman – a magical illusion (and a secret one!) invented for the manipulation of light and made powerful with laser. It is the first time that laser is the central feature of manipulation in a show. Around Midnight. www.casinolisboa.pt

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CCB Fora de Si During the CCB Fora de Si Festival the various venues at Belém Cultural Centre will become a stage for diverse artistic events from around the world, especially from Brazil, Spain and Latin American countries. To celebrate the 4th CCB For de Si, the general public can enjoy open air concerts, dance/performance shows, cinema, visual arts and street art in various settings, from Praça do Museu, to the gardens and walkways, to the entrance to CCB. Here are some suggestions. Until August 29, Belém Cultural Centre (Belém/Jerónimos). Further information at www.ccb.pt. Suggestions August 27 \ 28 \ 29 Fazzoletto Ripopolo Circus 5€ Opera Roda de Choro de Lisboa Jaques Morelenbaum Cello Samba Trio

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