![]() The walls are decorated with original newspaper articles from the owner’s favorite bands. The business started off selling used vinyls and now it’s selling used and new with prices ranging between 2€ to 30€. The name of this 2012 store comes from a song by the Clash called London Calling. You almost lose yourself in the ambient as if you are in a friend’s house. It might be the informality, the good music or even the decoration. There’s something warm and inviting about this store. Next to Hotel Malaposta and inside a little shopping corridor, you’ll encounter Porto Calling, a vinyl-only record store in Porto. Porto Calling Rua da Conceição, 80 | Porto How to get there: Aliados subway station is a 10 minutes walking distance. ![]() They have t-shirts, mugs and books for sale. They have jazz, soul/funk, reggae, punk, blues, kraut, industrial/experimental and much more. Louie Louie opened in Porto in 2004 with a name inspired by The Kingsmen’s Louie Louie song.īrowsing this record store, I realized they own one of the most diverse collection of music records. A niche that managed to preserve itself in today’s culture of digital music. Whether it’s in São João National Theater, Rivoli Theater or Casa da Música, there are great music venues in the city.Īnother place you’ll find music celebrations is record stores. Nowadays, there’s always a musical celebration in Porto. Other forms of music were almost non-existent. The authoritarian regime cared more about Fado, which they used as a propaganda vehicle. However, during the Salazar dictatorship (1933–1974), Portugal was shut down from the outside world. The Crystal Palace inauguration in 1865 is a prime example of this growth which gave Porto an international recognition. This provided a great development in architecture, arts and culture. At the end of the 19th century, the city witnessed the rise of the bourgeois class and the prosperity of commerce. Music has always been part of Porto’s DNA.
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