16/10/2026
It’s Friday! From a landmark that just reopened its doors to new restaurants worth knowing, here’s what’s on our radar this week.
Guided Visit to the Electricity Factory 🏭 Every weekend, the MAAT opens the doors of the Central Tejo, a thermoelectric power station built in 1908 that supplied electricity to the entire Lisbon region for most of the 20th century. Guided tours take visitors through the original machinery, still in perfect condition, and through the History of Energy exhibition and the Laboratory of Inventions. One of the city’s most underrated experiences. Saturdays and Sundays, from 11am.
DocLisboa 🎬 Now in its 24th edition, this international documentary film festival runs from 15 to 25 October across the Cinema São Jorge, Cinemateca Portuguesa, Cinema Ideal and Culturgest. This year’s programme features 198 films from 51 countries, with 34 world premieres.
Avó 🍲 A new restaurant in Campo de Ourique that opened as a tribute to traditional Portuguese home cooking. A short, seasonal menu built around honest, unpretentious dishes: the kind that take time to make and even longer to forget. One of the most personal openings of the season.
A Terra Cota 🌱 A new farm-to-table restaurant at the Moxy Alfragide Lisboa hotel, with a contemporary menu that changes with the seasons and works closely with Portuguese producers. From marinated Azorean fish to roasted new carrots with sheep’s curd, the kitchen stays close to the land. The name says it all: where flavour begins.
Make it a weekend to remember.