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<title>Valongo · FutureHubs.eu</title>
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<description>Valongo opened its new Praça da Democracia in August 2026 and is working on youth participation and urban green spaces through two URBACT networks.</description>
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<item><title>Valongo reopens enlarged Sobrado family health unit with four new clinical rooms</title><link>https://futurehubs.eu/cities/valongo/news/sobrado-family-health-unit-renovated/</link><guid>https://futurehubs.eu/cities/valongo/news/sobrado-family-health-unit-renovated/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Valongo inaugurated the renovated USF São João de Sobrado family health unit on 28 October 2026, after works costing 470 thousand euros fully financed by the Recovery and Resilience Plan that added a wing with four clinical rooms.</description></item>
<item><title>Valongo hosts FLY! 2026, a European forum on youth participation</title><link>https://futurehubs.eu/cities/valongo/news/fly-youth-forum/</link><guid>https://futurehubs.eu/cities/valongo/news/fly-youth-forum/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Valongo hosted FLY! 2026, a European forum on youth participation promoted by ALDA and co-organised with the municipality, on 15 and 16 October, with debates on the revision of the EU Youth Strategy and the future of Erasmus+.</description></item>
<item><title>Valongo opens Praça da Democracia, a new public square in the town centre</title><link>https://futurehubs.eu/cities/valongo/news/praca-da-democracia-opens/</link><guid>https://futurehubs.eu/cities/valongo/news/praca-da-democracia-opens/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Valongo inaugurated the Praça da Democracia, a new public square in its town centre near schools, shops and services, on 6 August 2026, presenting it as a new urban centre designed for meeting and staying rather than passing through.</description></item>
<item><title>Valongo hosts second meeting of the URBACT PARKS network on urban green spaces</title><link>https://futurehubs.eu/cities/valongo/news/urbact-parks-meeting/</link><guid>https://futurehubs.eu/cities/valongo/news/urbact-parks-meeting/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Valongo hosted the second transnational meeting of the URBACT-funded PARKS network on 25 and 26 June, showing partners from Perugia, Sofia, Veszprém, Arteixo, Chernivtsi and County Monaghan its community gardens, street-tree and urban micro-forest projects.</description></item>
<item><title>Serras do Porto Natura 2030 brings €1.7 million for nature restoration around Valongo</title><link>https://futurehubs.eu/cities/valongo/news/serras-do-porto-natura-2030/</link><guid>https://futurehubs.eu/cities/valongo/news/serras-do-porto-natura-2030/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Serras do Porto Natura 2030, a nature restoration and climate adaptation project worth more than €1.7 million, was presented in Paredes and covers about six thousand hectares in Gondomar, Paredes and Valongo, with NORTE 2030 funding above €1.5 million.</description></item>
<item><title>Valongo hosts the closing meeting of the EU GreenMove mobility project</title><link>https://futurehubs.eu/cities/valongo/news/greenmove-closes/</link><guid>https://futurehubs.eu/cities/valongo/news/greenmove-closes/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Valongo hosted the final meeting of GreenMove, a CERV-funded European project with 17 partners from 16 countries that began in 2024, focusing on sustainable and inclusive mobility and the empowerment of women in mountain regions.</description></item>
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